2 minutes agoKosovo responds to Serbia after flour fee response
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Trade and Industry Minister Bajram Hasani has countered his Serbian counterpart, Rasim Lajjic, who has demanded the removal of the fee for flour importers from Serbia, reminding him that Kosovo is a state that rules according to its laws. After making the decision to set the ministry's anti-mumping price [...]
After taking the decision to set the ministry's anti-mumping price for flour imported from Serbia, we have had Serbia's complaint to remove this tax. I want to remind Minister Rasim Lajic and Serbia that Kosovo is a state and decides according to the laws of the Republic of Kosovo”, Hasani told KALLXO.com.
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In his reaction, Hasani has warned that there may be other anti-mumpig prices if it is observed by the MTI.
Not only in the flour industry, but wherever it is observed there are branded prices (i.e. all goods that enter cheaper prices than produced in the country), we will set the anti-dumping price”, derclari Hasani.
The first of the Ministry of Trade and Industry said the decision on setting the fee to flour importers from Serbia to Kosovo has been taken based on the laws of the Republic of Kosovo to protect the flour industry in the country.
All in the end, Minister Bajrami said Kosovo would respect the CEFTA agreement, but based on our laws and on the protection of our production.
By contrast, media today reported that Serbia's Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunication in Government Rasim Lajiq has called on Pristina to lift the flour tax or Serbia will be forced to take countermatures.
Lajic has even filed complaints in CEFTA and to authorities in Brussels as a sign of dissatisfaction with this decision.
