Serbia invades the Republic of Kosovo with goods, the ruling party of “palon wear”

As never before, in March of this year, the market in Kosovo is packed with Serbia's goods, writes Periscopi.com.

When it was thought that February month was the most feared for the country's economy by “the invasion of” of the northern neighbour, March has broken every record.

According to Kosovo Customs statistics that Periscope has seen, exactly 27,384,602.91 euros, is the value of goods Serbia introduced into Kosovo only last month.

For the first three months of this year, Serbia introduced 662m euros worth of food to Kosovo, thus leaving other CEFTA countries behind, with Albania continuing to follow. The value of goods that was introduced in Kosovo by Albania has been 51m and 901m euros, from Macedonia and V 39m euros, from Montenegro, slightly over 2m euros.

About 12m euros for three months has also introduced goods to Bosnia in Kosovo.

What is noted is that import has increased markedly in March compared to February with the countries of the region.

Despite this, a positive movement has been observed in March, though leaving much to be desired by Kosovo's goods expert in Serbia, in proportion to the month of February. Last May, Serbia has been sold goods worth 5.3m euros, until the second month of 3.5m euros.

The expert is best with Macedonia and V and Albania, where, in the latter in May March, he expertes goods worth 8.2m euros, and in Macedonia and V worth 10.9m euros.

After a sharp decline in 2019, when Kosovo implemented reciprocity with Serbia that almost brought the deadlock of imports into the January-June 2021 period, the northern neighbour also found the ground under Albin Kurti's government, and moved back to the first place from the CEFTA region, which includes Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to Kosovo Customs data, import in Serbia from 1 January to 31 December 2021 has been 243m and 466 thousand euros. Albania has been slightly lower in numbers, worth 238m and 600 thousand euros. Goods purchases from northern Macedonia 176m and 448m euros.

In other years, Serbia similarly occupied the Kosovo market with its goods. It exported 285 million and 300 thousand euros in 2014, 368 million and 200 thousand in 2015, 382 million and 100 thousand in 2016, and 387 million in that 2017.

“Serbia sent and Kosovo received products worth no less than 449m and 900 thousand euros from there, mostly from 2008.

The economic conquest Serbia was making to the Kosovo market for a decade (2008-18), the momentum halted the 10% tax first, and then 100% that the Kosovo Government, then led by Ramush Haradinaj, put on products of Serbian and Bosnian origin at the marathon of 2018. The total amount of its remittances from 449m to 900 thousand euros as it was in 2018 fell to only 5 million and 578 thousand euros in that 2019.

The tax lasted nearly a year and a half until 31 March 2020. On that date, he removed and replaced the new prime minister, Albin Kurti, with reciprocity. This presented him with much trouble during his first term. On the one hand, reciprocity was being accepted by Serbia, which conditioned the resumption of dialogue with Kosovo with the removal of this move.

Foreign diplomatic pressure made it its own. The LDK, which was in a coalition with the VV, broke the deal and created a new government with the AAK and NISMA.

Among the first actions the new ruler took at the time, Avdullah Hoti, was the removal of reciprocity with Serbia in June 2020. The northern neighbour, during 2020, sent products worth 190,98,000 euros.

The requirements for boycotting Serbia's products, the Vetevendosje Movement had had had them for years ago, but when it came to power, it changed its stance.

In some cases they even banned Serbian products.

In a row, during October 2011, this party had rotated several trucks with Serbian goods.

An action was held on October 21, 2011. In the Podujevo-Pristina magistrate, exactly in the village of “Lupch”, Vetevendosje activists had turned a truck carrying construction material.

In announcing that time, the VV claimed responsibility for the crash of these trucks.

“He took action everywhere with the goods of Serbia”. V Movement Activists and MPs ENVENTION! fired the goods, which was the production of “Centro Proizoda” from Belgrade and then turned the truck, to make it fixed”, said the Vetevendosje statement.

To these activities, Kosovo Police have arrested VV activists several times.

With this cause, Albin Kurti's party also organised protests at two border points with Serbia: In Merdara and the White Land.