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INTERVIEW
Elena Milevska THERE IS A NEED TO
Shtrbevska AMMEND THE LAW ON
ENFORCEMENT
Director of Operations at the
Chamber of Commerce of
Macedonia
Mrs. Shtrbevska, you are Direc- data of debtor – creditor relations Regarding the working environ-
tor of operations at the Economic between the companies, as well as ment and the business tendencies
Chamber of Macedonia. This Cham- between the companies and the in manufacturing, it can be con-
ber, as the biggest and the most in- public sector. cluded that the impact of the con-
fluential economic chamber in the strains of financial nature on the
country, has always offered variety According to the insights from operation of the companies is rela-
of initiatives for improvement of our members, a conclusion can be tively minor (6.9 percent). Accord-
the conditions in the business sec- drawn that the insolvency is still a ingly, the expectations of the com-
tor. Your latest initiative concerns pressing issue in the corporate sec- panies in the next three months are
the liquidity of the companies in tor and that it is an issue which has more favorable, it is expected that
Macedonia. First of all, what is the persisted for a longer period of time the orders will increase and the in-
general assessment of your mem- and therefore cannot be overcome ventories will decrease.
bers regarding the liquidity of the overnight. Nevertheless, significant
domestic business sector? improvements are achieved with But, of course, we track the in-
the adoption of legislation for over- ternal and external factors which
E.M.Shtrbevska: This issue rep- coming the payment issues (Law on have certain implications on the
resents a priority for the economy Financial Discipline), on the one growth of GDP, the industrial pro-
from a point of securing continuity hand, and regarding the compli- duction, the scale of foreign trade
of the economic activities, but for ance with the deadlines for timely and investments. All this can have
real comprehension of the situ- fulfillment of obligations of the a reflection on the liquidity and the
ation it is necessary to track the state authorities towards the pri- overall economic activities in the
vate sector, on the other hand. country.
86 November 2015
