TIRANA, July 29 /ATA/ – An ongoing major reconstruction programme, launched by the Albanian government in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the country in November 2019, has fuelled growth in imports of construction materials in the first half of this year, according to National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) data.
Import of construction materials and metals in first half of 2021 rose 5.3% year-on-year to 51.2 billion lek from 36.9 billion lek estimated in the first six months of the previous year.
INSTAT data show that value of imported construction materials from Italy amounted to 12.1 billion lek, while value of imports from Turkey is estimated at 9.6 billion lek.
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