The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) publishes the Import Price Index (IÇIMP) in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2 2021).

The total import price index in Kosovo increased by 3.4% in Q2 2021, compared to Q1 2021. The largest price increases by sectors were: optical, photographic, measuring, medical and musical instruments, and clock mechanisms (12.8%); plastics, rubber and articles thereof (11.7%); edible oils (10.0%); mineral products (8.1%); base metals and articles thereof (6.4%); live animals, animal outputs (4.3%); wood and articles thereof (4.1%); stone, mortar, ceramic and glass articles (3.7%); machinery and electrical equipment (1.1%); chemical industry products (1.1%); prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (0.1%); means of transport (0.1%); and plant products (0.6%).

The increase was mainly counteracted by the decrease in prices by sectors: paper and articles thereof (-2.4%); leather and articles thereof (-1.0%); textiles and articles thereof (-0.5%); footwear (-0.3%); and miscellaneous manufactured articles (-0.2%).

Import prices in Kosovo increased by an average of 7.7% between Q2 2021 and Q2 2020. The largest increases by sectors were: mineral products (22.6%); base metals and articles thereof (19.3%); plastics, rubber and articles thereof (14.6%); optical, photographic, measuring, medical and musical instruments, and clock mechanisms (14.4%); edible oils (10.0%); leather and articles thereof (8.3%); live animals and animal outputs (6.2%); stone, mortar, ceramic and glass articles (6.1%); wood and articles thereof (4.7%); means of transport (4.5%); machinery and electrical equipment (3.0%); miscellaneous manufactured articles (3.0%); chemical industry products (2.2%); prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (1.4%); and plant products (1.0%).

The increase was neutralized mainly by the decrease in prices by sectors: textile and articles thereof (-6.2%); paper and articles thereof (-5.1%); and footwear (-1.9%).