- Municipality of Apatin
- Logistics
- Energy Potential
- Infrastructure
- Population Education and Labor Cost
- Key Sectors
- Top 10 Employers
- Greenfield
- Brownfield
- Municipality Incentives
- Success Stories
- Your Partner in Municipality
Municipality of Apatin
The Municipality of Apatin is located on the left bank of the Danube river (natural border with Croatia), between the Municipality of Sombor (in the northeast) and Municipality of Odžaci (in the southeast). Apatin is situated in the north-western part of the spacious plain in Bačka, on the left side of the Danube.
TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN APATIN
- Excellent strategic position - Danube port & marine
- Free Zone Apatin – (freight/commodity) industrial zone & Intermodal logistical center
- 160 ha of high - qality construction land in municipal ownership with extension possibility to 320 ha total
- Outstanding agribusiness possibilities for superior products
- Various employee profiles & high - quality workforce at competitive cost
Apatin Logistics
APATIN - Total Area: 350km²
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 41 km
- CRO - 35 km
- ROM - 129 km
- BUL - 435 km
- B&H - 184 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 100 km
- E-70 - 135 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 200 km
- Osijek (Croatia) - 60 km
- BUD - 290km
Energy potential in Apatin
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 80 km
- Local pipeline lenght: 85 km
- Presure of main pipeline 16 bar
- Presure of local pipeline 2-8 bar
GEOTHERMAL
| 72°C temperature | at 1,600 m |
| 53°C temperature | at 701 m |
| 59°C temperature | at 800 m |
| 56°C temperature | at 711 m |
| 43°C temperature | at 590 m |
| 33°C temperature | at 478 m |
| 43°C temperature | at 923 m |
ELECTRICITY
- No of distribution substitusions: 181
- Total power (kVA): 84,430
- Total network length (km): 372
- Energy supplied - 2014 (MWh): 103,525
- Electro-distribution ownership: 128
- Private ownership: 53
- 0.4 kV – 174 km
- 20 kV – 198 km
BIOMASS
- Total land: 80 km
- Agricultural land: 24,754 ha
- Arable land: 22,206 ha
- Most common crops residuals:
- wheat and barley straw – 13,000 t
- maize – 18,400 t
- soybean straw – 12,500 t
WIND
Average speed 2-4 m/s at 10 m
SOLAR
| Insolation - hours per year | 2,007 hrs |
Infrastructure in Apatin
ROADS
Regional road network: 31 km
Sombor-Apatin-Sonta-Bogojevo
Local road network: 35 km
WATERWAY
River Danube length: 42 km
Port "Napredak" in Apatin
Irrigation/drainage network: 4,033 km
RAILWAY
Railway network length
Apatin plant-Apatin-Sombor, Bogojevo-Sonta-Prigrevica-Sombor-Subotica: 26 km
Axial pressure: 16 t
SEWAGE
Sewage system
In the city of Apatin area: 90 %
Sewage network: 106 km
Population, education and labor cost in Apatin
Number of inhabitants 26,041
Unemployed (August 2022) 2,327
Employed (2021) 5,456
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Apatin (June 2022)
| NET Salary | 539 | |
| Personal Income Tax | 10% | 58 |
| Contributions (Emploeyee) | 19,9% | 148 |
| GROSS Salary | 746 | |
| Contributions (Employer) | 16,15% | 120 |
| TOTAL Cost | 866 |
From July 1st, 2014 the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & social insurance contributions:
- 65% refund for employing 1-9 workers
- 70% refund for employing 10-99 workers
- 75% refund for employing 100+ workers
Education
High Schools
| School | Profile | #students | #graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | Technician for computer control of CNC machines | 30 | |
| Construction | Landscaping Tech | 18 | 19 |
| Ship fitter | 15 | ||
| Welder | 15 | ||
| Cook | 30 | ||
| Gymnasium "Nikola Tesla" | General type | 60 | |
| Secondary construction and woodworking vocational school | Furniture and interior design tehnician | 30 |
Key sectors in Apatin
Agribusiness
- 24,754 ha of fertile agricultural land with optimal climate conditions
- Cereals (wheat, corn) and industrial plants (mostly soybean; also sunflower, sugar beet, and rapeseed) production
- Developed network of potential local raw material suppliers: individual farmers, cooperatives, and enterprises
- Strong presence of local farmers – owners of 50% of total agricultural land – engaged mainly in cereal production (70%) and industrial crop production (12%) – average land size cca. 3 ha
- Vegetable crops: potato, cabbage, onions, tomato, paprika
- Developed production in Greenhouses
- Fruit: apples, peaches, pears
- Predominant farms: poultry, pig, and sheep breeding
- Small dairy located in Svilojevo
Construction
- Longstanding tradition - 50 years
- Company in the field of civil engineering "Marko Oreskovic“ currently in bankruptcy used to operate as a holding company with subsidiaries employing 580 workers. Part of the assets has been sold, while the remaining office admin building and a shopping center is still for sale
- Company "AD Rapid" engaged in the production of silicate brick during the '90s used to employ over 300 workers currently employing 70 workers
- Network of companies in the field of concrete making
- Swiftly obtainable construction permit – efficient local administration
- Available qualified workforce 115 skilled workers seeking employment registered at the National Employment Service
Tourism
Geothermal potential - 51°C at 700 m – water analysis performed at the Balneological Institute of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade:
- healing qualities - used in balneotherapy as an additional therapy swimming - cooling water to the appropriate temperature
- characteristics - ph 7.4, sulphide, alkaline, muriatic , iodine;
Its structure is dominated by ions of sodium, chloride, hydrogen carbonate, iodine, with a significant amount of dissolved hydrogen sulfide H2S - all of significant balneotherapy importance
- 1 well in use – 300 m from the facility with the capacity of 36 cubic meters per hour
Investment opportunities:
- Spa Center Junakovic – JV investment opportunities
Spa center Junakovic
capacity: 270 beds
visits in 2014: 5,471
Accommodation capacities in Apatin
9 facilities – 75 beds
visits in 2014: 6,744
Textile
- 65 years of tradition in the textile sector
- Number of companies from the ‘90s specialized in apparel, socks, cordage fiber, and footwear production that no longer exist used to employ over 1,200 workers - leaving a pool of qualified workers
- Available skilled workforce – unemployed labor pool registered at the National Employment Service in Apatin – 178 textile, 38 leather
- Suitable Brownfield locations – capacities up to 8,000 sqm
- Successful companies – currently operating in the sector:
- Vero – Footwear – 200 employees
- Kopelli – Footwear – 30 employees
Top 10 Employers in Apatin
| Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| APATINSKA PIVARA | Agrobusiness (beer production) | Canada | 658 |
| DPTU VERO DOO APATIN | Leather (footwear) | Serbia | 377 |
| FLASH SRB DOO | Textile | Italy | 220 |
| PIK JEDINSTVO | Agrobusiness | Serbia | 102 |
| DZIMI KOMERC | Transport and construction work | Serbia | 76 |
| ELBRACO GROUP | Trade | Serbia | 60 |
| EUROMASIV DOO | Furniture production | Slovenia | 54 |
| ALU-PLAST | Construction (blinds, mosquito nets) | Serbia | 50 |
| LUMBERLINE DOO | Furniture production | Slovenia | 47 |
| LUČIĆ PRIGREVICA | Agrobusiness | Serbia | 47 |
Edited on 09/20/2021
Greenfield locations in Apatin
Location 1
Industrial zone - RTC Apatin
Logistical Center with planned international marine and intermodal terminal
Land size: 120.72 ha – Free Zone out of which 34 ha are Port area
Available: 49,26 ha (leveling is required)
Ownership: 80,33 ha municipal
*Free zone status
For sale and lease
Location 2
Industrial zone – Kupusina
Land size: 10.9 ha
Available: 6.52 ha
Ownership: 7.7 ha municipal
For sale and lease
Location 3
Industrial zone – Block 61
Land size: 8.31 ha
Available: 2.25 ha
Available land plots: 941m² / 2,161 m² / 2,672 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: 3.7 ha municipal
For sale and lease
Edited on 09/20/2021
Brownfield Locations in Apatin
Location 1
Spinning Mill
Land size: 46,490 m²
Facilities: 5,579 m²
Ownership: private
Electricity substation:
For sale and lease
Location 2
Production Hall Apatin
Land size: 35,450 m²
Facilities: 5,000 m² + 3,000 m²
Ownership: private – bank
Office: 2,000 m²
Ownership: state
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas
Electricity substation/private
For sale and lease
Location 3
Hotel – under construction
Land size: 1,750 m²
Facilities: 1,758 m²
Ownership: private - bankruptcy
For sale
Location 4
KTC Apatin
Land size: 2.5 ha
Facilities: 10,000 m²
Ownership: private
For sale
Incentives & Fees in Apatin
Communal Fee Discount
Municipal Construction Land Lease Discount
Land Development Fee Discount - 0% for production & warehouse facilities
Success Stories in Apatin
Your partner in Municipality
Snezana Radmanovic Pejic / Local Ecomonic Development Office
Phone: +381 25 772 122 ext: 618
Email: ler@apatin.rs
Aleksandra Milkic/ Free Zone Apatin
Phone: +381 66 820 6076