Albania Trade Gap Narrows Slightly in February

2026-03-17 10:24 By Joshua Ferrer 1 min. read

Albania’s trade deficit narrowed slightly to ALL 37.1 billion in February 2026 from ALL 37.4 billion in the same month a year earlier.

Exports grew by 2.8% year-on-year to ALL 30.9 billion, driven by higher shipments of minerals, fuels, electricity (+31.1%) and machinery equipment, spare parts (6.4%), partly offset by lower sales of food, beverages, tobacco (-14.4%) and construct materials and metals (-6.6%).

Exports mainly increased to China (+91.7%), Kosovo (37.1%), Germany (34.7%), and North Macedonia (27.7%), while it decreased to Ukraine (-74%) and Switzerland (-72.1%).

Meanwhile, imports rose at a softer 0.8% to ALL 68 billion, with increased purchases of machinery equipment, spare parts (21.5%) and food, beverages, tobacco (5.7%), mitigated by minerals, fuels, electricity (-30.6%) and construct materials and metals (-9.5%).

Imports grew from Russia (165.5%), China (53.9%), and Kosovo (36.5%), while it declined from Ukraine (-30.8%) and Spain (-25.1%).



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Albania Trade Gap Narrows Slightly in February
Albania’s trade deficit narrowed slightly to ALL 37.1 billion in February 2026 from ALL 37.4 billion in the same month a year earlier. Exports grew by 2.8% year-on-year to ALL 30.9 billion, driven by higher shipments of minerals, fuels, electricity (+31.1%) and machinery equipment, spare parts (6.4%), partly offset by lower sales of food, beverages, tobacco (-14.4%) and construct materials and metals (-6.6%). Exports mainly increased to China (+91.7%), Kosovo (37.1%), Germany (34.7%), and North Macedonia (27.7%), while it decreased to Ukraine (-74%) and Switzerland (-72.1%). Meanwhile, imports rose at a softer 0.8% to ALL 68 billion, with increased purchases of machinery equipment, spare parts (21.5%) and food, beverages, tobacco (5.7%), mitigated by minerals, fuels, electricity (-30.6%) and construct materials and metals (-9.5%). Imports grew from Russia (165.5%), China (53.9%), and Kosovo (36.5%), while it declined from Ukraine (-30.8%) and Spain (-25.1%).
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