13 minutes agoLajiq: Serbian goods repack in Macedonia, enter Kosovo as its products
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunication in Serbia's Government Rasim Lajiq has declared on Wednesday that goods from Serbia can be encountered throughout Kosovo and that they are reaching through alternative routes. He has recalled that officials in Serbia had warned of increasing smuggling immediately after official Pristina had decided [...]
He has recalled that officials in Serbia had warned of increased smuggling immediately after official Pristina had imposed the measure of customs duties 100 per cent on imports from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lajiq has told Serbia's Radio Television, that if viewed in northern or south of Kosovo, goods can everywhere be encountered from Serbia that arrive through different roads.
There are times when our wheat goes to Croatia, from there it is packaged and transported to Kosovo as Croatia's property”, Lajiq has said, broadcasts the REL.
According to him, another form of crackling goods from Serbia to Kosovo is when they are sent to Macedonia, repack and go to the Kosovo market as goods from Macedonia.
He has mentioned that as a result of the tax for three months, Serbia has lost 90m euros.
Lajiq has also suggested that the losses to Serbia's economy will be even greater if businesses there lose the market in Kosovo, because they already have, according to him, businesses from Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, who want to get involved in this market.
The Kosovo government has imposed a 100 per cent tax on imports of these two states in November last year.
The United States has said that non-suspending this measure constitutes an attitude against US interests.
