Exports of commodities reached the value of 403 billion ALL, decreasing by 9.8%, compared to a year ago.

 INSTAT published the report on foreign trade, according to which, the imports of commodities decreased by 6.5%, reaching the value of 800 billion ALL.

 The trade deficit reached the value of ALL 397 billion, decreasing by 2.9%, compared to the same period of 2022. INSTAT data show that the groups that have contributed to the annual decrease in exports are “construction materials and metals” by 6 point percentage, “minerals, fuel, electricity” with 2.1 percentage points, “textiles and footwear” with 1.6 percentage points, etc.

 While the groups “food, drinks, tobacco” had a positive impact with 1 percentage point and “machinery, equipment and spare parts” with 0.01 percentage point.

 While the groups that have contributed to the annual decrease in imports are “minerals, fuel, electricity” with 6 percentage points, “construction materials and metals” with 1.8 percentage points, “textiles and footwear” with 0.8 percentage points, etc.

 The “machinery, equipment and spare parts” group had a positive impact with 3.3 percentage points.