INSTAT published the report on foreign trade, according to which, the imports of commodities decreased by 6.5%, reaching the value of 800 billion ALL.

The trade deficit reached the value of ALL 397 billion, decreasing by 2.9%, compared to the same period of 2022. INSTAT data show that the groups that have contributed to the annual decrease in exports are “construction materials and metals” by 6 point percentage, “minerals, fuel, electricity” with 2.1 percentage points, “textiles and footwear” with 1.6 percentage points, etc.

While the groups “food, drinks, tobacco” had a positive impact with 1 percentage point and “machinery, equipment and spare parts” with 0.01 percentage point.

While the groups that have contributed to the annual decrease in imports are “minerals, fuel, electricity” with 6 percentage points, “construction materials and metals” with 1.8 percentage points, “textiles and footwear” with 0.8 percentage points, etc.

The “machinery, equipment and spare parts” group had a positive impact with 3.3 percentage points.
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INSTAT published on Thursday the foreign trade report for January, according to which exports amounted to ALL 35 billion in January, increasing by 47.5%, compared to the same period a year earlier and by 9.7 %, compared to December 2021.

Referring to the data, imports of goods amounted to ALL 55 billion, increasing by 21.1%, compared to a year ago and decreasing by 37.4%, compared to December.

This month, the trade deficit is ALL 20 billion, or 7.7% lower, compared to January 2021 and 64.2%, compared to December.

During January 2022, the growth of exports was positively influenced by the groups “minerals, fuels and electricity” by 24.4 percentage points, “construction materials and metals” by 9.8 percentage points and “textiles and footwear” by 3 , 2 percentage points.
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