TIRANA, April 23 /ATA/ Albania is one of the countries in the Balkan region with a rich underground, where some types of metals and minerals are extracted, processed and then exported, such as iron, copper, chromium or oil.
In the first 3 months of 2021, according to data published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), exports of the group ‘construction materials and metals’ turned out to have an annual increase of about 2.5%, compared to the corresponding period of the year 2020.
In absolute value, for the period January-March (2021) exports of the group ‘construction materials and metals,’ are estimated at ALL 15 billion, from ALL 9.1 billion in the same period of 2020, with an expansion of ALL 3.1 billion.
The highest exports, according to INSTAT, go to Italy. According to the data, over ALL 4.7 billion of construction materials and metals have gone to the neighboring country.
Exports of metals and construction materials to Italy increased during the first quarter of 2021 by over ALL 1.5 billion, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2020.
Over 2.5 billion ALL of construction materials and metals have been exported to Kosovo, or 300 million ALL more than in the corresponding quarter of 2020.
According to INSTAT, during the period January-March 2021, ALL 23.1 billion of construction materials and metals were imported.
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