Free Trade Agreement between Albania and Turkiye

The free trade agreement between Albania and Turkiye entered into force in May 2008. 

It provides for import tariff elimination for most industrial and energy sector products, including but not limited to: 

• Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
• Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
• Motor vehicles; 
• Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
• Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
• Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
• Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 

Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries, or incorporating materials of external origin valued at a significant portion of the product price to benefit from the tariff treatment established by the Agreement.

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