Kosovo Balance of Trade

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

-492,343

Units In

EUR Thousand

-535,700

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 23, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-46,937 Jan 2003	-561,500 Dec 2024	-213,124.43 EUR Thousand	2003-2025	Kosovo Agency of Statistics

Kosovo has reported increasingly large trade deficits (57 percent of GDP in 2007) due to having a very weak export base. Kosovo predominantly exports metals (47 percent of total exports) and mineral products (30 percent of total exports). Kosovo’s main imports are mineral products, appliances and electric materials, prepared food, beverages and tobacco. Kosovo’s main trading partners are Macedonia, Germany, Italy, Serbia, China and Turkey. .

Latest Updates

Kosovo’s trade deficit widened to EUR 492.3 million in April 2025 from EUR 427.5 million in the same month the previous year. Exports edged up 0.9% year-on-year to EUR 73.8 million, with shipments to the EU increasing 1.2% to EUR 25.3 million, accounting for 34.2% of total exports. The top export destinations were Germany (12%), the Netherlands (3%), and Italy (2.8%). Meanwhile, imports rose 13.1% to EUR 566.2 million, despite a 2.4% decline in imports from the EU to EUR 237.6 million, which represents 42% of total imports. Germany remained the largest import source (13.9%), followed by Italy (4.6%) and Poland (3.8%).