ALBANIA AND EU STRIKE COMPRHENSIVE FOOD, DRINK FREE-TRADE DEAL
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve a food and drinks-focused trade deal negotiated by the European Commission and Albania. Under a special annex on wines, imports into the EU of 5,000 hl Albanian sparkling wine and 2,000 hl still wine will enter duty free annually, while 10,000 hl EU-made sparkling wine will enter Albania duty free each year. Albanian duties on a wide range of processed and unprocessed food products imported from the EU - from meat, to confectionary, packaged vegetables, other drinks and more - would be ...
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