23m euros in export losses from Serbia since 100% tax was imposed

The Kosovar Alliance of Business, a research study has been conducted in the period 21 November- 5 December 2018 concerning the impact of the 100% tax imposed by Kosovo on Serbian products and its impact on Serbia's economy.

The head of the GDP, Agim Sahini, has said that they support the 100% tax on products of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, believing that this will positively affect the economy and local production, Klen Kosova follows.

“This will negatively affect the economy of these two states that have consistently created obstacles to the free movement of goods, businesses, citizens and capital, and therefore as such Kosovo has the only solution to affect the political and economic marrow of these countries to respect Kosovo overall with its own benefits as partner and not only as a country that can collect hundreds of millions of euros without giving any reward, but instead applying the non-tarial barriers to Kosovo”, Sahin has said.

He has said that the UN has supported its partners to implement this research research in 300 businesses where 95 Serbian companies, mostly co-operating with different Kosovo companies, who have over 45,000 workers on the impact of the 100% tax on Serbia's economy, have eventually come that from November 21st to December 2018 the losses of this country are tens of millions of euros:

21.750, 000,000 euros are Serbia's export losses

39,600 tons of products

2000 transport vehicles have not circulated for 15 days in Kosovo.

1300,000.00 $ 1.000 transportation losses only

More than 8,200 workers are in danger of going on free vacation or getting out of work.

31m euros are Serbia's goods, whether in Kosovo customs depots or unpaid goods in Kosovo.

24m euros in Kosovo have paid goods in Serbia, which cannot attract.

Currently, according to the monetary balance GDP between Kosovo and Serbia is over 55m euros of open obligations between Kosovo businesses and Serbia's businesses.

About 300 businesses have expressed their complaints through Serbia's and international institutions for the 100% tax and market loss in Kosovo due to wrong policy and fears they will never return to Kosovo again.

63,15 000.00 euros in total loss of Serbia planned in November 21st, December 2018.

“The GDP, encourage Serbia's business bid for politicians in Serbia to change Kosovo's approach to the new reality created, while businesses are removed from barriers in both directions.

Import from Serbia in 2017 was 449,918,000 euros

Export from Kosovo in 2017 was 48,246,000 euros

In November 2017 it was 34,000

In December 2017 it was 47,000,000”.