TIRANA, May 17 /ATA/ – Albania exports were valued at 29 billion lek in April, up by 92.3% compared to the same period of the previous year, but down by 9.5% compared to the previous month of March 2021, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) showed on Monday.
The country’s exports registered a growth of 7.3% percent compared to the same period of 2019, reaching the pre-crisis growth rate.
Exports rose 35% year-on-year to 109 billion lek in the first four months. Exports grew by 10% compared to the first four months of 2019.
In annual increase of exports by 92.3 % this month, a positive contribution was given by the groups: “Construction materials and metals” with +28.6 percentage point, “Textile and footwear” with +25 percentage points, “Mineral, fuels, electricity” with +24 percentage points.
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