Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness

As a small transition economy, Albania has achieved significant progress, and the average year-to-year growth rate of trade from 2000 to 2017 has outperformed the world average reaching almost eleven percent. Yet, Albanian exports are very concentr...

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spelling okr-10986-338922021-05-25T09:56:39Z Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness World Bank EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS TRADE POLICY JOB CREATION SERVICES TRADE DIVERSIFICATION TRADE LOGISTICS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TRADE FACILITATION TAXATION TARIFFS NON-TARIFF MEASURES As a small transition economy, Albania has achieved significant progress, and the average year-to-year growth rate of trade from 2000 to 2017 has outperformed the world average reaching almost eleven percent. Yet, Albanian exports are very concentrated in terms of market destinations and product varieties. Green shoots in a range of export industries illustrate that Albania has the potential to further leverage international trade. Despite its small size, Albania has become one of the top twenty exporters of tomatoes in the world, and one of the most attracting touristic destinations in Europe. However, the price gap it receives on exported tomatoes compared to competitors is still significant, which points towards unexploited potential. Adopting the necessary measures to close this price gap will have a great impact for the tomato producers and exporters. Future work on trade competitiveness will build and expand on these dimensions using firm level data, and input-output data for a deeper understanding of Albanian insertion in global value chains (GVCs). 2020-06-11T20:38:04Z 2020-06-11T20:38:04Z 2019-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883671591192098819/Policy-Note-on-Strengthening-Albania-s-Trade-Competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33892 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Europe and Central Asia Albania
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topic EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
TRADE POLICY
JOB CREATION
SERVICES TRADE
DIVERSIFICATION
TRADE LOGISTICS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
TRADE FACILITATION
TAXATION
TARIFFS
NON-TARIFF MEASURES
spellingShingle EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
TRADE POLICY
JOB CREATION
SERVICES TRADE
DIVERSIFICATION
TRADE LOGISTICS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
TRADE FACILITATION
TAXATION
TARIFFS
NON-TARIFF MEASURES
World Bank
Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
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description As a small transition economy, Albania has achieved significant progress, and the average year-to-year growth rate of trade from 2000 to 2017 has outperformed the world average reaching almost eleven percent. Yet, Albanian exports are very concentrated in terms of market destinations and product varieties. Green shoots in a range of export industries illustrate that Albania has the potential to further leverage international trade. Despite its small size, Albania has become one of the top twenty exporters of tomatoes in the world, and one of the most attracting touristic destinations in Europe. However, the price gap it receives on exported tomatoes compared to competitors is still significant, which points towards unexploited potential. Adopting the necessary measures to close this price gap will have a great impact for the tomato producers and exporters. Future work on trade competitiveness will build and expand on these dimensions using firm level data, and input-output data for a deeper understanding of Albanian insertion in global value chains (GVCs).
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title Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
title_short Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
title_full Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
title_fullStr Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
title_full_unstemmed Policy Note on Strengthening Albania’s Trade Competitiveness
title_sort policy note on strengthening albania’s trade competitiveness
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883671591192098819/Policy-Note-on-Strengthening-Albania-s-Trade-Competitiveness
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