{"id":8991,"date":"2013-12-03T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtt.gov.rs\/?p=8991"},"modified":"2013-12-05T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T12:37:29","slug":"the-value-of-the-serbian-market-is-70-6-billion-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/releases-and-announcements\/the-value-of-the-serbian-market-is-70-6-billion-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"The value of the Serbian market is 70.6 billion dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The value of the domestic market is 70.6 billion dollars, with an expected growth\u00a0of\u00a050\u00a0percent,\u00a0so it\u00a0is estimated\u00a0that itsvalue\u00a0in 2016\u00a0will\u00a0amount to 105 billion\u00a0dollars,\u00a0said todaythe Minister\u00a0of Foreign and Internal\u00a0Trade and Telecommunications\u00a0Rasim\u00a0Ljaji\u0107.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mtt.gov.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tan2013-12-3_151156875_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRAGOVAN MILICEVIC, RASIM LJAJIC, TATJANA OSTOJIC, MAIDA IBRISAGIC HRISTIC\" src=\"http:\/\/mtt.gov.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tan2013-12-3_151156875_1-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">At\u00a0the\u00a0conference on\u00a0fast-moving\u00a0consumer goods\u00a0&#8220;FMCGsector\u00a0by 2020&#8221;,\u00a0Ljaji\u0107\u00a0said\u00a0that this market\u00a0is without competition in the region,\u00a0taking into\u00a0account the size of\u00a0the market,\u00a0the\u00a0initial\u00a0price\u00a0basis, which\u00a0is low,\u00a0which\u00a0makesSerbia\u00a0a potential market\u00a0for foreign\u00a0investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">Trade\u00a0is\u00a0the fastest growing\u00a0of\u00a0all\u00a0the economic\u00a0sectors,especially\u00a0in\u00a0the last\u00a0twenty\u00a0years\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0covers\u00a0all market participants.\u00a0From\u00a0trade\u00a0based\u00a0on small\u00a0stores,\u00a0it\u00a0transformed into the\u00a0form of\u00a0retail\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0large chains\u00a0stores,supermarkets\u00a0and\u00a0hypermarkets, said\u00a0Ljaji\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">The changes,\u00a0he added,\u00a0are evident\u00a0in the sector ofmanufacturers\u00a0supplying\u00a0retail\u00a0stores\u00a0and\u00a0consumers who\u00a0are increasingly\u00a0opting\u00a0to buy goods\u00a0in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">Ljaji\u0107\u00a0said that these changes are inevitable, but\u00a0that they have\u00a0not affected\u00a0this region\u00a0on a large scale. He said that the participation of small businesses in the Serbian market\u00a0in2003 was 72\u00a0percent, and 53\u00a0percent\u00a0in\u00a02011. In Romania, this ratio varied\u00a0from\u00a053\u00a0percent\u00a0to\u00a0percent,\u00a0in Poland\u00a0from 41 to\u00a019 percent,\u00a0and\u00a0in Croatia\u00a0from\u00a041\u00a0to\u00a028 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">When\u00a0it comes to the\u00a0concentration of\u00a0the ten\u00a0largestretailers,\u00a0the participation was\u00a018\u00a0percent\u00a0in\u00a02003 and 40percent\u00a0in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">Ljaji\u0107\u00a0said\u00a0that the economic crisis\u00a0is\u00a0slowing\u00a0this\u00a0processdown,\u00a0but\u00a0there is an evident\u00a0drop\u00a0of 8.3\u00a0percent\u00a0in retail sales\u00a0in Serbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">There is a plan to work\u00a0on\u00a0<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>legislation\u00a0directed towards\u00a0trade liberalization,\u00a0because\u00a0it is\u00a0necessary to\u00a0create a\u00a0suitablebusiness environment\u00a0for foreign\u00a0investors and\u00a0retail chains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">Today&#8217;s\u00a0regional conference on\u00a0fast-moving\u00a0consumer goods&#8221;FMCG\u00a0sector\u00a0by 2020&#8243;,\u00a0organized by\u00a0the\u00a0BIZLife\u00a0mediacompany,\u00a0brought together representatives\u00a0of relevant statebodies and institutions\u00a0in the region,\u00a0representatives of theFMCG\u00a0sector:\u00a0manufacturers, distributors\u00a0and retailers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;\">The term\u00a0FMCG\u00a0includes\u00a0products that are\u00a0sold\u00a0quickly\u00a0at relatively\u00a0low\u00a0prices, and\u00a0consists\u00a0mainly of\u00a0food,\u00a0beveragesand\u00a0household chemicals.\u00a0The profit\u00a0from\u00a0these products\u00a0isrelatively\u00a0small,\u00a0with\u00a0a small\u00a0trade\u00a0margin,\u00a0but\u00a0they\u00a0are soldin large\u00a0quantities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value of the domestic market is 70.6 billion dollars, with an expected growth\u00a0of\u00a050\u00a0percent,\u00a0so it\u00a0is estimated\u00a0that itsvalue\u00a0in 2016\u00a0will\u00a0amount to 105 billion\u00a0dollars,\u00a0said todaythe Minister\u00a0of Foreign and Internal\u00a0Trade and Telecommunications\u00a0Rasim\u00a0Ljaji\u0107. At\u00a0the\u00a0conference on\u00a0fast-moving\u00a0consumer goods\u00a0&#8220;FMCGsector\u00a0by 2020&#8221;,\u00a0Ljaji\u0107\u00a0said\u00a0that this market\u00a0is without competition in the region,\u00a0taking into\u00a0account &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/releases-and-announcements\/the-value-of-the-serbian-market-is-70-6-billion-dollars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[272,275,73,273],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=8991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9032,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/revisions\/9032\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8997\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=8991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=8991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.mtt.gov.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=8991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}