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…