TIRANA, April 24 /ATA/ – Raw materials extracted from the domestic natural resources amounted to about 19.1 million tons, registering a 3.2% year-on-year increase in 2021, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) showed on Monday.
INSTAT said in its Material Flow Account that the structure of domestic extraction shows that non-metallic minerals account for 44 % of the total, followed by biomass with 39 %, metal ores with 10% and fossil energy materials and carriers with 7%.
According to INSTAT, the total amount of imports of materials in 2021 was about 5.4 million tons, up by 11.45 % compared to 2020. The largest amount of imports consists of biomass, with 1,499.9 thousand tons, followed by non-metallic minerals 1,218.5 tons and fossil energy materials 1,197.9 tons.
Exports of materials in 2021 amounted to around 4.3 million tons or 5,5 % higher compared to 2020, mainly due to “metal ores and concentrates”, with their exports increasing by 15.2 %. The biomass exports also grew by 8.1% in 2021.
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