Tender: Lack of money will make us resort to barter deals

Businessman Ovidiu Tender, involved mainly in the energy and the real estate sectors, says the shortage of liquidity in the economy, which blocks payments, will soon prompt economic operators to resort to barters. The holding by the same name which he controls, Tender SA, boasts around 16,000 employees and includes companies such as geological survey company Prospectiuni Bucuresti, steam generators producer Vulcan Bucuresti, Societatea de Intretinere si Reparatii Drumuri (The Road Maintenance and Repair Company – SIRD), aeronautic company Jetran Air and Serbian drug manufacturer FAM Farm. “We went through a tougher period between 1996 and 2000, but we managed to cope because we resorted to the exchange of goods and we probably will do the same now. We are seeking solutions, looking to see what each of us need, instead of using the money flow. One supplier gives you metal, you give them eggs in return, or whatever they need,” Ovidiu Tender said, only half-jokingly, in an interview given to ZF.