TIRANA, Dec 5 /ATA/ – Import prices in Albania declined in the third quarter of 2025, providing a positive effect on domestic inflation, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) reported on Friday.
The Import Price Index (IPI) fell 0.5% year-on-year, compared with a 1.3% decrease in the same quarter of 2024. Compared with the second quarter of 2025, import prices edged down 0.2%.
By sector, prices for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning fell 4.6%, followed by water supply, waste management, and remediation activities down 0.7%, and the manufacturing” sector down 0.3%. In contrast, the mining and quarrying sector rose 0.4%.
Within manufacturing, the largest declines were seen in food products (-1.7%), wood and cork products, except furniture; basket and wickerwork production” (-1.2%), textiles (-0.8%), beverages (-0.6%), and chemicals and chemical products (-0.5%).
Prices increased in “other manufacturing” (+1.3%), “tobacco products” (+1.1%), and “printing and reproduction of recorded media” (+0.8%).
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