Government of Serbia imposes fee for local goods export via rivers - Quarter of profit goes to fees

The fee for anyone who exports local product via rivers and which must be paid as of April 10 can seriously endanger position our producers have at the market and to affect significantly export decrease, mainly grains – the head of the Zita Srbije association, Vukosav Sakovic claims for Danas.

Although Serbia since October to April exported excellent 2,3 million tons of maize, the situation could change since few which the Government of Serbia imposed could endanger export seriously.

The fee the Government of Serbia imposed last month refers to payment of three things – stowage in ports, ship docking and coast usage. For the coast usage, RSD 17 per ton of goods is paid and other two fees are not easy to calculate since they depend on time spent in the port, loading capacity and other things. However, Sakovic outlines that it not a small amount and that a quarter of export fee goes to that fee.

He outlines that the explanation of the Government for fee imposing was that the funds will go to develop ports and river transport.