20:25 Aug 30, 2011 

Hi Vesna,

That's exactly what I mean with "numri i mallit". There is a form that is used in Albanian custom that is called Lot Data/Information (Të dhënat e mallit) and in addition to others you will find Lot Number (Numri i mallit)as part of this fom.

Good luck, indeed!

15:50 Aug 30, 2011 

I was actually hoping that someone might know the exact term used on goods produced and sold in Albania. The best reference would be a food labeling law but fact is - too many choices for someone who does not know a word Albanian. So, all I can do is discuss the term itself.
Lot number is not goods ID. For example, it may contain Factory code, production line number, shift number and time of production. It enables the process of traceability / should a problem occur with a specific piece of product we will know exactly what was going on in the process at the time, who worked on the line, which ingredients were put in it.
This might be a good definition:
LOT NUMBER A distinctive combination of numbers and/or letters which specifically identifies a batch.
Another example: http://www.adctoday.com/images/prod-lot-label3.png

14:08 Aug 30, 2011 

Hi Juliana,

Here are some of the translation of the word "lot" that I know :
parti (malli), mall, seri, group, ngastër, vend, parcelë, etc.

I checked "Fjalori i shqipes së sotme" for the word parti which means part or quantity of goods that are transported together and the expression in Albania will be : parti (malli). You can find the same translation in English-Albanian dictionary too.

I chose to use the word "mall"( which is another translation of the word lot that has entered our dictionaries and Albanian oral daily language and not "parti" because we are not talking about part or quantity of goods transported together, we are talking about goods - lot and exactly lot number. From this meaning we get the expressions : You are a good lot - malli i mirë qenke; bad lot - mall i keq.
This is my rationale.

13:37 Aug 30, 2011 

Hi Klemi,
"Lot" is not "goods" it's a part/portion of goods. In official docs in internet you can find it as "Numri i partisë:". Please check Albanian dictionary "Fjalori i shqipes së sotme" what does the word "parti" mean in this context.

13:19 Aug 30, 2011 

Hi Vesna,

Too many choices and probably, they all are correct in different contexts. Based on the existing dictionaries (Pavli Qesku- Anglish-Shqip and Economic terms English- Abanian dictionary) lot is translated as "mall'. Lot Number ( numri i mallit) is not a batch, serial, group or party number. It is as you said exactly lot number (numri i mallit)

08:53 Aug 30, 2011 

It will be placed on a product packaging box alongside with equivalents in other languages, including English and should mean exactly the same. I.e. not serial nor batch number etc. but exactly lot number.