Embargo against Serbia, few benefits for Albania

However, there are sectors with good possibilities for the Albanian industry.

Data for the trade with Kosovo, which are published by the Statistic Entity of Europe’s youngest country show that a considerable part of the imports from Serbia must be replaced with imports from farther countries, while Albania might increase its market for bricks and cement in Kosovo.

According to Shqip newspaper, the embargo that Prishtina established with Belgrade might cause high costs for Kosovo, if it will continue until this winter.

Kosovo imported 260 million of goods from Serbia during 2010, without calculating electrical power, which although doesn’t result as imported from Serbia, goes through power lines built by former Yugoslavia. Kosovo imported 44 million EUR of electrical power during 2010. In summer, the two old thermo centrals in Kosovo are able to produce enough energy for supplying the entire consumption. But during winter, the consumption is much higher and imports are indispensable for not causing power cuts.

Kosovo established an embargo towards Serbian goods, since the latter did not allow Kosovo goods in its territory, pretending that Kosovo doesn’t exist as a state.

Prishtina is currently facing a considerable difficulty in implementing the embargo, due to the lack of efficient control in the border with Serbia. Now that the embargo is set, the question is what will happen after, and how will this situation be solved with fewer costs for Kosovo.

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