TIRANA, Feb 17 /ATA/ In January of this year, exports of goods were worth ALL 24 billion, increasing 3.1%, compared to January 2020 and 2.8%, compared to December 2020.
According to the report on foreign trade published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), the growth of exports is attributed to increase in exports of construction materials and food.
Referring to the data, the exports of the group “Construction materials and metals” increased 4.2%, exports of food, beverages, tobacco, increased 2.2% and machinery, equipment, spare parts” increased 1.3%.
According to INSTAT, during this month, imports were worth ALL 45 billion, increasing 8.4%, compared to the same period a year ago and decreased 26.0%, compared to December 2020.
This month’s trade deficit is ALL 22 billion, increasing 14.7%, compared to January 2020 and decreasing 43.4%, compared to December 2020.
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