| 20 21 | Pet food The trade deficit: Recommendations: Pet food contributes approximately with 440 million euros to the trade deficit. • The reintroduction of the NACE code for pet food in the list of sectors eligible for financing in the future state aid scheme of the Ministry of Finance; • Relaxing the conditions for companies from other sectors that want to open a line in the food sector as well; • Increasing the processing capacities of scraps from slaughterhouses; • Better communication between employers / associations / companies and state institutions regarding the actions to be taken to support the sector. Vegetables and fruit The trade deficit: Recommendations: Although the vegetable and fruit industry should contribute positively to Romania's trade deficit, unfortunately this is not currently happening. • Implementation of legislative regulations to ensure predictability when defining vegetables and fruits as raw materials in some processing industries; • Granting subsidies for labelling, transport and packaging, thus helping Romanian producers to ensure competitive prices; • Establishment of regional centers for collection, sorting and processing; • Supporting the establishment of functional producer associations; • Establishment of a program to encourage growing Romanian varieties of vegetables in protected areas and in the field; • Granting of APIA subsidies from a minimum area of less than 300 m2; • Granting a higher score for crops in protected areas; • Supporting the supply of rural stores with local products from small farmers, reducing storage and transport costs, but also conclusion of multi-year contracts between producers and retailers. Cleaning products and cosmetics The trade deficit: Recommendations: Cleaning products, soaps and cosmetics are part of the chemical industry, a sector that contributes significantly to the trade deficit. • The reimplementation of specializations in the chemical field in technical schools; • Modernization of transport infrastructure (roads, waterways, railways); • Encouraging investments by long-term legislative predictability (especially by fiscal predictability); • The fast development of strategies regarding energy efficiency and the increase of domestic industrial production; • Organizing seminars for information on accessing funds in this industry; • To continue the steps regarding the de-bureaucratization of the approval of economic activities in the petrochemical industry; • Offering state aid to stimulate foreign investments in Romania or classifying, from a legislative point of view, certain products made in Romania as a Romanian brand; • Regarding packaging, it is recommended to introduce state aid schemes that facilitate investments in infrastructure for storage, recycling, sanitation, in key points of the country, or supporting the use of corn and wheat as raw material for alternative packaging.
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