Izvor: N1 televizija, 24.Apr.2018, 16:54 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Serbian economy reports higher profits in 2017
The Serbian economy reported profits of 437.2 billion Dinars (3.7 billion Euro) in 2017, the Serbian Business Registers Agency said on Tuesday.
The total profits were almost double of what the economy reported in 2016 when the profits stood at 187.4 billion Dinars (1.6 billion Euro).
“The high profit levels last year are due to 32 percent higher net profits and drop in net losses of 27.8 percent, a news conference was told by the Agency’s Ruzica Stamenkovic who >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << specified that net profits rose to 666.6 billion Dinars (5.6 billion Euro) and net losses dropped to 229.4 billion Dinars (1.9 billion Euro). She said trends on the foreign exchange market were another reason that profits were higher.
The highest profits of 157 billion Dinars (1.3 billion Euro) were reported by the processing industry which employs 340,923 people. Serbia had 141,942 active companies in 2017 with 102,532 of them filing reports with the Agency.
A total of 59,131 companies reported profits and 26,592 reported losses. Those companies employ a total of 1,073,557 people which is 34,456 more than the previous year.
A total of 17,382 entrepreneurs filed reports with the Agency saying that they had total profits of 7.9 billion Dinars (67 million Euro) and employed 50,995 people.
