5 minutes agoWolfan: Serbia remains largest exporter in Kosovo with 37%
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)At T7 on Menduh Abbas, where free trade was discussed in time of blockade, university professor Wykan Bajra said that any decision the government makes and affects the interest of citizens should be well analyzed. He has claimed that quick decisions can run the lives of citizens and present [...]
He has confirmed that quick decisions can run the lives of citizens and present the state as unserious over respect for international agreements.
According to him, the current government blockade could be argued politically due to Serbia's aggression, but which can economically be harmful to the country because of the many effects that can directly affect the citizen's pocket.
On the other side of the data presented on the show in the first five months of 2017, out of a total of 340 million exports, export of goods to CEFTA countries has been close to 126m euros (goods value), where exports are mainly in the north, Macedonia by 40%, then Albania by about 29%, Serbia by about 15% and Montenegro by about 13%.
While of a total of 2.2 billion imports of goods, the share of imports from CEFTA countries in Kosovo is around 314 million (goods value), where Serbia is the largest importer on the Kosovo market by about 37%. Albania next comes with around 33% and Northern Macedonia with about 24%.
We can make a decision as a government today, and with the block, whatever, but does it serve the economy, I guess not. CEFTA, or the free trade agreement, remains a political instrument that its effects have also begun to fade due to Kosovo's membership in other international mechanisms. Now after these membership Kosovo products have a more meritier place on European markets.
The CEFTA Free Trade Agreement has been aimed at creating a market of 20 million people since its signing in 2005, and Kosovo's interest has been its share in the market.
