TIRANA, June 15/ATA/ Trade exchanges with Croatia are estimated at over ALL 3.1 billion during the first 4 months of this year.
According to the official data published by the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) in January-April 2021, exports reached ALL 972 million, up from ALL 620 million in 2020, while imports amounted to ALL 2.1 billion, up from ALL 1.6 billion in the previous year.
Albania exports to Croatia aluminum, footwear, processed fish, vegetables, while it imports mainly oil, fish products, electrical transformers and chocolates.
Areas of interest for cooperation are energy, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, pharmaceuticals, food, textiles and footwear, and especially construction.
Albania also offers great investment opportunities with the fiscal burden on foreign investors among the lowest in the region. The government has set up an agency (AIDA), which assists every foreign investor from the first steps. //a.i/
