Albania Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

-48,229

Units In

ALL Million

-41,123

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 18, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-974.05 Apr 1997	-55,942.8 Dec 2021	-21,219.28 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.

Latest Updates

Albania’s trade deficit narrowed to ALL 48.2 billion in July 2025 from ALL 52.2 billion a year earlier, as exports rose 5.7% to ALL 35.2 billion while imports dipped 2.4% to ALL 83.4 billion. Export growth was driven by minerals, fuels, and electricity (+12.8 pp), machinery and spare parts (+1.2 pp), and food, beverages, and tobacco (+0.8 pp), offset by declines in construction materials and metals (-8.0 pp) and chemicals and plastics (-1.3 pp). Exports rose to Kosovo (+72.5%), Greece (+14.8%), and Germany (+0.6%), but fell to Italy (-6.4%), North Macedonia (-32.7%), and Türkiye (-3.2%). On the import side, drops in construction materials and metals (-2.0 pp) and machinery (-1.7 pp) were partly offset by food, beverages, and tobacco (+0.9 pp), fuels and electricity (+0.7 pp), and chemicals and plastics (+0.7 pp). Imports fell from Italy (-10.3%), Germany (-16.6%), and Kosovo (-21.5%), but rose from China (+7.6%), Türkiye (+12.0%), and Greece (+5.0%).