Exports of Kosovo products increase, over 300m euros to 2018 (Video)

Even in the following year, Kosovo has seen export growth. Compared to 2017, which had 289m euros in export, during 2018 Kosovo has exported over 300m euros. This data points to growth of 4.2 per cent of exports.

Kosovo mostly exports metal, metal waste and mineral products. In recent years, there has been a large export of beverages - alcohol as well as nonalcohol. States where Kosovo exports most continue to be those of the region, such as Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. These data have been disclosed by Kosovo Customs spokesman Adriatic Stavileci.

Last year, according to Stavilec Kosova has also begun exporting food products.

Besides Dogana, export data has also published the Kosovo Statistics Agency.
The chief of the economic and foreign trade statistics division at ASS, Ismajl Sahiti, has said the export in 2018 has marked increases compared to the same period in 2017.

However, Kosovo Economic Ode Chairman Berat Rukiqi says this export growth is not enough.

A pledge for greater support for local producers to export more has been awarded by Minister of Trade and Industry Andrew Shala. He has said that the focus of work has the empowerment of local producers.

The “we consistently mark export growth, but as I said before our focus for next year is empowering local producers. Our focus is on helping the local producer improve their product quality, and with that we can also achieve the possibility of our products as well as export”, the minister declared.

Nora Jusuf from the GAP Institute, however, has cited some of the reasons that have affected export growth. /Kosovo pres/