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Croatian food companies ask for protection as EU accession nears
Croatian Times
Croatian food companies are wary that joining the EU could lead to big losses on Croatia's biggest export markets - the countries signatories to the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
Leaving CEFTA would mean bigger taxes on Croatian exports, which could be devastating for Croatian companies, they warn.
Representatives of Croatia’s biggest firms in the sector met with the Croatian Chamber of Economy (HGK) to send an appeal to the government to protect the domestic industry from the negative consequences Croatia’s accession to EU could have, daily Tportal writes.
The companies are expected to ask the government to start an initiative for changing the stabilisation and accession agreement between certain CEFTA countries and the EU, with an aim to cut down taxes on Croatia’s (in other words, EU) exports.
It will ask for the government to establish an emergency fund to protect domestic industries in order to preserve competitiveness as the country opens up to the EU market, to increase the competitiveness of domestic producers through lower energy prices and para fiscal levies, and to activate economic diplomacy as the new market opens.
The food manufacturers warn that with EU accession foreign products will be cheaper, which will increase imports, while Croatian products in CEFTA countries – Croatia's most important market – will be more expensive.
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dora wrote on 05. 02. 2012 from zagreb
Joe - spot on. these few corporations do not need protection. the food prices in croatia are outrageous - and i hope the products from EU ends their monopoly
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Joe wrote on 31. 01. 2012 from Zagreb
They could always lower their prices. Instead of making millions a day they could offer some discounts to both Croats and the EU. Food products in Croatia are a lot higher then EU. Why? Go to Lidl in Jankomir Zagreb and then the Lidl across the border in Slovenia (20 minutes down the road) and many things are 25% to even 50% cheaper then Croatia. The truth is it will break the monopoly of the few big players in Croatia who charge above the average.
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