In 2022, the competent inspection services of the Republic of Srpska Inspectorate conducted 122,007 inspections of various types of goods during import in foreign trade, of which 79,271 were food shipments, 12,840 were shipments of liquid petroleum fuels, 20,209 were shipments of general use items, and 9,687 were subject to mandatory phytosanitary inspection (seeds, planting material, fertilizers, etc.) On the basis of supervision in foreign trade, taxes in the value of about BAM 5,800,000 were paid to the budget of Republic of Srpska.

For the purposes of laboratory testing of quality, health and microbiological safety 4,642 samples were taken, namely 3,166 samples of food, 274 samples of liquid petroleum fuels, 647 samples of general use items and 555 samples of agricultural raw materials.

Laboratory analyses require examination of the parameters that represent the greatest risk for a certain product, such as the unauthorised amount of pesticides in fruit and vegetables, the presence of various contaminants in food, the concentration of certain chemicals in general use items, quarantine harmful organisms in seeds and planting material, numerous quality parameters and others.

Based on the results of the analyses, it was determined that only 1 percent of the tested samples, i.e. 51 samples, did not meet the prescribed quality and health parameters, and on the basis of this the import of 31 shipments of food, 11 shipments of general use items and 9 shipments of agricultural raw materials and other goods subject to mandatory phytosanitary inspection was prohibited.

For the purposes of inspection in foreign trade surveillance during import, republic inspectors are present at 14 border crossings, i.e. customs offices in the Republic of Srpska.