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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2006
TIRANA STOCK EXCHANGE
ALBANIA ECONOMIC CHARTS AND TABLES
2002 2003 2004 2005 (E) 2006 (P)
2.9
5.2
1.7
1.7 5.7
2.3
3.3
3.3 5.9
2.9
2.2
2.2 5.5
2.4
2.0
2.0 5.0
2.2
3.0
n/a
24.7
31.4
-6.6
3.3
65.0
41.7
23.3 24.5
29.0
-4.5
2.9
61.8
41.1
20.7 24.1
29.2
-5.1
2.3
56.5
38.5
18.0 24.4
28.0
-3.6
2.7
55.3
37.7
17.6 25.5
29.3
-3.8
2.3
55.2
37.4
17.8
Monetary Indicators
Broad money growth (in percent)
Interest rate (3-month T- bills, end period)
Exchange Rate Lek/US$ 5.7
11.1
131.67 8.7
7.3
106.58 13.5
6.2
97.3 13.9
5.4
103.33 13.5
...
95.68
External Sector (In percent of GDP unless otherwise indicated)
Balance of goods and services
(in EUR millions)
Current account balance
(in EUR millions)
Gross international reserves (in millions of euros)
(in months of imports of goods and services) -25.9
-1,214
-10.0
-468
845
4.4 -25.1
-1,248
-8.1
-402
834
3.9 -21.7
-1,307
-5.5
-331
1,025
4.0 -24.1
-1,629
-7.8
-525
1,202
4.2 -24.5
-1,794
-8.1
-594
1,260
4.1
624.7
4.4 682.7
5.7 766.4
7.5 836.9
8.4 899.7
9.1
Real GDP
Retail prices (average)
Retail prices (end-period)
Consumer Price Index
Fiscal Sector (In percent of GDP)
Revenues and grants
Expenditures
Overall balance
Net domestic borrowing
Public Debt
Domestic
External
Memorandum items
Nominal GDP (LEK billions)
Nominal GDP (US$ billions)
Sources: Albanian authorities and IMF staff estimates and projections.
2005-PRINCIPAL EXPORTS (%) (acc. SITC)
Manufactured products
Crude materials
Various manufactured items
Transport machinery and equipments
Food and live animals
Other
60.7
2005-PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (%) (acc. SITC)
Manufactured products
Food and live animals
15.5
Transport machinery and equipments
Minerals fuels and lubrificants
Chemical products
13.0
23.6
10.6
8.6
4.1
3.9
8.5
25.8
5.2
2004-MAIN DESTINATION OF EXPORTS (%)
Italy
Greece
Germany
Serbia-Montenegro
Turkey
72.4
Other
Other
20.5
2004-MAIN ORIGINS OF IMPORTS (%)
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Russia
Other
16.4
10.5
7.5
5.0
3.3
1.7
29.3
5.4
4.0
7.1
35.4
Sources: Albanian Institute of Statistics - INSTAT
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