- Municipality of Bečej
- Logistics
- Infrastructure
- Energy Potential
- Population Education and Labor Cost
- Key Sectors
- Top 10 Employers
- Greenfield
- Brownfield
- Construction Procedures
- Success Stories
- Your Partner in Municipality
Municipality of Bečej
Becej is a town and municipality in the South Backa District in Vojvodina, Serbia. It includes the town of Becej and the following villages: Backo Gradiste, Backo Petrovo Selo, Milesevo, Radicevic. It is positioned on the crossroad of train, river and road traffic.
TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN BEČEJ
- Great geographical position: centrally located in Vojvodina; E75 highway proximity
- Investment-ready industrial zones
- Direct access to international waterway - River Tisza
- Admin & operational local municipality support
- Competitive workforce - Diverse sector profiles
Bečej Logistics
Becej total area: 486 km²
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 90 km
- CRO - 131 km
- ROM - 75 km
- BUL - 462 km
- B&H - 173 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 27 km
- E-70 - 125 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 120 km
- Osijek (Croatia) - 127 km
- Temisoara - 142 km
Infrastructure in Bečej
ROADS
Regional road network: 79 km
- Becej-Novi Sad
- Becej-Zrenjanin
- Becej-Vrbas
- Becej-Backa Topola
- Becej-Senta
Local road network: 33 km
- Becej-Radicevic
- Becej-Novi Becej
- Becej-Milesevo
WATERWAY
River Tisa lenght: 83 km
- Port in Novi Sad distance 50 km
Canal network for drainage: 245 km
- Irrigation/drainage system network
SEWAGE
Sewage system: 45%
Sewage network: 44 km
Energy potential in Bečej
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 90%
- Local pipeline lenght: 205 km
- Presure of main pipeline 6 bar
- Presure of local pipeline 1 bar – 60 km length
GEOTHERMAL
| 33 °C temperature | at 503 m |
| 65 °C temperature | at 1,020 |
| 67 °C temperature | at 1,050 m |
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substitusions: 235
- Total power (kVA): 248,200
- Total network length (km): 536
- Available capacities (kVA): 250,000
BIOMASS
- Total land: 48, 659 ha
- Agricultural land: 41, 285 ha
- Arable land: 39, 962 ha
- Most common crops: maize (65%), wheat (15%), sugar beet (7%), alfaalfa (5%), sunflower (3%), other (5%)
WIND
Average speed 42 m/s at 50 m
SOLAR
| Insolation 79 days p.a. | 1,900 hrs |
Population, education and labor cost in Bečej
Number of inhabitants 37,351
Employed (2020) 8,415
Unemployed (July 2021) 1,496
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Bečej (Dec, 2020)
| NET Salary | 470 | |
| Personal Income Tax | 10% | 49 |
| Contributions (Emploeyee) | 19,9% | 129 |
| GROSS Salary | 649 | |
| Contributions (Employer) | 16.65% | 108 |
| TOTAL Cost | 756 |
From July 1st, 2014 the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & socal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Admin | 87 | 24 | |
| Financial Admin | 83 | 23 | |
| Economics | 75 | 21 | |
| Economy | Tourism | 84 | 17 |
| Trade | 10 | 10 | |
| Culinary/Hospitality | 56 | 10 | |
| Culinary/Pastry Chef | 75 | 25 | |
| Mechanical Tech-Computer Engineering | 125 | 12 | |
| Electrotech-Computers | 64 | 27 | |
| Electrotech-IT | 50 | - | |
| Technical | Electrotech-AC Equipment | 32 | 18 |
| Mechanical Tech for Motor Vehicles | 45 | - | |
| Electrotech-Computers (Hungarian) | 79 | 18 |
Key sectors in Bečej
Agribusiness
Enduring tradition in good results
- Long-standing tradition & processing expertise
- More than 60% of population is engaged in agriculture
- 2,814 registered agricultural producers
- Existence of 16 agricultural cooperatives
- Easy access to abundant resource base for the processing industry
- Storage capacities: silos- 160,000 t, on-floor storage- 50,000 t
Agricultural land 42,000 ha:
- Cereals- Wheat, Maize, Barley, Ouats, Rye
- Fuit - Apricots, Plums, Cherries, Apples, Pears
- Vegetable-Peas, Onion, Paprika, Cabbage&Kale...
- Industrial crops - Soy, Sunflower, Sugar beet
- Roughage - Alfalfa, Maize for silage, Clover
Meat&Dairy
Excellent conditions for further development
- 40 registered livestock farms
- 60 years long tradition in livestock breeding
- Pastures- 487 ha
- Great resource base
- Well established companies: PIK Becej, Agroprodukt Sinkovic
Livestock count:
- Cattle 7,421
- Pigs 74,118
- Milking Cows 3,043
- Poultry 311,856
Tourism
Spa center development project
- Tradition in sporting-recreational tourism
- Developed hunting tourism, hunting ground spreading over 30,000 ha
- Number of hunting associations: Becej, Zec, Backo Gradiste
- Big and small game- roe, rabbit, pheasants, partridge
- Birdwatching
- Geothermal resources- potential for development of spa center, planned area of 7.8 ha (Detailed regulation plan was adopted)
Accommodation capacities 6 units:
- Number of beds 360
- Average annual visits
- Overnight 35.000
Investment opportunities:
- Accommodation capacities- SPA center development
Top 10 Employers in Becej
| Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIK BECEJ | Agribusiness | Serbia | 1,310 |
| SOJAPROTEIN | Agribusiness | Serbia | 422 |
| KNOTT-AUTOFLEX | Automotive components | Serbia/Hungary | 170 |
| BECEJ PROMET | Trade | Serbia | 149 |
| BECEJSKA PEKARA | Agribusiness | Serbia | 131 |
| SP LABORATORIJA | Services | Serbia | 130 |
| BECEJ PREVOZ | Transportation | Serbia | 122 |
| LINDEGAS SERBIA | Energy | Germany | 78 |
| AGROPRODUCTS DOO | Agrobusiness | Serbia | 66 |
| AGRO-PROMET | Agrobusiness | Serbia | 44 |
Greenfield locations in Bečej
Location 1
Industrial Zone
Infrastructure: gas, electricity, phone cable and road are nearby 100 meters; water and sewege 100 meters away
Parcele 1 size: 2ha 36a 44m²
Parcele 2 size: 1ha 12a 47m²
Parcele 3 size: 1 ha 12a 51m²
Parcele 4 size: 8 ha 13a 21m²
Parcele 5 size: 79a 2m²
Parcele 6 size: 57ha 99a 91m
Ownership: Municipal
For sale
Brownfield Locations in Bečej
Location 1
8. OKTOBAR
Land size: 20,000m²
Facilities: 2,150 m² + 900 m² + 900 m² + 600 m² + 2,200 m² + 400 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Ownership: Bankruptcy
For sale
Location 2
CBA Supermarket
Land size: 8,766 m2
Facilities: 3,296 m2 total (2,317 m2 + 231 m2 + 135 m2 + 609 m2 + 212 m2 + 220 m2)
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage
Ownership: Private
For sale
Upon receiving the investor’s request
the consolidated construction procedures are conducted in the following phases:
- Issuing the location conditions for the cadastre parcel suitable for construction – from the day of obtaining all special conditions, permits and other documents --> no later than 5 working days
- Issuing the construction permit – from the day of the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Upon receiving the application:
Based on registering the construction work,issuing the verification for receiving the application without delay, provided that the complete documentation has been submitted.
- Registering the construction works to receive acceptance/rejection --> 5 working days
- Subsequently, submitting the request for infrastructure installations --> 3 working days
Issuing the occupancy permit, upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Issuing the final approval upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
In total: 28 working days
Success Stories in Bečej
