Ministry's Reason for Eliminating Measure on Serbia Imported Blocks

The Ministry of Industry, Intervention and Trade has stated that abolishing the anti-damping safeguard clause for blocs imported from Serbia has been made as a result of the sale of product on the Kosovo market, under the normal price of the market.

According to MINT, import of the product in question has damaged local producers in Kosovo.

This decision, made on the date 07.07.2016, did not specify the five-year deadline as scheduled by law, recently based on legal interpretation by the Department of Industry, Intervention and Trade Ministry, specifically according to Article 46, paragraph 2 and Article 47 paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of the Law on Anti-Malmping and Counterbalancing Measures, and after consulting with the Commission for Special Designmentation in Import, it has concluded that the decision to protect the 19x21. According to Article 46, paragraph 2, “Any final anti-damping or counterbalancing obligation should expire after a maximum of 5 years of its” deployment, as well as Article 47, paragraph 7”, the MINT statement said.

Full announcement:

Based on the request of the European-based Interventional Materials Association of 16,03.2016, the Department of Commerce, which operates under the Ministry of Industry, Enterprises and Trade, it had conducted a research and in co-ordination with the Commission for the assessment of Special Obligations in Imports, based on the 48th Article of the Law on Anti-damping Measures and Antibalancing Measures on the date 07.2016, recommended and imposed the safeguard clause of the 0$022, for the 19x bloc imported from Serbia. This has happened 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 producers

Locals in Kosovo.

However, this decision taken 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, specifically according to Article 46, paragraph 2 and Article 47 paragraph 5, 6 and 7 of the Law for Antidagping and Counterbalisation Measures, and after consulting with the Commission for Special Details in Import, it has concluded that the decision of anti-taxing provisions to import the 19x of Serbia. According to Article 46, paragraph 2, “Any final anti-damping or counterbalancing obligation should expire after a maximum of 5 years of his deployment” and Article 47, paragraph 7

“The measures set under this expiration procedure can last up to 5 years”. Therefore, in view of all these actions, the decision has been abolished because on the date 07.07.2021, according to legal terms, 5 years of implementation of this measure have been made.

It is noteworthy that the Department of Commerce is currently forwarding the shale-based construction sector and is currently analyzing the import and sale prices of the product in question from Serbia and will soon emerge 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 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 that the price of damping on the Kosovo market is continuing, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Trade Ministry will again establish anti-dagging measures for the 19x19x from Serbia.