Updating the söndikoi tax in the north

Updating the söndikoi tax in the north

The Kosovo government's tax hike to products of Serbia and Bosnia has almost had no impact on the lives of citizens in northern Kosovo. In markets there you can find almost all food products from Serbia. It is public secrecy that goods in Kosovo from Serbia enter through smuggling channels, [...]

It is public secrecy that goods in Kosovo from Serbia enter through smuggling channels, but also through neighbouring states. In the opinion of many, such a scenario was seen after the tax was raised to 100 percent.

Almost all products you can find in Serbia's markets, milk and its products, sweets, non-alcohol and other drinks, you can also find on shop shelves in northern Kosovo. Many may wonder how this is possible, when Kosovo has raised the tax on products of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to 100 percent. The answer is simple alternative roads.

And that residents of northern Kosovo have had to find themselves in this situation, so that they could have basic foods in the market, testifies to the Serbian medium “N1x1> Rados Petrovic, representative of Kosovo Serb businessmen.

“In stores currently are all products. Serbia's factories have found ways that through some other countries bring goods to Kosovo. The goods come through different channels, but also through the southern part of Kosovo”, says Petroviqi, broadcasts Koha.net.

He, like other businessmen from Kosovo, thinks Kosovo will have to lift the tax. In his words, there is an internal agreement by Serbian businessmen not to raise prices.

<x) The extension was noted to citizens in the southern part of Kosovo, because flour and bread” were exhausted, he said further.

From the Ministry of Commerce in Serbia, they say that from tax hikes, in Kosovo, less goods have been introduced for 35m euros.

 

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