TIRANA, Jan.31 /ATA/- Thanks to the continuous support of the government for the people who work the land, following the initiative on tax-free oil, Albanian farmers today compete with farmers in the region and beyond, as they export their products to major European destinations.
The Albania’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Milva Ekonomi paid a visit to the city of Lushnja, as one of the areas with the greatest potential for agricultural production.
Touching on the latest government initiative on tax-free oil under support scheme for farmers, Ekonomi said that,” the increase in the number of applications during the first days of the call, show that farmers have been looking forward to this scheme.”
“There are 4,100 farmers who have applied throughout the country. One of the offices with the largest number of applications is the regional directorate of Central Albania based in Lushna,” Ekonomi said.
In her remarks, Minister Ekonomi emphasized that a large number of farmers equipped with NIPT have applied for tax-free oil so far.
“When the applications were first launched, there have been 47 thousand farmers equipped with NIPT while their number went to 49 thousand in the first 10 days of application,” Ekonomi added.
“Farmers with NIPT get 1 liter of oil 54% cheaper than they used to. In total, for one liter of oil used for mechanized tillage, 67 lek are deducted,” Minister Ekonomi said.
Thanks to government support scheme for agriculture and farmers, VAT on imported farm machinery has been reduced by 20%. //a.i/
