Albanian exports up by 6.8 pct

The value of Albanian exports amounted to 16 billion leks (about 130 million U.S. dollars) in August 2016, an increase of 6.8 percent compared to August 2015, data from the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) showed Thursday.

The annual increase of exports was mainly driven by the textile and footwear sector (up 6.4 percentage points), food, beverage, tobacco (up 1.6 percentage points), and construction materials and metals (up 1.3 percentage points), INSTAT said.

However, exports in August fell by 27.1 percent compared with July 2016, data showed.

On the other hand, INSTAT said the value of imports in August 2016 amounted to 46 billion leks, increasing by 14.3 percent compared to August 2015 and decreasing by 8.4 percent compared with July 2016.

The annual increase of imports by 14.3 percent in August 2016 was mainly driven by the sectors machinery, equipment spare parts, chemical and plastic products, and food, beverages and tobacco.

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阿尔巴尼亚出口上涨6.8%

2016年8月，阿尔巴尼亚出口额达到160亿列克(约1.3亿美元)，同比增长了6.8%,阿尔巴尼亚数据统计研究所(INSTAT)的数据周四显示。

每年的出口增长主要是纺织和制鞋行业(增长6.4%),食品,饮料,烟草(增长1.6%)和建筑材料和金属(增长1.3%)，INSTAT说。

然而，8月出口与2016年7月相比下降了27.1%,数据显示。

另一方面,INSTAT说2016年8月出口额为460亿列克,与2015年8月相比增长了14.3%,与2016年7月相比减少了8.4%。

2016年8月，每年进口增加14.3%，主要是由机械、设备备件、化工、塑料制品、和食品、饮料和烟草推动。