Importers of sunflower oil warn again that from June the market will be short of supplies with this product, due to falling supply in Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and high prices up to 430 lek per liter.
While Northern Macedonia will continue to block imports of sunflower oil to other countries until May 15.
The big oil traders say that for more than 1 month they are not packing the imported oil, because for 3 weeks the transparency board of the basket goods has kept unchanged the price of edible oil of 315 lekë for wholesalers and 321 lekë for liter for the consumer, while the price of supplies is more expensive. Importers warn that they will intensify demands for changing oil prices, as this situation is hurting companies in liquidity.
"The situation in the import of sunflower oil is chaotic. Oil and transportation prices are rising every day, while the board has not reviewed prices for 3 weeks, with the justification that no new supplies have been made and sales have fallen 50% from deposits created by households in February. This situation has hurt many operators who for more than 1 month do not package edible oil, as import prices are higher than those of sales set by the board.
Pricing by the transparency board has unleashed free business initiative to find solutions. We are going around a situation that risks not having oil on the market starting from the summer season. "For this reason, importers will soon intensify the requests for price review by the transparency board, because in addition to being in difficulty in finding the goods, we do not have liquidity to buy", stated for "Monitor" one of the major importers of sunflower oil .
Për t’u ardhur në ndihmë importuesve për sigurimin e furnizimeve për një periudhë 3 mujore Ministria e Financave propozoi skemën e garancisë sovrane, duke garantuar 60% të shumës të kredisë, ndërsa pjesën tjetër të riskut duhet ta marrë përsipër banka huadhënëse. Sipas aktorëve të tregut deri tani nuk ka nisur asnjë procedurë zbatimi.
Disa importues kanë arritur të sigurojnë sasi të limituara vaji nga Ukraina me çmim 340 deri 350 lekë për litër. Tashmë për shkak të bombardimeve në pjesën Lindore të Ukrainës operatorët kanë ndërprerë furnizimet nga ky vend. Furnizimet e Ukrainës zgjasin në treg për 1 muaj. Importuesit edhe më herët paralajmëruan se furnizimet e Ukrainës me çmim 40 lekë më të lirë për litër, mbartin riskun e mos mbërritjes të ngarkesës për shkak të luftës. Bizneset në Ukrainë për shkak të frikës të asgjësimit të rezervave të tyre tentuan të gjejnë rrugë eksportimi në formën e trans-shiping (kalimi nga bankerat e trenave nëpër botet të kamionëve të transportit drejt 3 shteteve që kufizohen me Ukrainën, si: Polonia, Hungaria dhe Rumania.
Meanwhile in Bulgaria and Serbia the price of oil continues to be high in the values of 420 to 430 ALL per liter with VAT. In Europe due to declining supply, the amount of imports is limited. For sunflower oil the situation is aggravated, as 80% of world consumption is covered by Ukraine and Russia. In these countries in March, it was not possible to sow sunflower seeds in March./Monitor