Serbian Ministry of Trade

According to data obtained by BIRN from the Serbian Ministry of Trade, of the 20 biggest exporters from Serbia to Russia, only five are Serbian-owned. Fourteen are subsidiaries of companies headquartered in the EU. In the top 10, only two are Serbian.

BELGRADE - A machine for destroying counterfeit goods, which the EU donated to Serbia, was on Tuesday put into operation by Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and State Secretary of the Ministry of Trade Vesna Kovac at the market inspectorate HQ in Belgrade.

ATHENS - The issue of the possibility for development of additional cooperation between Greece and Serbia was only one of the topics discussed in Athens by Deputy Minister for Tourism Elena Koundoura and State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Telecommunications and Tourism Lukrecija Djeri.

BELGRADE - Consumer prices dropped by 0.2 percent in October this year as the trend of steady prices continued after an overall 2.2-percent increase in the first ten months of 2014, an analysis by the Serbian Ministry of Trade shows.

BELGRADE - Swiss-Serbian bilateral and economic cooperation has been successful for many years, and the two countries will work towards strengthening those ties further in the time that lies ahead, the participants of a conference on Swiss-Serbian bilateral relations said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia will set up a coordinating center to help its businesses in exporting agricultural products to Russia, and it will operate at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS), the Serbian Ministry of Trade said in a release Monday.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s foreign-currency revenue from tourism in 2014 could exceed last year's, which stood at USD 1.05 billion, Secretary of State at the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Lukrecija Djeri said Monday.

NINGBO – The state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Stevan Nikcevic has met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng to discuss a project aimed at modernising the rail line from Belgrade to Budapest that could be worth over EUR 1 billion, the Serbian ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

BELGRADE – The information and communication technology (ICT) is a sector with the greatest employment potential and it is therefore necessary to motivate girls to affirm themselves in this area, State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Trade and Telecommunications Tatjana Matic said Thursday.