The Belgrade Office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has released in statement that 21 small and medium-sized companies from Serbia, engaged in different fields of economy, will take part in the International Fair PANAIR 2009, which is staged in Albania from November 25 to 30.

The economic relations between Serbia and Albania have been strengthened in the last couple of years, and in the period between 2001 and 2007, Serbia's export to the country increased from 15 million to 85 million dollars, USAID reminded.

Of the total of 21 Serbian companies, which will exhibit their products at the Fair and thus contribute to the further improvement of the Serbian-Albanian economic relations, eight companies have been backed by the USAID Office in Belgrade, i.e. the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project and the USAID Serbia Contingency Planning and Economic Security Program, which promote the development of small and medium-sized companies in Serbia.