From the sources of that time, tradesmen from Durres, Vlora, Shkodra, Ulqin and Tivar developed their activity in Ragusa, Venice, Kotor, Budva, Corfu, etc. Albanian tradesmen went as far as to Egypt, Syria in East, whereas to the West as far as in Flandria.
In the Albanian cities and markets, lots of foreign tradesmen developed their activity.