TIRANA, July 21/ATA/ Turkey is an important partner of Albania in international trade.
The Institute of Statistics recently published the report on foreign trade for the period January-June, according to which Turkey is ranked the third trading partner of Albania.
Trade exchanges with Turkey in the 6th month period of the current year have reached 54.5 billion ALL.
Referring to the data for the January-June period, Albanian exports to Turkey reached 2.1 billion ALL, from 2.3 billion ALL in the 6-month period of 2023, while imports for the 6-month period are estimated at 52.4 billion ALL.
The export products consist mainly of minerals and metals, aromatic and medicinal plants as well as fashion products.
Albania has a free trade agreement with Turkey, signed in 2006, and which entered into force in May 2008. Through this agreement, the two countries have opportunities to increase trade exchanges between them. /p.s./
