Wood industry is one of rare industries in BiH that is permanently recording increase, in export, as evidenced by data of around 1 billion BAM of export of this industry and forestry, realized in 2014, as emphasized at the seminar about the theme “Increase in competitiveness of wood industry for export“.
The seminar, organized by the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held within the fair manifestations “Interio and Exterio 2015“ in Sarajevo.
The president of the Association of wood manufacturers of BiH, Suad Eco, announced to reporters that it is inevitably needed to insist on mechanisms and measures by which the competent institutions in BiH will additionally stimulate the development of wood industry, an extremely prospective branch of industry.
He emphasized that it is about the industrial branch that achieved a total export worth more than 1 billion BAM in last year, or the share in total BH export amounted to 11.3%, and increase of 10% compared to 2013, regardless of difficulties that BiH and countries in region are facing in the field of economy.
When it comes to the theme of the seminar oriented to the increase of competitiveness of wood industry and placement of products to foreign markets, Eco considers that BH products with their quality and assortment guarantee good reception at the markets throughout the world.
Eco states that it is important for BH produces to face the quality of their products, innovations and design, expressing his confidence that problems with basic raw materials supply, due to unresolved relationship between forestry and producers of final products, will be solved.
(Source: ekapija.ba/ Photo: avaz.ba)