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Serbia Part of the CEFTA Free Trade Zone with 30 Million Consumers

Serbia is a part of the Central European free trade zone, established with the Central European Free Trade Agreement - CEFTA. CEFTA is a market with almost 31 000 000 people, where custom duties are to be abolished. By 2006 CEFTA include Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia Moldavia, Serbia, Montenegro and UNMIK/Kosovo. Regional cooperation among the countries rallied around CEFTA should lead to the improvement of efficiency and the introduction of international standards. The signing of CEFTA has provided for the abolition of a network of bilateral agreements, which considerably complicated trade relations.

The signing of CEFTA is of special importance as the Agreement stipulates that mutual trade relations among CEFTA member countries must be guided by WTO and EU rules. This practically means that even before becoming a member of the WTO and signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement, Serbia's economic and systemic environment is entering the zone of adjusting to their rules, which represents a strong factor of predictability and transparence for foreign partners and investors, but for Serbian businessmen as well.

CEFTA is considered to be a "training camp" and precondition for entering the EU. Before entering the EU, CEFTA member countries were Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.

Serbia Has Free Trade Agreement with Russia

Serbia is the only country in Europe which has signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Russian Federation. Serbia and Russia signed the agreement in August 2000. Other than Serbia, only the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States - created following the disintegration of the USSR, have signed such an agreement with Russia. The application of a customs-free or limited customs treatment with preferential benefits has already attracted numerous investors to Serbia for talks. Some of them want to buy or open factories here, from which goods marked "Made in Serbia" will have a customs-free treatment at the Russian Federation's customs.
The rules concerning the origin of goods that are applied in both states in cases when it needs to be established whether a product has acquired domestic origin, are based on the "ad valorem" principle. According to this principle, goods are considered sufficiently processed if the value of the used material and raw material without origin does not exceed 50% of the value of the finished product ex works. According to western analysts' data, a turnover of 5.7 billion dollars is achieved annually on the Russian food market alone, and half of the products are imported.

Serbia and Belarus signed Free Trade Agreement

Serbia and Belarus signed March 31st a Free Trade Agreement in Minsk, which envisages mutual abolition of customs duties and other taxes.
Foreign investors who establish production in Serbia will have the same advantages. Free trade agreement with Belarus will allow Serbia to export goods to a large market.

The free trade agreement envisages mutual removal of the customs duty, except sugar, alcohol, cigarettes, used cars, buses and tyres, which will continue to be subject to taxation when exported.

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Srbija deo slobodne trgovinske zone CEFTA sa 30 miliona potrošača

Srbija je deo zone slobodne trgovine u Centralnoj Evropi, koja je nastala potpisivanjem Sporazuma o slobodnoj trgovini (Central European Free Trade Agreement - CEFTA). CEFTA predstavlja tržište sa gotovo 31 000 000 ljudi, na kojem će biti ukinute carine. CEFTA od 2006. obuhvata Albaniju, Bosnu i Hercegovinu, Hrvatsku, Makedoniju, Moldaviju, Srbiju i Crnu Goru, UNMIK/Kosovo. Regionalna saradnja zemalja okupljenih sporazumom CEFTA treba da vodi unapređenju efikasnosti i uvođenju međunarodnih standarda. Potpisivanjem CEFTA sporazuma ukinuta je mreža bilateralnih sporazuma, koji su zbog razlićitih šema znaćajno komplikovala međusobne trgovinske odnose, a samim tim i snalaženje poslovnih ljudi u njima.

Potpisivanje CEFTA sporazuma za Srbiju ima poseban značaj jer Sporazum predviđa da se međusobni trgovinski odnosi članica CEFTA moraju rukovoditi pravilima STO i EU. To praktično znači da i pre članstva u STO i potpisivanja Sporazuma o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju privredno sistemski ambijent Srbije ulazi u zonu prilagođavanja sa njihovim pravilima, što predstavlja snažan faktor predvidljivosti i transparentnosti za strane partnere i ulagače, ali i za privrednike Srbije.

CEFTA se smatra "trening kampom" i preduslovom za ulazak u EU. Pre ulaska u EU, ćlanice CEFTE bile su Poljska, Češka Republika, Slovačka, Slovenija I Mađarska.

Srbija potpisnik Sporazuma o slobodnoj trgovini sa Rusijom

Srbija je jedina zemlja u Evropi koja ima potpisan Sporazum o slobodnoj trgovini sa Ruskom Federacijom. Srbija i Rusija su potpisale Sporazum u avgustu 2000. godine. Ovakav sporazum su sa Rusijom zaključile samo još članice Zajednice Nezavisnih Država - organizacije država nastalih raspadom SSSR. Primena bescarinskog ili ograničenog carinskog tretmana sa preferencijalnim beneficijama privukla je na pregovore u Srbiju mnoge investitore. Neki od njih žele ovde da kupe ili otvore fabrike, iz kojih će roba sa oznakom "Made in Serbia" na carini Ruske federacije imati bescarinski tretman.

Pravila o poreklu robe koja se primenjuju u obe države u slučajevima kada treba utvrditi da li je proizvod stekao domaće poreklo, su zasnovana na "ad valorem" principu. Po osnovu ovog principa roba se smatra dovoljno obrađenom ili prerađenom ukoliko vrednost upotrebljenih materijala i sirovina bez porekla ne prelazi 50% vrednosti gotovog proizvoda franko fabrika.

Prema podacima zapadnih analitičara samo na ruskom tržištu hrane godišnje se obrne 5,7 milijardi dolara, a
polovinu čine proizvodi iz uvoza.

Srbija potpisala Sporazum o slobodnoj trgovini sa Belorusijom

U Minsku je 31. marta 2009. godine potpisan Sporazum o slobodnoj trgovini između Srbije i Belorusije, koji predviđa međusobno ukidanje carina i ostalih dažbina. Strani investitori koji budu proizvodili u Srbiji imaće iste povlasticu. Sporazum o slobodnoj trgovini sa Belorusijom omogućava izvoz robe bez carina na tržište koje ima 10 miliona stanovnika.

Sporazum predviđa međusobno ukidanje carina i ostalih dažbina za sve proizvode iz Carinske tarife, osim za šećer, alkohol, cigarete, kao i polovni automobili, autobusi i gume.