Albania Member profile
Status of notification in the reporting periods
2010-2012
2012-2014
2014-2016
2016-2018
2018-2020
2020-2022
2022-2024
2024-2026
Notification information
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Albania
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02/11/2021
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Albania
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17/03/2020
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2018-2020
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Albania
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20/11/2018
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2018-2020
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Types of restrictions
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 HS chapters notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 WTO justifications notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 Non-WTO commitments notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
QR details
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Trade policy review
Latest Trade Policy Review (Report by the WTO Secretariat): WT/TPR/S/449/Rev.1
A. Import prohibitions and restrictions and import licensing
3.33.
Albania first notified WTO Members of quantitative restrictions in place in December 2018.[125] According to the notification, the importation and transit of hazardous waste (defined as chemicals classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants and subject to the Stockholm and Basel Conventions) are strictly prohibited under all circumstances, while the import of certain animals and plant species (all CITES species), as well as certain narcotic drugs, is restricted.
3.34.
The latest responses to the import licensing questionnaire indicate that licensing requirements are in place for a number of products requiring a licence, permit, or authorization to be imported into Albania (Table 3.6). Licensing is generally done on a compliance basis, which might include the registration of products, such as plant protection products, and according to the authorities does not intend to restrict quantities. In most cases, economic operators are licensed to import such goods without each individual shipment requiring a licence. However, for drug precursors, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection issues a special authorization for each import consignment of category 1 and 2 substances, while those of category 3 are subject to an annual licence and quantity limits.
B. Export prohibitions and restrictions
3.42.
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, the authorities introduced a number of temporary export restrictions relating to certain drugs, medical supplies, and medical devices in March 2020, which were again lifted in July 2021.[131]
3.43.
Export licences for military goods remain in place and are administered by the State Export Control Authority in accordance with Law No. 46/2018.
WTO's environmental database (EDB)
The EDB contains environment-related measures that may qualify as QRs and therefore should be notified under the QR Decision.