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INFORMATION ABOUT FACTORY »LJEKOBILJE« TREBINJE

Ratko ČOMIĆ
Factory »Ljekobilje«, Trebinje, J. Raškovića 1, Republic of Srpska

»Ljekobilje« Trebinje is the private factory founded according to the program that is approved by ministry, in other words by Government of Republic of Srpska.

Structure, quality and enough amount of plant material is provided according to the long-lasting contracts and collaborative plantation production.

Foreign capital also takes part in investment for realisation of program and necessary working capital. Quality of the produced goods is determined according to the standards that give customer and the price is determined according to supply and demand at domestic and foreign market.

The basic activities of the factory »Ljekobilje« - Trebinje are purchase, collecting of the plants, plantation production, refining and sale of medicinal, edible and aromatic plants, fruits, mushrooms and the other, for export, pure medicinal plants from the forest and agricultural field.

Researches and professional work, projects, preparations for production, management and marketing is carried out for the own necessities and as a favour to other law subjects and individuals.

The following organisations are working as components of factory »Ljekobilje«:

As components of this factory are working more purchase centres, purchase places and mediators for acquisition of plant material in republic of srpska and in wide surrounding.

In production and working capacity of this factory it is possible to purchase and to deliver to the market about two thousands ton of the pure and healthy plant material and final products that are used in pharmacology, cosmetic and food industry or directly in household.

Very important quality in the world and well known plant is famous sage of Herzegovina (Salvia officinalis L.), Helichrysum arenrium, Achillea millefoium, Calluna vulgaris, as the other 60 different sorts of plants from sunny and very pure territory of Herzegovina, Montenegro and Dalmatia, from the hill and mountain territory of continental part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Quality of the plant material that refines factory »Ljekobilje« in Trebinje can be estimated according to the following results:

Salvia officinalis

Stalk of the Salvia officinalis which have to be separated from the plant material (3rd class) contains essential oil 0.98. In the contents of ethereal oil there are tujons 55.4%. The chopped small pieces of the sage with a size 1-3 mm and with a powder contain 2.17% of essential oil, where tujons take part with 40.5%. Leaf with cleanness ASTA and FDA contains 2.1% of essential oil where tujons take part with 43.5%.

Helichrysum arenrium

From the fresh herb of Helichrysum arenarium we can get about 0.02% high quality essential oil.

Quality of the rest of plants that are situated in stone and sunny territory of Herzegovina is noticed everywhere from the total sum of more important plant types we use the following parts.

In 20 types - flower is used (100 t per a year), in eighteen types - leaf is used (500 t per a year), in sixteen types - herb is used (500 t per a year), in ten types - root is used (50 t per year), in five types - fruit is used (300-500 t per year), more sorts of mushrooms (500 t per year) etc.

Classical, filter and medicinal tea is produced of the pure and healthy plant material from the nature and from the own plantations of medicinal plants (camomile, mint, lemon balm, mars mallow and common mallow, caraway etc.). Production and packing of the goods is done according to the well-known standards and requirements of the Herzegovina tea which is composed of the so-called »good plants from this territory«.

From the total score of produced goods about 70% of them is turned to foreign market and about 30% is turned to domestic market. The goods is prepared, packed and delivered into the section for plants, by aeroplane or ship.

Production and working capacities of the factory »Ljekobilje« - Trebinje employ eighty-four workers /over 30% of them are workers with university level great number of foreign trading partners, consultant mostly from the private factories is engaged. The program of »Ljekobilje« Trebinje has general support of institutions, governmental agency and of the population of Republic of Srpska.

Taking into account this short information and previous results in domestic and foreign market we expect support from the participants of this respected meeting.

The factory »Ljekobilje« Trebinje, also, in this occasion show their production working abilities and gratitude for successful co-operation during the following period.

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