Black market for building materials blooming - No information on whether all companies have test certificates

Although the quality of building materials and products is regulated by law, there are no precise data on whether they all have test certificates. That is why it is important to determine how a company entered the market, who controled the production of building materials and products and issued a test certificate, and whether they have it at all.

As manufacturers say, many companies are registered as producers, although they only import goods and treat them as raw materials to avoid paying customs duties. Sabac-based manufacturer of ceramic tiles says that some manufacturers are invisible to competent agencies, even when it appears that their products have an adverse effect on people's health.

A Leskovac-based manufacturer of roof tiles and building blocks find the quality of materials to be the most important and has test certificates for all its products.

- Our product is made only from clay and water, natural materials, without any additives - says the sales director of IMG Mladost in Leskovac.

The Institute for Materials Testing should be the first stop for all building products and materials coming out of factories. Here they can obtain a certificate of quality and a confirmation they are safe for use in construction.

Manufacturers claim that about 40% of various raw materials that are used in construction are coming from the black market. These are low-quality products and materials without test certificates.

Zorka-keramika d.o.o. Beograd

IGM Mladost a.d. Leskovac

Institut IMS a.d. Beograd

black market for building materials

ceramic tiles factory in Sabac

Petar Miljkovic

Ljubisa Vasic

IMG Mladost Leskovac

Institute for Materials Testing

quality of building materials

Slavica Zivkovic

Zagorka Radojevic

certificate test for building material

raw materials