Albania Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-42,490

Units In

ALL Million

-42,510

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 17, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 1 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-974.05 Apr 1997	-55,942.8 Dec 2021	-21,098.68 ALL Million	1993-2025	Instituti i Statistikave (INSTAT)

Albania’s structural deficiencies are the main factor behind consistent trade deficits. Albania’s main exports are footwear, clothing, metals, fuels and lubricants, raw materials, machinery and equipment and food. Albania’s main imports are machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, food, chemicals and beverages and tobacco. Albania’s main trading partners are Italy, Greece, Turkey, China, Germany, Serbia, Switzerland, Spain, France, Macedonia and Bulgaria.

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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%).