Investments have continued to grow thanks to the import of machinery and equipment and investment loans issued by the banking system. Namely, according to the Institute of Statistics, for the first seven months of the year, import of machinery and equipment was 74.3 billion lek, growing by 3% compared to the same period a year ago. Another indirect indicator, new bank loans for investments, were also rising for the first months of 2017.
According to the Bank of Albania, for the period January-June, new loans for the purchase of machinery and equipment and also fixed assets for businesses amounted to 25.9 billion lek, increasing 2.3% compared to the same period a year ago.
