TIRANA, December 19 – Turkey remained a key partner in Albania’s international trade. The Institute of Statistics reported that Turkey ranked as Albania’s second-largest trade partner, accounting for 7.3% of total trade.

Albanian exports to Turkey amounted to 4.8 billion Albanian Lekë, up from 4.7 billion Albanian Lekë in the same period of 2024. Imports from Turkey reached 77.5 billion Albanian Lekë.

Turkey supplied 25.4 billion Albanian Lekë of construction materials and metals, 9.3 billion lek of textiles and footwear, and 10.7 billion Albanian Lekë of chemical and plastic products.

Albania’s main exports included minerals and metals, aromatic and medicinal plants, and processed products.

Albania and Turkey signed a free trade agreement in 2006, which entered into force in May 2008. The agreement allows both countries to increase trade and grants Albanian exporters access to the regional market without tariffs or with preferential quotas.

Industrial products from Albania are fully liberalized. For agricultural goods, both countries agreed on reciprocal preferential tariffs and quotas.

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