The Kosovo Agency of Statistics has published the Import Price Index (IMPI) in the second quarter of 2020 (Q2 2020).

The total index of import prices in Kosovo decreased by (-1.6%) in Q2 2020, compared to Q1 2020. The largest decrease in prices by sectors were: mineral products (-10.8%); textiles and articles thereof (-4.4%); base metals and articles thereof (-3.4%); and leather and articles thereof (-0.2%).

The decrease was mainly counteracted by the increase of prices by sectors of: edible oils (6.1%); paper and articles thereof (1.6%); means of transport (1.2%); prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (1.1%); articles of stone, mortar, ceramic and glass (1.1%); plant products (0.6%); wood and articles thereof (0.6%); plastics, rubber and articles thereof (0.4%); footwear (0.4%); machinery and electrical equipment (0.3%); live animals and animal products (0.4%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (0.3%); and products of chemical industry (0.1%).

Compared the Q2 2020 with Q2 2019, import prices in Kosovo decreased by an average of (-3.5%). The largest decreases by sectors were: mineral products (-22.5%); textiles and articles thereof (-14.4%); leather and articles thereof (-11.1%); base metals and articles thereof (-4.4%); optical, photographic, measuring, medical and musical instruments, and clock mechanisms (-2.2%); miscellaneous manufactured articles (-0.3%); and products of chemical industries (-0.1%).

The decrease was mainly neutralized by the increase of prices by sectors: plant products (17.5%); footwear (3.8%); paper and articles thereof (2.3%); edible oils (1.8%); live animals and animal products (1.0%); stone, mortar, ceramic and glass articles (1.0%); means of transport (0.9%); prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (0.8%); plastics, rubber and articles thereof (0.5%); wood and articles thereof (0.4%) and machinery and electrical equipment (0.2%).