September 6th, 2012 – Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relation of BiH met today in his office with Minister of Agriculture of the Federation of BiH, a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Srpska, representative of the Brcko District Government, representatives from the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH, Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Srpska, and Chamber of Commerce of FBiH, presidents of Farmers Associations of BiH and the Republic of Srpska, the President of The Co-operative Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and President of the Commission for Foreign Trade and Customs of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly.
The reason for holding the meeting was an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations for the adoption of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Excise Duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, relating to exemption from payment of excise duties and road tax on diesel fuel (blue diesel) used in the primary agricultural production.
Minister Sarovic presented the Initiative to the participants, noting that similar initiatives had been started in previous years but did not receive positive opinions and emphasizing that a series of consultation had been carried out with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the competent Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Indirect Taxation Authority, chambers, and associations of farmers.
All those present at the meeting welcomed the actualization of the initiative for the introduction of "blue diesel" which would greatly facilitate the operations of the Agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
