TIRANA, October 26 /ATA/ Trade exchanges between Albania and Croatia are estimated at over 7.7 billion Lekë during the first 9 months of the current year.
According to data published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), during the period January-September 2021, exports amounted to almost 2 billion Lekë from 1.1 billion Lekë in the first 9 months of 2020, while imports went up to 5.7 billion Lekë from 4.7 billion Lekë that were last year.
Albania exports to Croatia aluminium, shoes, processed fish, vegetables, while it imports mainly oil, fish products, electric transformers and chocolates.
Areas of interest for cooperation are energy, tourism, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, pharmaceuticals, food, textiles and footwear, and especially construction.
Croatia is one of the most important countries in the Balkan region, as it is the axis that connects Tirana with Europe via land./a.a/p.s./
