TIRANA, Feb 10/ATA/- Trade exchanges with Croatia increased by almost ALL 1 billion in 2019, compared to 2018, the Albanian Institute of Statistics INSTAT reported.
According to the official data published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) in 2019, trade exchanges with Croatia amounted to ALL 8.3 billion compared to ALL 7.6 billion in 2018.
In 2019, exports of goods amounted to ALL 1.1 billion compared to ALL 946 million in 2018, while imports of goods amounted to ALL 7.2 billion compared to ALL 6.6 billion compared to a year earlier.
The top exported products to Croatia are, aluminum, shoes, processed fish, vegetables, while the imported products are mainly petroleum, fish products, electric transformers and chocolates.
The common areas of interest and defining priority sectors for cooperation are energy, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, pharmaceuticals, food, textiles and footwear, and especially construction.
Albania also represents great investment opportunities, as it imposes a lower tax burden on foreign investors in the region. The government has set up an agency (AIDA), which assists every foreign investor in the first steps.//a.i/
