Tax effect: Albania exported 44.5% more to Kosovo

The blockade of goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, applied by the Government of Kosovo since 21 November of the year we just left behind, has provided its effect in Albania only compared to 2017, but not with previous months when taxes on Serbian products were not imposed by the Government of Kosovo. So Albania has [...]
Thus, Albania has increased exports to Kosovo by 44.5% for December, compared to December 2017.
However, the value of December's exports is about 3m euros smaller than that of the previous month, November, and 6.4m euros less than the October month figure, where Serbian products freely entered Kosovo.
The Albanian Statistics Institute (INSTAT) has indicated that the countries with which Albania has had greater export growth, compared to December 2017, are: Kosovo (44.5 %), Spain (9.9 %) and Germany (7,1 %). Albania for December 2017 has exported goods worth 11.9m euros to Kosovo, while for December 2018 it has exported 17.2m euros in goods.
Even for 2018, Albania has scored its biggest export growth with Kosovo, registering an increase of 29.5%, while keeping Spain first with an increase of 61.2%.












