Additional Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Cvetan Tripunovski said via Facebook post that the Republic of Macedonia has a loss of 70 million euros in foreign exchange inflow in 2023 due to the smaller exported amount of 10.36 million kilograms of tobacco.
“Enough with the SDS manipulations! These are the real facts about the export and the quantities of purchased TOBACCO expressed through numbers! 10.36 million kilograms less exported quantities in 2023 compared to 2016 (Source: SSO)
EUR 70 million less foreign exchange inflow in 2023 due to reduced exported quantities compared to 2016 (according to the average export price for 2023 of €6.78/kg)
10.4 thousand tons less purchased quantities in 2023 compared to 2016 (source: GZI and SIA)”, reads Tripunovski’s post.
