Minister: Decision to Close Mitros Not Final

Recently, the company Mitros in Sremska Mitrovica notified the workers and the public that it would stop the production. The decision was made following a detailed analysis, and the exact date will be determined subsequently, the company announces.

The Trade Union says that they were told that the rights of around 500 employees would be honored. The minister of agriculture of Serbia, Jelena Tanaskovic, says that the decision on the closing is not final, the Danas daily reports.

Tanaskovic said that the German company, which had bought the meatpacking factory Mitros and gotten state subsidies, had complied with the deadline of five years that it was obligated to operate in Serbia.

– They have not yet made the decision on a full exit and closing. But they will certainly have the production reduced. They haven’t managed adequately, they can’t match European prices, and they have in fact probably planned to put all the meat products in the German market – Tanaskovic says.

– I’ll see what to do next and how, what their propositions are and what ours are. Whatever their decision ends up being, the state is there for the employees, the workers, and of course, it is there to seek, to help that factory, that company, find a new owner, if they exit the Serbian market – Tanaskovic said, as reported by Biznis.

According to her, the owners are coming to Serbia these days and she will meet with them, RTS writes.

State invested EUR 20 million

The Ministry of Economy says for Danas that Mitros Fleischwaren signed the agreement with them back in the first quarter of 2015.

– The total investment was EUR 20 million, with the obligation of employing another 300 workers. The deadline for the realization of the project, according to the agreement, was March 20, 2018, and the company realized it on November 17, 2017. The project was successfully realized, an investment of over EUR 20 million in the core tangible assets was made and 311 people were employed for an indefinite period of time – the ministry says.

Mitros fleischwaren doo Sremska Mitrovica

Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo privrede Republike Srbije

Mitros Sremska Mitrovica

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Economy

Jelena Tanasković

closing of meatpacking factory

subsidies for employment