« Don’t mention the world market, it doesn’t exist anymore »: What do customs tramps mean for the Serbian economy? – Economy

Tramp is yesterday, when trading wars that began in his first term, he raised a completely new level in his first term, due to « the day of liberation ».

Serbia seems incredibly, but true, one of the countries « ignited » one of the highest customs feet-34 percent, just like China.

Although the question can often be heard in the general public, « and what exports to America, » Serbia actually has solid exports in relation to imports from such a great economy.

In 2024. years Serbia has exported goods for the US $ 670 millionand from America she imported goods for 739.4 million dollars.

The largest export product From Serbia through the Atlantic, there were car tires for $ 153.6 million, followed by weapons and ammunition for $ 56.8 million. This is probably not the final balance of exports of Serbian weapons, ammunition and military equipment in the United States, given that the item « Unclassified Goods », severe 118.5 million dollars.

Experts for Foreign Trade point out that there are just products related to safety, weapons, ammunition, military equipment, explosives, etc.

The first reaction of businessmen who have trading connections with the United States are that it is not yet clear what happens and not know what to be with these customs.

Dragoljub Vukadinović, President Metalac Group that has exports to the United States around three million dollars point out that they expected some customs, but nothing is close to this serving tramp.

« We talked to our customers in December and then Customs was expected to share that duty. Then, in a month, 25 percent was mentioned, and now we can accept five percent of them, » says Vukadinovic.

He points out to assess the effects of new customs business to business, should see how customs are customs and other countries from which competitors come from.

« Everything that in economics was discussed for the last 50 years about the world market, because it is no longer to be able to go to its own economy, we have dropped the arms, and we cannot pick up our hands, » says Vukadinovic, coming to leave the wave of protectionism at the time of Protectionism Korone.

Fruits, fresh or processed last year in the United States exported for more than $ 30 million.

Vladimir Milosavljević from the company of Dotika, which deals with the export of fresh fruit, says for today to cooperate with American companies, although they are not exported directly to America.

« What interests us is whether to be reciprocal in our country, whether customs will be introduced to planting plant material. Since this is new, we will be an impact on our business, and we need to talk to our partners, » he notes.

This company has already felt on its skin unpredictability of the new administration. They also participated in the project with USAID, « Great Small Economy », which is suddenly extinguished.

Professor of Foreign Trade at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade Predrag Bjelić states for today that this is the introduction of customs « totally crazy », because it violates the entire international trade system.

« They have rules in the table in regional and bilateral agreements. And they should first be negotiations. And previous customs were marked as illegitimate in the table, and what will be said for this, » Bjelic points out for this.

According to him, what is worse than these customs is insecurity that is entered in global trade relations.

« It turns out that it changes the conditions at any time. Imagine what it has already started. In most trading and bilateral agreements, you have six months, precisely because of these business practices, » he explains.

Bjelic assesses that the American administration is the occasion of Customs Computers, in relation to the trade deficit, with elasticity prices in exports and imports, and ultimately, it is reduced to share the trade deficit with imports. Bjelic also points out that watching only in the trade deficit was overcome today, but that capital flows were significant.

« The deficit with China is greatly due to the export of American companies from China, so you can’t look at any of the countries of the third world, but there are such measures, and there are many non-tariff barriers, » he notes.

Bjelic believes that this performance is a tramp « as some marketing with a goal of someone to frighten ».

« It seems to be put on high customs that everyone is shocked and then you are happy to be a business strategy, when they are now in agreements, when they would not respect these, » our interlocutor gave it to be okay to enter into Some procedure and he announced that he would raise customs, while suddenly changing the customs tariff was « unusual in practice ».

Bjelic also referred to a customs of 37 percent towards imports from Serbia.

« They seem to have calculated that our barriers according to their exports are 74 percent, so they have introduced the rate of customs as half of which – 34 percent. And methodology and move can be assessed as crazy, » our interlocutor concludes.

Bojan StanicThe Assistant Director of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) assessed for strategic analysis to beta not to know why Serbia is « punished » to the customs.

« We are confused and currently don’t know why Serbia is so drastically punished by Tomini, adding that they are similar to » punished « Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, including the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, a certain customs of 10 percent.

Stanic stated that it was not clear how to reach the amount of 37 percent of the Customs for Rob from Serbia, while at the same time the average Customs for goods from the United States imported into Serbia, on average between five and 15 percent.