Saturday, April 26, 2014

Albania to set up joint customs terminal with Kosovo

TIRANA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Friday informed about the establishment of a joint customs terminal with Kosovo to facilitate transport of goods, according to the Albanian Telegraphic Agency.
He said that integration of the two markets remain a major challenge, while noting that although many years have passed and the entrepreneurial experience is more than enough, the markets of Kosovo and Albania remain isolated and inaccessible to the producers and trades.
He said that procedures are terrible, long, tedious and very discouraging.
"There is a great barrier between Albania and Kosovo, which hampers interaction and cooperation, and which has artificially removed instead of approaching the two Albanian areas," said the premier.
Rama posed several issues that should be solved immediately. He stressed the fact that it is impossible to move ahead without having a joint customs terminal between Albania and Kosovo.
"The establishment of a common terminal and customs offices is a must to facilitate trade," said Rama. He said that Kosovo's goods to Serbia reach their destination within four hours, while to Albania it takes two days, because of repeated bureaucratic procedures.

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