Albânia Balança Comercial

Albania’s trade deficit narrowed to ALL 42 billion in May 2025, down from ALL 43 billion in May 2024, driven by a 1.2% rise in exports and a 2.1% drop in imports. Export growth was supported by higher sales of minerals, fuels, and electricity (+6.2 pp), food, beverages, and tobacco (+1.4 pp), and textiles and footwear (+1 pp). In contrast, construction materials and metals dragged exports down by -5.8 pp. The decline in imports was mainly due to reduced purchases of minerals, fuels, and electricity (-1.6 pp) and construction materials and metals (-1.2 pp), while food, beverages, and tobacco (+0.8 pp), chemicals and plastics (+0.5 pp), and textiles and footwear (+0.4 pp) increased. Exports rose sharply to Kosovo (+51.5%), Spain (+33.7%), and Turkiye (+53.2%), but declined to Italy (-8%), Greece (-3.1%), and Germany (-4.3%). Imports fell from Italy (-3.6%) and Turkey (-7.5%) but rose from China (+25.1%), Greece (+1.2%), and Germany (+4%).