an hour agoCustoms beside the Government after reporting on imports of 300 million from Serbia: 450 million were once imported
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Kosovo Customs has reacted to Kosovo's “news agency, Kosovo, after reporting that under Prime Minister Albin Kurti's rule, Kosovo has imported some 300m euros from Serbia. From Customs, however, they do not deny that fact, but say that they did not have to compare 2021 to 2020 because of circumstances as they bring attention [...]
The Kosovapress news agency has published today an article dedicated to Kosovo's import from Serbia during 2021, import that catches about 300m euros. For a “Kosovopress” article has reacted from Kosovo Customs, which has not liked the fact that the medium has compared 2021 imports to those of the preliminary year, until they say that Kosovo imported about 300 million in 2021 is true.
A report about import and export has been published in some media today between Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo. The article contains great inaccuracies and distorted accuracy of facts. It is true that import from Serbia is 305m euros compared to 174m in the past year, but we must remember that the import of 2020 has been influenced by protection measures and reciprocity affecting import decline in the first part of 2020, as if the pandemic has also affected”, says Customs response.
The response goes further, offering suggestions for the medium on what period of time to compare.
<x0) The most real concern is the comparison of the period not impacted by specific measures in January-November 2018 with the same period in 2021, from where we note that goods imported from Serbia in compared periods have marked a decline in the amount of import for 37.46%, while at the same time there is a decline of 27.5.8%, even though the total import market is worth over 41% in 2021, so the real decline is about 3.8%/x1>, points out from Customs.
While trying to argue their reaction, they say Kosovo once imported 450m euros, or 36.8 more than the value of 2021 import, compared to what seems to please Dogan.
“If we compare it to a full year we have to go back to 2017, which has not been influenced by safeguard clauses, and we note that the value of import in the Kosovo market of Serbian goods has been 450m euros or 36.8% more than the value of import and the value of growth in 202118x1>, the Dogan reaction further notes.
In terms of import figures from Serbia, former Prime Minister Haradinaj has reacted today. He has reminded Kurt of the declaration of putting reciprocity on Serbia until he has shown how much it was imported from Serbia during the time he had led the executive and when the tax was imposed.
