Palabardh village, Gjakovë, 16 August 2023
Today as well, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, have continued their visits to manufacturing businesses. This time they visited the “Geli Fruits” factory in the Municipality of Gjakova, owned by Frrok Hajdaraj, which is a beneficiary of measure 2.1 of the Economic Revival Package.
The Prime Minister was honored that today visited this company, which has 31 permanent workers, while during the season their number doubles.
“They deal with the collection, preservation and packaging of vegetables. They export 90 percent of their production to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, and they do this through the companies that our compatriots have there,” said the Prime Minister.
As he thanked Mr. Hajdaraj for the hospitality and for informing them about the production process here, he said that this has influenced about 100 farmers in the area to have contracts with this factory.
Through measure 2.1 of the Economic Revival Package, which is subsidizing investment loans up to 20 percent, Prime Minister Kurti said that this factory has also benefited and thus contributed to the increase in production but also to the contribution to the state and the economy of Kosovo.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers, Hekuran Murati, said that it was a pleasure to visit such a local producer which, in addition to being supplied by producers or farmers, gets all the products locally, but also exports almost all the products that it produces. “As a government, through measures, we are trying to influence the entire production chain, the entire chain of value addition, starting from subsidizing farmers, which is what the Ministry of Agriculture does, up to raising production capacities and then also for distribution in the local market or export”, he said.
Together with Prime Minister Kurti and Minister Murati, there were deputies Jahja Koka and Ardian Gola.
Geli sh.p.k. is a center for the collection and processing of fruits and vegetables, with headquarters in the village of Palabardh of the Municipality of Gjakova, registered in 2016.
At the beginning of its activity, it has been focused on investing in the apple plantation, on an area of 4 hectares. Until 2019, it operated with smaller capacities, while from 2019 onwards, large investments were made, starting from the construction, the collection warehouse and the purchase of the necessary equipment for the storage and processing of fruits and vegetables.
Its main goal is to modernize the storage capacities of fruits and vegetables, while preserving at the same time all their biochemical values.
Last modified: August 17, 2023