Kurti's addiction gives a rationale for lifting the tax on Serbia's blocs: It's been five years.

Minister Roseta Hajdari has reacted after reporting that the dictatorship leading it has removed the tax on blocs from Serbia.

Hajdari in a Facebook post accused media of disinformation, writes news.net.

She has said that the tax has been removed because the same has been a measure for five years while deciding in 2016, automatically abolishing, writes news.net.

Hajdari has further said that the ministry will undertake an investigation, and if it is confirmed that the price of damping on the Kosovo market is under way, the move will be decided again.

Her full post:

Responding to dezinforms from several portals, in terms of abolishing the protection measure anti-damping for the 19x19x25 blocs imported from Serbia.

Based on the request of the 1603.2016 State-based construction materials association of 1603.2016, the Trade Department within the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Protection, had carried out a research and co-ordination with the Commission for the assessment of Special Obligations in Imports based on Article 48 of the Law on Antidamping Measures and Counter-balancing Measures on the date 07.07.2016 had recommended and imposed anti-daping measures of 0,2$202% for Serbia's 19x19x bloc imported. This as a result of selling the product to the Kosovo market under the normal market price and that import of the product in question damaged local producers in Kosovo.

However, after this decision was made on the date 07.07,2016 did not specify the five-year deadline, as provided by law, the Department of Commerce, based on legal interpretation by the Department of Industry, Intervention and Trade, namely Article 46, paragraph 2 and Article 47 paragraph 5, 6 and 7 of the Law on Antidamping and Counterbalancing Measures, and after consulting with the Commission for Special Details of Importation, it has concluded that the decision to protect the 19x-incirc to be imported from Serbia. According to Article 46, paragraph 2, “Any final anti-damping or counterbalancing obligation must expire after a maximum of 5 years from its”, as well as Article 47 paragraph 7 “Masses imposed under this expiration procedure can last up to 5 years.” Therefore, in view of these, we have abolished the decision because on the date 07.07,2021, according to legal terms, 5 years of implementation of the measure.

However, it is noteworthy that the Department of Commerce is currently forwarding the production sector of shale-based construction material and is analyzing the import and sales prices of product in question from Serbia and will soon come up with concrete analysis. If it is found that such import continues to accommodate local producers again with the sale of the product under normal value, then we from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Trade will make a decision immediately to open an official investigation just as provided with Article 29 of this law, and if final analyses prove it is continuing the price marking on the Kosovo market, we from the Ministry of Industry, Intervention and Trade will again establish anti-dagging measures for 19x19x25 blocs from Serbia.