About us

A word from the president

 

Dear visitors,
Welcome to the website of the Association of Petroleum Product Traders of the Federation of BiH, Chamber of Economy/Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of BiH.

The tradition of association in Bosnia and Herzegovina has grown on the rich and fertile ground of our history. Association, as a traditional characteristic of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian people, for the protection and advancement of common interests, dates back several centuries.

Guided by this goal, petroleum product traders in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unite into one association, under the auspices of the Chamber of Economy/Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of BiH.

Today, I can rightly say that UPND, as an organization, has matured into an organization that, in a partnership relationship with the legislative and executive authorities and through its intensive activities and numerous initiatives, successfully protects all members and represents their interests.

Since our main goal is to promote and protect the interests of petroleum product distributors in the Federation of BiH, we have paid special attention to improving public relations, because only through quality communication with all relevant internal and external media can we achieve mutual respect.

That is precisely why we launched an institutional portal (within the web portal of the Chamber of Economy/Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of BiH) which will, above all, bring our existing and future membership even closer to all our activities aimed at improving their business operations.

Our intention is for this portal to become a central informational and business service in this sector in the Federation of BiH, providing more useful information than before.

Our new pages at www.kfbih.local will, we hope, offer more information to all other interested parties as well – both existing and potential business partners, institutions from the country and abroad, our current and potential members, as well as media representatives.

President of UPND
Milenko Bošković dipl.ing.str.

 

History

 

UPND – The Association of Petroleum Product Traders is a professional association of petroleum product traders from the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Association was formed within the Chamber of Economy/Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with the Law on Chambers of Commerce in the Federation (”Official Gazette of FBiH” no. 35/98 and 34/03).

The Association of Petroleum Product Traders was founded on 29 July 1999.

At the very beginning of its work, the association was organized as a Section.
Taking into account the fact that, in the meantime, a large number of legal entities engaged in the trade of petroleum products joined this association, from the beginning of 2009 the Section continued its work under the name Association.

Today, after 16 years of existence, we can state without modesty that this Association is a strong factor in monitoring and proposing improvements to legislation, but also a place where information is obtained and important issues from the oil sector of the Federation of BiH are resolved.

The Association has over 60 active member companies.

All those who, by doing this job that requires participation in all modern trends of today, found their place in the society of the best, realized that no one had systematically enabled that for them.

Left to their own devices, they sought a way out in professional association.

All those who believe they can achieve their interests under the umbrella of this association are, in fact, finding a place among the best.