(REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA)
(WIPO code: AL) (last revised November 2022)
by KLITON STEFANI, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Tirana
Albania
General Information
Area
28,748 sq. km.
Population
3,095,444 (2022).
Capital
Tirana, with 512,000 inhabitants (2022).
Language
Albanian.
Currency
lek.
Most important agricultural and industrial products
Oil, crude oil, bitumen, chrome, copper, coal, cement, wood and wood-products, cotton and wool textiles, sugar, olives, cereals, cigarettes, tobacco, beans, meat and fruits (especially citrus fruits).
General Remarks
Albania is a mountainous country, bounded by Montenegro and Kosovo in the north, North Macedonia in the east, Greece in the south and by the Adriatic Sea in the west.
There are important forest resources and some mineral wealth, the latter not fully developed. Chief products of the country are tobacco, timber, wool, hides, furs, cheese and dairy products, fish, olive oil, corn, cattle and bitumen. The State has attempted to develop farming, light industry, to build new roads and power stations, to modernize mines and to develop tourism.