TRADE EXCHANGE FROM CEFTA COUNTRIES: CASE OF ALBANIA

Liberalization of trade exchange in the CEFTA framework is and will be an opportunity to access the market considering that the Albanian products will be offered to an over 25 million people market; will increase the trade volume with CEFTA countries and will enable a lower price for the final consumer. On the other hand the liberalization will mean an increase in competition between domestic and imported products. Some of Albanian products are starting to become competitive in the market, increasing in this way the Albanian exports and improving somehow the trade balance for the agriculture sector.This fact is proved especially for fruits and vegetables, which had a significant increase (export) in 2013.The main challenge that comes before us is to be able to use this increased opportunities to enter markets which means to increase domestic product, in quantitative and qualitative terms, and to concentrate on the export of those products for which our country has shown that he can be competitive in the markets of CEFTA (as early fruits and vegetables) or other products that might have a comparative advantage.