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Dinkic announces reduced taxes on car import from EU from January 1
Belgrade/Berlin,
17 September 2008
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic announced a 10% reduction in taxes on car import from EU starting from January 1, 2009.
In an interview to Deutsche Welle, Dinkic said that the suggestion by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn that Serbia starts implementing the Agreement with the EU on its own means that it should start reducing taxes as stipulated by the agreement despite the fact that Brussels did not greenlight it.
Tax on car import should be reduced from 20% to 17% for the EU, and than additionally to 14% by January, he explained adding that the tax will be reduced to 10% by January 1 for cars from the EU.
We want to give clear advantage to EU countries, Dinkic said and recalled that Serbia has had duty free export to the EU market.
He also noted that the agreement is actually more favourable for the Union as Serbia will reduce taxes for the EU, which will make the sale of products from the EU easier.
Tax on car import should be reduced from 20% to 17% for the EU, and than additionally to 14% by January, he explained adding that the tax will be reduced to 10% by January 1 for cars from the EU.
We want to give clear advantage to EU countries, Dinkic said and recalled that Serbia has had duty free export to the EU market.
He also noted that the agreement is actually more favourable for the Union as Serbia will reduce taxes for the EU, which will make the sale of products from the EU easier.
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