TIRANA, Feb 16 /ATA/ In January, exports of goods reached the value of ALL 42 billion, increasing by 20.2%, compared to the same period a year ago and by 4.6%, compared to December 2022.
Referring to the report published by INSTAT, on foreign trade, imports of goods reached the value of 58 billion ALL, increasing by 5.8%, compared to a year ago and decreasing by 38.5%, compared to December 2022.
The data show that this month’s trade deficit is 16 billion ALL, decreasing by 19.4% compared to January 2022 and by 70.3% compared to December 2022.
The groups “minerals, fuel and electricity” had a positive effect on the increase in exports of 20.2% with 12.9 percentage points, “textiles and footwear” with 3.7 percentage points, and “machinery, equipment and spare parts” with 1.6 percentage points.
While the “chemical and plastic products” group had a negative effect with 0.8 percentage points.
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