INVEST IN ALBANIA
Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Entrepreneurship
Country Profile
• Capital City: Tirana • Surface area: 28,748 sq. km • Length of Coastline: 316 km • Ports: Durres, Vlora, Shëngjin, Saranda • Location: South-eastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic
Sea and Ionian Sea with Italy, between Greece in the south, Republic of Macedonia in the east and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
• Climate: mild temperate (270-300 sunny days) • Natural Resources: petroleum, gas, solar
energy, hydropower, wind energy, bauxite, chromite, copper, , iron ore, nickel, salt, timber
Advantages of Albania
• Potential Global Trade Hub – Geographic position
• Market Oriented
• Business - Friendly Environment with Convenient Costs
• One – Stop – Shop Model
• A Variety of Investment Choices
• Supportive FDI Legal Framework
Advantages of Albania
• Favorable Tax System
• Rapidly Developing Infrastructure
• Recommended Tourist Destination
• Skilled and Highly Creative Work-Force – 2nd youngest population in Europe
• Attractive Labor Cost
Potential Investment Sectors
• Renewable Energy
• Mining Industry
• Manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Transport And Logistics
• Tourism
• ICT Services
Renewable Energy
• Significant renewable energy resource:
Hydro, Wind, Solar
• 2nd in Europe for hydro resources
Renewable Energy
• Petroleum & Gas Sector Albania’s brute oil production in 2013 is about 1,205,538 tons
Mining Industry • Albania is emerging as a regional and
European leader in mineral production
Chromium, Copper, Nickel
Manufacturing
• Supplies to major brands and retailers throughout Europe
Agriculture
• Great potential to improve the technological innovation of the current productivity
Transport and Logistics
Albania’s location at the center of a natural crossroad of the main transport corridors across Europe, places the country in a strategic geographic position.
Tourism Sector
Albania is listed 4th on “52 Places to Go in 2014” by New York Times
“On a rugged shore, Europe at its best”
ICT Services
• ICT sector remains on the focus of Government
plans for intensifying the process of Digital Albania
Economic Zones
9 Economic Zones with
the status of:
• 8 – Industrial Parks
• 1 – Free Zone
Over 600 Million Customers
• Albania benefits from extensive Free Trade
Agreements with:
• EU, CEFTA, EFTA and Turkey, giving free access to over 600 million customers
• Albania is a Member of WTO and applies WTO rules on import licensing.
Investors Already Present in Albania
And more to discover…