AlbaniaPastPresent #146 Albania past and present

Added: Oct 14, 2008

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Project Gutenberg Up to the year 1913, the total amount of foreign exchange was estimated to be only 20,000,000 francs, of which two-thirds consisted of imports. With the winning of independence, the commercial movement showed a quick upward tendency, the increase being one-third in nine months only. And yet, Albania's natural situation on the eastern shore of the Adri- atic has predestined her to a privileged commercial position. The exported articles range as follows, according to the order of their importance: Olives and olive oil, poultry and eggs, live-stock, mainly horses, wool, hides, salted and fresh fish, fruit, wood, etc.

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