# USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Albania HS 760429 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for aluminium: alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 90/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $19.2M
- Buyer market growth: +38.9%
- Current exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap: 41.9%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $19.2M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $23.8M
- Supplier countries observed: 47
- Average buyer imports: $6.9M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $19.2M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +7.4%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +38.9%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Greece
- Top supplier share: 42.1%
- Market concentration: 2,406
- Exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 41.9%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 13.0%
- MFN tariff: 13.0%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 7,440 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 4.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $6.5K
- GDP per-person growth: +9.9%
- Population: 2,812k
- GDP: $18.3B
- GDP five-year CAGR: +11.7%
- Investment rate: 32.3%
- Savings rate: 8.0%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $33.2K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Albania route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 760429 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $13.7M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $12.5M | -8.4% |
| 1997 | $2.7M | -78.6% |
| 1998 | $11.2M | +318.7% |
| 1999 | $26.8M | +139.0% |
| 2000 | $19.7M | -26.5% |
| 2001 | $15.4M | -22.1% |
| 2002 | $17.3M | +12.9% |
| 2003 | $12.2M | -29.4% |
| 2004 | $24.9M | +103.8% |
| 2005 | $25.3M | +1.4% |
| 2006 | $30.8M | +21.6% |
| 2007 | $40.5M | +31.6% |
| 2008 | $48.1M | +18.9% |
| 2009 | $53.5M | +11.1% |
| 2010 | $54.3M | +1.6% |
| 2011 | $57.6M | +6.0% |
| 2012 | $65.7M | +14.0% |
| 2013 | $86.1M | +31.2% |
| 2014 | $80.7M | -6.4% |
| 2015 | $46.2M | -42.7% |
| 2016 | $66.2M | +43.2% |
| 2017 | $67.1M | +1.5% |
| 2018 | $68.7M | +2.3% |
| 2019 | $94.8M | +38.2% |
| 2020 | $66.6M | -29.7% |
| 2021 | $112.3M | +68.4% |
| 2022 | $95.9M | -14.5% |
| 2023 | $145.1M | +51.2% |
| 2024 | $137.2M | -5.4% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to NLD | HS 860310 | New corridor | $335.6M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-nld-860310) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Norway | HS 999999 | New corridor | $302.6M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-nor-999999) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Italy | HS 040150 | New corridor | $229.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-ita-040150) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Kazakhstan | HS 260800 | New corridor | $178.7M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-kaz-260800) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to SVN | HS 440712 | New corridor | $152.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-svn-440712) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Uzbekistan | HS 170199 | New corridor | $148.5M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-uzb-170199) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Greece | HS 870240 | New corridor | $141.0M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-grc-870240) |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Portugal | HS 870370 | New corridor | $134.9M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/usa-prt-870370) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.