Albania Balance of Trade

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

-38,901

Units In

ALL Million

-33,983

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 19, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 21 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-974.05 Apr 1997	-55,942.8 Dec 2021	-20,988.08 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 39 billion in March 2025, down from ALL 42 billion in the same month last year. Exports rose 4.9% year-on-year to ALL 35 billion, mainly driven by higher sales of minerals, fuels, and electricity (+44.1%), and to a lesser extent textiles and footwear (+4.6%) and food, beverages, and tobacco (+4.3%). Among trading partners, the largest increases in exports were to Kosovo (+83.1%), Greece (+13.2%), and Germany (+11.3%). Meanwhile, imports fell 1.4% to ALL 74 billion, primarily due to reduced purchases of construction materials and metals (-4%) and machinery, equipment, and spare parts (-9.8%). The sharpest declines in imports were from Italy (-2.8%), Turkey (-19.7%), and Germany (-12.2%). For the first quarter, the trade deficit stood at ALL 102 billion, with exports up 4.7% and imports down 3.5%.