Textile & footwear trade up in Sept 2006

22 Jan '07

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Instituti i Statistikës (The statistical service in Republic of Albania) releases the foreign trade in September 2006. During September of 2006 were exported 7012 mn leks commodities, increasing 14.4 percent compared with September of 2005 and increasing 5.5 percent compared with the August of 2006.

There were imported 25212 mn leks commodities increasing 6.9 percent compared with respectively month of the previous year and increasing 7.8 percent compared with August of 2006.

This month the trade deficit is 18200 mn leks signing a decrease of 3.5 percent compared with August of 2006 and signing an increase of 4.6 percent compared with September of 2005.

Trade with the EU countries is 68.1 percent. The main trade partners remain Italy and Greece. With Italy the export is 73 percent and the import 27.7 percent, while with Greece the export is 9.9 percent and the import 17.8 percent.

Some of the partners countries with which our export and import is increased are: in exports, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, etc and in imports, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Turkey, etc.

Export of group Textile and footwear increased 68.1 percent. While export of group Chemical and plastical products decreased 13.3 percent.

Import of group Textile and footwear increased 51.7 percent.

In September 2006, the import of goods with excise is 3001 mn leks or 11.9 percent of the total import. During this month, the import of goods with excise is decreased 8.3 percent, compared with same month of 2005. Oil fuel products are the main imported goods in the group of goods with excise (76.7 percent).

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