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SMEs increased exports, extractive industry leads by 23.7 %

TIRANA, March 11 /ATA/ 3.1% of small and medium –sized enterprises exported goods during 2019 from 2.5% in 2018.

The Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) published data on small and medium-sized enterprises during 2019.
According to INSTAT, the value of exports of goods of small and medium enterprises accounts for 59.4% of the value of total exports. For small and medium-sized enterprises, the sector with the highest percentage of exporting enterprises is the extractive industry with 23.7%.

Meanwhile, the number of small and medium enterprises that imported have increased either.
According to INSTAT, 10.8% of small and medium enterprises are importers during 2019 from 8.8% in 2018, accounting for 78% of the value of imports of goods for 2019.

For small and medium enterprises, the sector with the highest percentage of the number of importing enterprises is the extractive industry sector with 24.2%.
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