This is the result of talks on establishing cooperation between Serbian producers and that trade chain, which has its hypermarkets mainly in the west of Romania, and which have lasted practically for the last year.
Serbian Ambassador to Romania Stefan Tomasevic told Tanjug that there have been individual attempts to cooperate so far, in order to place Serbian products on the Romanian market, but everything was short-term, while the sustainable representation of Serbian products was lacking.
“After several months of work on the project, which involved connecting manufacturers of renowned Serbian brands and the Romanian retail chain, to market goods, as well as ensuring the participation of distributors, to open a market that is certainly demanding, we now have a range of quality and recognizable domestic brands,” said Tomasevic.
He pointed out that so far there have been almost no Serbian products in Romania.
Customers in Romania now have the opportunity to purchase Serbian sweets, spices, wines, cured meats and canned goods, as well as other large-scale goods.
“Remarkt” operates, above all, in the west of Romania, has its hypermarkets in Oradea, Arad, as well as smaller markets in Timisoara, in the area where the Serbian population gravitates.
The ambassador said that he was grateful to the company for enabling cooperation, but he also pointed out the support and encouragement of the state of Serbia for export-oriented production.
“The vision of Serbian economic diplomacy, traced by President Aleksandar Vucic and monitored and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Nikola Selakovic, as well as other Serbian institutions, is important. It is the basis and the first and necessary precondition for us to realize such projects,” said Tomasevic.
He added that the Embassy of Serbia in Bucharest, as well as the General Consultation in Timisoara, will be a support and support for Serbian producers in the future as well.
Such projects, connecting businessmen, contribute to the development of bilateral relations between Serbia and Romania, not only economic ones, through increased trade, but in an essential sense.
Tomasevic also stated that the addition of the Serbian assortment is expected, which will be on the shelves by Easter.
“We will have a promotion in Arad at the end of April, before Easter, and we expect that cooperation with some other Serbian producers will begin after that,” Tomasevic said, B92 reports.
