Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) reports that foreign trade in goods in January 2026 recorded a decrease in the trade deficit compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to ASK, the trade deficit in January 2026 reached \u20ac365.9 million, marking a decrease of 11.6% compared to January 2025, when the deficit was \u20ac414.1 million. The coverage ratio of imports by exports was 14.1%, KosovaPress reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASK states that exports of goods in January 2026 reached \u20ac60.2 million, an increase of 0.8% compared to the same period in 2025, while imports amounted to \u20ac426.1 million, a decrease of 10.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on ASK\u2019s data, the largest shares in exports were basic metals and articles thereof at 21.9%, followed by mineral products at 11.9%, prepared foods, beverages, and tobacco at 11.8%, plastics, rubber, and articles thereof at 11.4%, various manufactured articles at 9.0%, and textiles at 7.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In imports, the largest shares were mineral products at 17.6%, transport equipment at 12.8%, prepared foods, beverages, and tobacco at 11.4%, machinery and mechanical and electrical equipment at 10.4%, and basic metals at 8.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding trade partners, ASK reports that Kosovo\u2019s exports to European Union countries reached \u20ac19.0 million, or 31.6% of total exports, a decrease of 15.6%. Key EU partners were Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Imports from the EU reached \u20ac162.5 million, or 38.1% of total imports, a decrease of 20.5%, with Germany, Italy, and Poland having the largest shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exports to CEFTA countries reached \u20ac27.0 million, or 44.8% of the total, an increase of 11.8%. Main partners were Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Imports from CEFTA reached \u20ac63.6 million, or 14.9% of total imports, a decrease of 23.9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, exports to other countries reached \u20ac14.2 million, or 23.6% of the total, with Switzerland and Turkey as main partners. Imports from these countries reached \u20ac200.0 million, or 46.9% of total imports, with China and Turkey having the largest shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) reports that foreign trade in goods in January 2026 recorded a decrease in the trade deficit compared to the same period last year. According to ASK, the trade deficit in January 2026 reached \u20ac365.9 million, marking a decrease of 11.6% compared to January 2025, when the deficit was \u20ac414.1 million. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":80650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[297,296],"tags":[1965,7602],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80651,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80649\/revisions\/80651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}