Belgrade loses 500 mill Euros due to Pristina taxes, Minister says
N1 Info 06.05.2019 | Beta N1 Belgrade
The short-term losses due to the 100 percent import tariffs Kosovo introduced on goods from Serbia last November is about 500 million Euros, Trade Minister has said, the Beta news agency reported on Monday.
Rasim Ljajic told the Pink TV, close to Serbia's authorities, that in 2018 Belgrade exported 440 million Euros worth of goods to Kosovo, and that this year the damage to the country's export could reach half of billion Euros. Serbia’s Finance Ministry said on Monday that the surplus in the state’s budget after the 2019 first quarter was 133,891,778.56 Euros with income reaching 2,589,964,447.85 Euros, while the disbursement was 2,440,405,712.18