Tatyana Gracheva

Companies interested in entering to Serbian and Chinese markets have learned about the most important elements of the Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and China, which comes into effect on July 01. Assistance and visits of Serbian entrepreneurs to encourage them to take advantage of this opportunity, which should not be missed, was announced by the relevant Ministry.
Nearly 20,000 products, more than half of which will be ready for import and export without customs duties from July 01, are included in the list of the Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and China.
Minister Tomislav Momirović warns about the danger of people from the region, from Europe, and around the world who will come here and take advantage of this agreement, open companies, and adapt production if Serbians and Chinese don’t get involved first, if their business world and business community don’t immediately recognize this opportunity.
According to Sophia Li from Linglong International, both Chinese and Serbian companies will get more goods and materials from the agreement.
She says that in her opinion a lot of preparation must be done from the part of Serbian entrepreneurs to develop the market in China, and they will survive in that market as long as they have good products.
Experts think that a new investment climate and opportunity for joint ventures, primarily with European partners, are being created by Serbia with the help of the agreement with China in Europe, along with Georgia and Switzerland. The importance of Serbian production of more than 50 percent of the products marketed in China is emphasized by experts.
According to Mihajlo Vesović from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, logistics costs in trade with China are currently very stable. The importance of strategic thinking was highlighted by him.
Vesović notes that the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ allows transport and trade between China and Serbia, and generally Europe, to be as efficient, cost-effective, and competitive as possible.
A wide range of opportunities is guaranteed by over ten thousand export positions to China and over eight thousand import positions. Dr. Bojan Lalić, Director of the Belt and Road Institute in Belgrade, emphasizes this fact and adds that it is necessary to transform every opportunity into a result.
Serbian producers will send various types of fish, beans, fresh fruits and vegetables, pharmaceutical products, and seats for the automotive industry on pallets heading to China without customs duties starting July 01. The population of the Chinese market is estimated at 1.4 billion people.
NH Logistics SER has been offering IOR Importer of Record and EOR Exporter of Record services since 2001 and is a market leader in Serbia and Eurasia, supporting many clients with their import/export shipments.

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According to the press service for the Ukrainian Economy Ministry cited by Ukrainian media, representatives of Ukrainian and Japanese entities met in Berlin the day before Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 in the frames of public-private roundtable and signed 23 cooperation memoranda.
Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister, Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko said that the both sides had been working on deepening mutual bilateral cooperation systemically. For example, they have signed fifty-six agreements at a conference in Tokyo in February this year, which marked a tangible progress in their cooperation. Over 20 cooperation memoranda aimed at developping of specific projects on the ground are signed today, and the government are ready to give the necessary assistance to their implementation.
As media said, cooperation between Ukraine and Japan will be deepen in the spheres of infrastructure restoration, green construction, energy, agriculture, modernization of agricultural machinery, financing of affordable housing, waste recycling, healthcare, and rehabilitation and prosthetics for the wounded.
Access to the Japanese technical assistance will have been received by the Ukrainian projects via the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and will reach188 million euros in total. They will implement about 30-40 projects at the initial stage to transfer Japanese technologies to Ukrainian companies. A grant of up to $10 million will be received by each project. A tender for Japanese bidders was announced by the Ukrainian government and UNIDO last week.
The possible delivery of tractors to small and medium-sized farms and a memorandum of mutual understanding on using satellite images for soil analysis and sowing plans were also mentioned by Sviridenko.
She said that insurance will be provided to Japanese companies participating in recovery projects in Ukraine by the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI). Support of investment projects and providing grants to small and medium-sized companies for the Ukrainian economic recovery from the part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue.
Gratitude to the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) for helping Ukraine, including through cooperation with G7 members and international institutions in building the EBRD-G7 DFI-EDFI co-investment platform for Ukraine, was expressed by Sviridenko.
The Ukrainian Economic Ministry’s press service has announced in Berlin the opening of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) office in Kiev.
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