Import of goods

Non-Albanian goods presented at customs shall be assigned a customs-approved treatment or use authorized for such non-Albanian goods.

Until they are assigned a customs-approved treatment or use, goods presented to customs shall, following such presentation, have the status of goods in temporary storage. Such goods shall hereinafter be described as “goods in temporary storage".

Goods in temporary storage shall be stored in customs areas or any other places approved by the customs authorities 10 days from the date on which the summary declaration is lodged in the case of goods carried by sea and 5 days from the date on which the summary declaration is lodged in the case of goods carried otherwise than by sea.

Release for free circulation shall confer on non-Albanian goods the customs status of Albanian goods. It shall entail application of commercial policy measures; completion of the other formalities laid down in respect of the importation of goods and the charging of any import duties.

In addition to the release for free circulation, non-Albanian goods are placed under "suspensive regimes" as follows:

• transit;
• customs warehousing;
• inward processing in the form of a system of suspension;
• processing under customs control;
• temporary importation.