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The analysis maps Kosovo’s trade relationships and examines how firms participate in exporting, including entry, exit, and survival. It evaluates trade policy and identifies policy options, while spotlighting digitalization and digital trade readiness, regulatory capacity, and consumer protection. The memorandum consolidates evidence from sector stakeholders, methodology definitions, and supporting figures and tables to guide actionable recommendations.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disc losure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nWORLD BANK GROUP  \nBoosting Export Performance  \nNovember 2021  \nKosovo Country  \nEconomic Memorandum  \nKosovo Country Economic Memorandum  \nBoosting Exports  \nTable of Contents  \nAcknowledgments 6  \nList of Acronyms 7  \nExecutive Summary 8  \nMapping Kosovo’s Trade 11  \nExporter Dynamics at the Firm Level 21  \nTrade Policy 33  \nPolicy Options for Increasing Export Growth in Kosovo 37  \nSpotlight-Digitalization and Digital Trade 43  \nRegulatory Readiness Assessment for Digital Trade 63  \nReferences 77  \nMethodology and Definitions 81  \nSector Stakeholders 91  \nFig 1. Contributions to growth in Kosovo and comparator countries, 2010–19 p.12  \nFig 2. Current account and trade balance in Kosovo and comparators, 2010–19 p.13  \nFig 3. Kosovo’s trade balance, 2010–20 p.13  \nFig 4. Cumulative growth of exports and imports in Kosovo, 2010–20 p.14  \nFig 5. Exports of goods and services per capita by selected countries in the region, circa 2018 p.14  \nFig 6. Exports of goods and services per capita by Kosovo and selected country groups, circa 2018 p.15  \nFig 7. Goods exports index for countries in the Western Balkans, 2010–20 p.15  \nFig 8. Goods exports index for countries in the Western Balkans, 2010–20 p.16  \nFig 9. Exports of commodities and goods other than commodities by Kosovo and selected comparators, 2019–21 p.16  \nFig 10. Services Exports Index for Kosovo and peer countries, 2010–19 p.17  \nFig 11. Composition of goods exports in Kosovo, 2010 and 2019 p.17  \nFig 12. Composition of services exports and imports in Kosovo, 2010–19 p.18  \nFig 13. Composition of services exports and imports in Kosovo and peers, 2019 p.19  \nFig 14. Kosovo’s main trading partners for goods exports and imports, 2009–20 p.19  \nFig 15. Number and share of firmsin Kosovo exporting goods, 2013–19 p.22  \nFig 16. Difference in performance of exporters and nonexporters in Kosovo p.23  \nFig 17. Correlation between number of exporters of goods per million people and GDP per capita in Kosovo and selected country groups p.24  \nFig 18. Correlation between median export value per firm and GDP per capita (PPP). Current US$, in logs in Kosovo and selected countries p.25  \nFig 19. Number of products exported and destinations served by firms in Kosovo, 2013–19 p.25  \nFig 20. Average of products exported and destinations served per firm, by country p.27  \nFig 21. Number of Kosovar firms entering and exiting exporting activity, 2014–1 p.28  \nFig 22. Entry, exit, and net entry into exporting in selected countries  \np.28  \nFig 23. Fraction of new exporters surviving after entry according to the initial export value (divided in quintiles) . Year 0 = entry year, percent p.29  \nFig 24. Number of firms exporting services and their export value of services, 2013–18 p.30  \nFig 25. Share of exporters and value of exports in the services sector, by subsector p.31  \nFig 26. Distribution of exports of goods and services, by export value p.31  \nFig 27. Kosovo Services Trade restrictiveness index, by services subsector, 2020 p.35  \nFig 28. Use of the Internet for ordering goods and services in Kosovo, 2018–20 p.44  \nFig 29. Source of goods and services consumers in Kosovo purchased over the Internet, 2018–20 p.45  \nFig 30. Concerns of Kosovars about shopping online, 2020 p.45  \nFig 31. Firms reporting increasing use of digital technologies, by firm size p.46  \nFig 32. Use of online sales, by sector and firm size, April 2020 and  \nJune-July 2021 p.46 Fig 33. Average fixed broadband penetration in selected countries, 2020 p.47 Fig 34. Fixed broadband penetration in  \nKosovo, by municipality, fourth quarter 2020 p.48  \nFig 35. Mean fixed and mobile broadband download and upload speeds, October 2021  \np.49  \nFig 36. Price of high-speed fixed broadband as share of monthly disposable income for bottom  \n40 percent of the population, 2020 p.50  \nFig 37. 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