TIRANA, Dec 27 /ATA/ – Although COVID-19 pandemic has caused a halt to the social life as part of the efforts to contain the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus, the exchange of goods among countries has not stopped, despite the data show a decline in the export-import volumes.
The National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said in its Foreign Trade report that Albania’s exports to China were valued at 4.3 billion lek in the 11-month period of 2020, down from 5.8 billion lek in the same period of the previous year.
Meanwhile, INSTAT data show that the value of imports from China reached 48.7 billion lek from around 54.4 billion lek during the same period in 2019.
According to INSTAT, the volume of imports from China rose 10% in November.
Albania imports from China mainly include machinery, equipment and spare parts with an estimated value of 21.7 billion lek in the past 11 months.
The imported textile and footwear products were valued at around 10 billion lek, chemical and plastic products worth over 5 billion lek and construction materials and metals worth 5.7 billion lek.
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