TIRANA, July 17/ATA/-Albania’s Minister of Economy and Finances Arben Ahmetaj convened on Tuesday the Committee on Trade Facilitation.
Minister Ahmetaj highlighted the progress made toward improvement of competitiveness of the national economy.
“Initiatives related with competitiveness must develop. The national approach must be accompanied with regional approach aiming at adapting the factors that influence the investments”, emphasized the minister.
The head of public finances said that the economies of 6 Western Balkan countries are involved in creation of a regional economic area looking toward more opportunities, reduction of trade costs and minimizing the non-tariff barriers for facilitation of the trade of goods, harmonization of the CEFTA markets with the European Union and creation of mechanisms to resolve the trade differences.
According to him, the regional integration steps have been accompanied with good results toward trade liberalization beginning with lifting of the tariff obstacles on industrial products and further on the agriculture products. /a.gjonaj/ /a.g/p.s./
