The Government of the Republika Srpska adopted today during its 131st session helad in Banja Luka, the Information on Foreign Trade Exchange of Republic of Srpska in the period January - June 2025.

The total foreign trade exchange in Republic Srpska in the first six months of 2025 amounted to BAM 6,291,210,000 out of which imports were 3,677,874,000 and exports 2,613,336,000. The biggest foreign trade partners of Republic of Srpska in the first six months of 2025 were Serbia (17.38%), Italy (12.27%), Croatia (11.12%), Germany (9.49%), Slovenia (7.67%), China (5.69%) and Austria (5.46%).

These seven countries account for 69.10% of the total foreign trade exchange of Republic of Srpska.

In the period January through June 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, the Republic of Srpska achieved an increase in foreign trade exchange by 4.81%, an increase in imports by 3.49%; an increase in exports by 6.74%; an increase in import coverage by exports by 2.16%, which amounts to 71.06% reducing the total deficit by 41,040,000 which amounts to BAM 1,064,538,000.

The Ministry of Trade and Tourism has continuously carried out activities related to promotion of consumption of domestic products which positively affected the foreign trade parameters.

In this regard, the Ministry is implementing the campaign to promote domestic brands and to raise consumers’ awareness to purchase domestic products and encourage domestic production, thereby reducing the foreign trade deficit and strengthening the economy of the Republic of Srpska.

For several years now, the Ministry of Trade and Tourism had conducted many activities within the campaign of raising the awareness and promoting domestic brands and products that would be competitive with foreign ones. The Ministry is cooperating with large shopping centers in the Republic of Srpska to ensure better positioning of domestic products on their shelves and  additional labeling so that they are as recognizable and visible as much as possible.

All indicators of foreign trade exchange in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 have improved.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska decided to co-finance accommodation costs and meals for students in facilities for secondary school students for the school year 2025/2026. Co-financing from the budget of the Republic of Srpska will be increased from BAM 95 to 140 per month per student. The reason for the increase in the amount of co-financing of the Government's is to ensure better standard of living for students in terms of food and accommodation.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska, in cooperation with the institution of the President of the Republic of Srpska, provided 500,000 for preparation of the project for rehabilitation of the National Theater building.

This is in line with the Government's policy and support to cultural institutions with the aim of creating better conditions for their work and functioning.

The building of the National Theater of the Republic of Srpska is protected as a national monument and these investments are of particular importance because they will improve the conditions for the preservation of scenography, costumes and technical equipment. The renovation will create the prerequisites for the National Theatre to continue to carry out its artistic and cultural mission at the highest level, in accordance with the needs of contemporary theatre. The works will be carried out under the supervision of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Republic of Srpska.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska today accepted the Request of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska for financial assistance in implementation of the project of digitization of all editions of the Daily "Glas Srpske" from 1943 to the present, their archive and public publication via digital platform in accordance with national and international standards and accepts it.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska appreciating the importance of the Project, has agreed to support it with financial resources in the total amount of BAM 1,553,863.44. The General Secretariat of the Government and the Ministry of Finance are hereby obligated to provide the aforementioned financial resources in the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for the purpose of implementing the Project and to transfer them to the Public Institution “Official Gazette” of the Republic of Srpska.

The digitization of editions of the daily newspaper "Glas Srpske" is a comprehensive cultural, educational and scientific project aimed at the long-term protection, preservation and promotion of the identity and historical memory of the Republic of Srpska and the Serbian people as a whole.

The main goals can be systematized as follows: protection of cultural heritage, scientific and educational accessibility, public transparency and accessibility to citizens, compliance with international standards - The project is aligned with UNESCO guidelines on the preservation of documentary heritage and with the recommendations of international organizations dealing with the digitization of cultural heritage.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted the Information on the need for deforestation and permanent change of use of forest land for the purposes of gasification of the eastern part of the Republic of Srpska.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska issued its consent to the Public Forestry Company "Forests of the Republic of Srpska" a.d. Sokolac, in the form of a donation to the company "Sarajevo - gas" a.d. Istočno Sarajevo, to prepare a technical report "Proposal for justification of deforestation and change of use of forest land for the purpose of building the main gas pipeline Šekovići - Vlasenica - Milići and the Vlasenica - Igrišta - Han Pijesak branch".

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted the Information on the need to provide financial resources for rehabilitation of the embankment on the right bank of the Bosna River at the location of Daulije, Municipality of Šamac and tasked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska to provide the necessary funds in the amount of BAM 1,000,000.00 including VAT for rehabilitation of the embankment, for which the Public Enterprise "Vode Srpske" is responsible.

The embankment at the location of Daulije K.O. Crkvina was built on the right bank of the Bosna River in order to stop the intensive process of erosion, i.e. deepening of the riverbed and collapse of the banks, given that the riverbed of the Bosna River at the location in question is very unstable, both in direction and in height.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted a Decision on determining common interest in real estate owned by the Republic of Srpska and the transfer of ownership rights to the Serbian Orthodox Church Municipality of Han Pijesak for the purpose of building a memorial church in Kraljevo Polje, Municipality of Han Pijesak.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted a Decision on granting consent to the Expenditure Plan of the Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Government for the period January 1, 2025 to September 2025, in the amount of BAM 110,000.00.

The aforementioned funds are allocated to the Municipality of Kozarska Dubica to provide assistance in solving the housing problem of Spahalić family in Kozarska Dubica. The Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Government and the Ministry of Finance are responsible for implementation of this Decision.

The Government of the Republic of Srpska adopted a Decision on the approval of funds in the amount of 500,000.00 KM to the Agricultural Cooperative "Agroplan" Rogatica for the purpose of exercising the right to incentive funds for the improvement of agriculture in mountainous area through construction of processing capacities.

The Agricultural Cooperative "AGROPLAN" Rogatica started an important economic and agricultural project, construction and commissioning of a potato processing plant in the village of Borike. The facility in which the implementation is planned is newly built and has a valid building permit, on an area of ​​396 square meters.

The project is designed as a two-phase investment, the first phase includes: procurement and installation of equipment, equipping a processing line that enables various potato processing operations, and the second phase envisages additional procurement of technology for the production of final frozen products (french fries, baked potatoes). Organized contracted production is planned, with an annual production of 1200 - 1500 tons of potatoes for industrial processing.

The project has developmental significance and is aligned with the strategic goals of the Republic of Srpska in the field of agriculture, rural development and food industry.