Now that the number of cattle has been reduced, meat is mainly imported.
Albania imports from abroad meat and its by-products every year on average about 40 thousand tons that are used for consumption.
Referring to Instat's foreign trade data, processed by SCAN, the value of meat and by-products imports amounts to more than 6 billion ALL per year.
But which are the countries from which Albania imports the most meat?
The countries from which Albania regularly imports meat are Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, the United States of America and Turkey.
The main weight in meat imports is held by Brazil, followed by the United States of America and Italy.
On average, Albania imports about 1.8 to 2 thousand tons per month from Brazil. From the USA 500 to 1 thousand tons, while from Italy 200 to 500 tons per month.
What stands out from analyzing the figures of the 7th month is that the weight of imports has not changed much in this 8th month, but the "bill" has a significant increase as a result of the global increase in prices./SCAN