The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH are lucky to live in a country rich in water, unlike billions of people in the world. In the Federation of BiH FBiH alone, there are more than 3,000 sources of drinking water.
In just the first two months of this year, BiH imported water worth almost 32 million BAM. More than 25 million liters of water were imported for that money.
According to the data from the Indirect Taxation Authority ITA BiH, most of the water was imported from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy.
It is worth 5.4 million BAM when it comes to export, and the most water is exported to Croatia, followed by Turkey. In total, 11.8 million liters of water were exported.
These data shows the absurd situation in BiH. The import and export of water is increasing every year in favor of the import.
Consumer awareness is at an extremely low level, while domestic companies do not invest in branding and marketing in the amount that their competitors do.
In 2021, we imported 193 million liters of water, worth 184 million BAM, while in 2022 we imported water worth 227 million BAM, totaling 209 million liters.
According to current indicators, it is quite certain that last year's figure could be exceeded at the end of the year.
Avaz reports on the trend of excessive water imports that the free market, a constant marketing campaign that has well-known brands allocate large amounts of money, facilitates a better placement of imported water on the domestic market.