foreign trade annual report 2004 this is a publication of acit joint project the united states agency for international development usaid and institute contemporary studies isb it was made possible through support provided by under terms cooperative agreement no 182 00 03 00107 opinions expressed herein are those author s do not necessarily reflect views donor april 2005 albanian center 1 dear reader launching to partners public at large gives me special satisfaction advanced expertise accumulated experience enabled us offer year an improved considering only extent coverage but also structure quality analysis apart from being valuable source information on flows dynamics present serious effort exploring trends identifying problems assessing factors behind them stands regional global context evokes most up date agendas especially progress