TIRANA, Jan  18  /ATA/ The Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) confirmed the record figure of 51.7 billion ALL in agricultural exports, which was reported a few days ago by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Regarding this fact, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca, said that, “for anyone who questioned the results of agriculture and the development of the sector, the figures published yesterday by INSTAT in the foreign trade report, speak loud and clear.”

“According to INSTAT, for the year 2022, farmers, producers and the entire excellent chain of agricultural producers, processors and exporters of our country, reached an all time high of agricultural exports at 51.7 billion ALL,” said the minister.

According to her, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which also calculates other codes of agriculture with reference to the methodology of the World Trade Organization, calculates the total of agricultural exports even higher, at over 55 billion ALL for 2022.

Krifca announced that, in quantity, Albania exported 389,805 tons, or 42,284 tons more, where the chapter of “Vegetables” leads, with 5,746 tons of exports more and the chapter of “Fruits” with 17,766 tons more, underlining the fact that, “these data bring us closer to the objective and projections for twofold increase of agricultural exports by 2030.”

“We work together every day supporting this development through our policies  for increasing their quality, traceability and competitiveness, but also for expanding exports to new international markets. Thanks and deep gratitude for the hard work of the entire chain of producers, traders, exporters, which makes us proud,” Minister Krifca said.

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