Marko Cadez (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV/MO)
Marko Cadez, the president of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, announced on July 27 that the member states of the Open Balkans initiative agreed in Tirana that there would be no restrictions on the flow of basic foodstuffs between Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia.
“We penned an agreement – which will be signed at the next summit, in Belgrade in September – whereby there will be no restrictions on the movement of flour, sugar and [other] basic foodstuffs within the Open Balkans. We will map the production and storage capacities of all three countries to determine our readiness for the free movement of goods,” Cadez told the RTS public service.
He added that such an agreement will encourage producers to make longer-term contracts because the state guarantees that there will be no delays.
The agreement, however, will include a ban on re-exportation to prevent possible manipulations. As for the current situation with basic foods in Serbia, the Chamber of Commerce president stated that there are no shortages and that the greatest issue at present is the price of pork.
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