The Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade of Serbia, Tomislav Momirović, said today that he informed the Minister of Economic Development of Montenegro, Niko Đeljošaj, that there are no problems with the export of oil to Montenegro.
Momirović, as announced by the ministry, said that "the attack and manipulation around the issue of oil trade is extremely incorrect".
"I clearly told Đeljošaj that there are no problems with the export of oil to Montenegro," said Momirović.
He added that stocks are currently being reviewed so that, in the event of unforeseen circumstances and potential disturbances on the market, there would be enough oil for the citizens of Serbia.
"Vijesti" announced today that the ministries of economic development and agriculture expect to receive official information today or tomorrow whether Serbia has banned the export of edible sunflower oil or introduced other measures, due to which Montenegrin traders and importers have been unable to buy this basic oil since Tuesday last week. food from its regular suppliers from this country.
The interlocutor of "Vijesti" from the trading company, which is a significant importer of oil, said that the supplier informed them that all oil producers had a meeting with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, who verbally told them to stop exporting oil, without any official decision, allegedly due to the expected increase in oil prices at the global level.
"Vijesti" announced yesterday that since last week, Montenegrin traders and importers have had difficulty procuring edible sunflower oil from Serbia.
Several Montenegrin traders and food producers told "Vijesta" that last week they were informed by their suppliers from Serbia that they can no longer sell oil to them because a decision was made to ban the export of that product. This also applies to the quantities that were already contracted, and the source of "Vijesti" also says that one contingent of oil was returned from the border to Serbia on Thursday.
Montenegro covers 92 percent of its needs for sunflower oil by importing it from Serbia, so this ban could threaten the supply of this product, but also increase its prices on the domestic market.
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