Albania Balance of Trade

Last Release

Dec 31, 2025

Actual

-53,019

Units In

ALL Million

-42,861.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 17, 2026

Time to Release

27 Days 2 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-974.05 Apr 1997	-55,942.8 Dec 2021	-21,555.06 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 widened to ALL 53 billion in December 2025 from ALL 33 billion in the same month a year earlier, marking the largest figure since December 2024. Imports increased 1.3% year-on-year to ALL 80 billion, supported by higher inflows of construction materials and metals (+1.2 pp), food, beverages, and tobacco (+1.0 pp), and minerals, fuels, and electricity (+0.4 pp), partly offset by lower imports of wood products (-0.4 pp) and chemical and plastic products (-0.3 pp). Purchases rose from China, Kosovo, and Greece, while declining from Italy, Turkey, and Germany. Meanwhile, exports grew 5.6% to ALL 27 billion, led by minerals, fuels, and electricity (+3.0 pp), construction materials and metals (+2.4 pp), and machinery and spare parts (+1.2 pp), with declines in food, beverages, and tobacco (-0.5 pp) and chemical and plastic products (-0.5 pp). Exports rose to Kosovo and Greece but fell to Italy, the US, and Germany.