TIRANA, April 14 /ATA/ The agro -processing industry, thanks to the expansion of investments as part of support from the various financial programs of the Albanian government and the EU, has increased the contribution of revenues to domestic economy.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announces that the agri-food industry constitutes about 4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), topped by factories of flour, meat, milk, bottled water, etc.
According to MoARD, the value of the contribution of this sector to GDP is estimated at 559 million euros in 2020. Taking into account the economic growth rates of 2021 which recorded 8.5%, the value of production of the agri-food industry has exceeded 650 million euros in 2021.
Statistics show that in our country there are over 2400 businesses, 56% of them operate in the production of bread, 12.7% in the production and processing of milk, 7.7% in the production of vegetable oil.
Agri-food enterprises are mainly concentrated in Tirana which accounts for 31%, in Fier 12% and in Durrës 10%.
This sector has a high number of employees. The highest number of employees in the agri-food industry is in Tirana with 34.8%, followed by Durrës 14.6% and Elbasan 9.5%.
From 2015 to 2020, the value of production in the agro-industry has increased by 21.6%, while the number of employees has officially increased by 9%.
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