SARAJEVO, Bosnia (January 25,2008) – The Bosnian Association of Farmers and its branch in the Posavina Canton have announced to block the Orasje state border crossing January 28, at 5 minutes to noon. They will block the border crossing for unlimited period of time, that is, until solutions to the key problems in the agricultural sector are found.
The Association emphasized in an announcement that the burning problem of farmers in Bosnia is the fact that customs tariffs have not yet been introduced, related to obligatory purchase of livestock for 2008.
For that reason, Bosnian food producers are not obliged to purchase livestock and meat from Bosnian farmers, for they can purchase it from the neighbouring countries.
The Association representatives added that that they have sent a letter to the Bosnian Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Policy Slobodan Puhalac, asking him to solve these problems. They also asked Minister Puhalac to meet with them by the end of the week, in order to discuss those issues.
”Unless we achieve concrete solutions, we will block the state border crossing”, the Bosnian Association of Farmers announced.
Friday, January 25, 2008
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