Foreign Trade, February 2014

This month the trade deficit is about 19 billion lekë

On February 2014 the value of exports was 20 billion lekë, increasing by 27.8% comparing with February 2013. The main groups of goods increasing were: "Wood manufactures and article of paper" by 53.6 %, "Food, beverages, tobacco" by 38.0 % and "Minerals, fuels, electricity" by 33.5%. Export of group "Leather and leather manufacture" decreased by 4.1%.

On February 2014 the value of imports was 39 billion lekë, increasing by 17.0 % compared with February 2013 and 11.8 % compared with January 2014. The main groups of goods decreasing were: "Leather and leather manufacture" by 59.0 %, "Minerals, fuels, electricity" by 57.0% and "Textile and footwear" by 29.4 %. Import of groups "Food, beverages, tobacco" decreased by 7.1%.

Trade with the EU countries is 66.6% of total trade. The main trade partners remain Italy (40.7%), Greece (6.9%), China (6.4%) and Turkey (5.7%).

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Foreign Trade, March 2014
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