TIRANA (Albania), March 17 (SeeNews) – Albania's trade deficit decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in the first two months of 2019, reaching 46 billion leks ($413.9 million/371.1 million euro), the national statistical office said on Tuesday.
Exports rose 6.5% on the year to 47 billion leks in the period under review, while imports increased 1.7% to 94 billion leks, INSTAT said in a statement.
In February alone, Albania's trade deficit totalled 27 billion leks, up 0.2% year-on-year.
Italy remained Albania's main trading partner in the January-February period, absorbing Albanian exports of 23.9 billion leks and providing 22.6 billion leks worth of imports to the countyry. Other major exporters to Albania were Turkey, Greece and China.
Albania exported mainly textile and footwear, minerals, fuels, electricity, construction materials and metals.
(1 euro=121.194 leks)