PRIVATE COMPANY TO BUY SURPLUS GOODS FROM HERZEGOVINA FARMERS

( Editorial: --> 2415 ) MOSTAR, Aug 7 (Hina) - Croat officials in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton on Friday made a decision on the temporary purchase of surplus agricultural products from Herzegovina farmers. An authorised municipal body has been entrusted with issuing certificates on the origin of agricultural goods. The decision was prompted by a traffic blockade of border crossings between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina by Herzegovina farmers who were dissatisfied with a regulation on the payment of an eight per cent customs rate for goods exported from Bosnia-Herzegovina to Croatia. The purchase of the agricultural surplus will be taken over by a private company from Medjugorje. Herzegovina farmers also claim that agricultural products from Montenegro and Macedonia, transported via the Bosnian Serb entity, are sold on markets in Herzegovina and the lower prices are threatening the sale of domestic products. (hina) rml/mbr 071904 MET aug 98