Albanian trade figures drop in first 7 months: INSTAT

TIRANA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The value of Albanian exports was 272 billion Albanian lek (2.81 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of this year, decreasing by 7 percent compared with the previous year, the country's Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the value of imports into the country was 509 billion Albanian lek, decreasing by 3.5 percent compared with the previous year,