Kikinda

City of Kikinda

Kikinda is a town and a municipality in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The municipality has 59,453 inhabitants. The municipality of Kikinda comprises the city of Kikinda, nine villages and two hamlets.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN KIKINDA

• Corporate business tradition & highly qualified workforce for metal processing industry
• Excellent resource base for agribusiness industry
• Fully equipped industrial zones with Greenfield, Brownfield locations ready for investments - 42ha Customs Free Zone
• Investment opportunities for different types of renewable resources
• Proximity of road (8km) and railway (0km) border crossings

Energy potential in Kikinda

GAS

• Municipality is gasified: 70%
• Local pipeline lenght: 852.5 km
• High pressure pipeline 40 bar – 250 kmMedium pressure pipeline 16 bar – 42.5 km
• Lowpressure pipeline 4 bar – 560 km

BIOMASS

• Total land: 78,200 ha
• Agricultural land: 70,541 ha
• Arable land: 64,889 ha
• Most common crops: wheat, maize, sunflower

ELECTRICITY

• No. of distribution substitusions: 215

- 39 (10kV) + 176 (20kV)

• Total power (kVA): 8,720, 70,450
• Total network length (km): 798.2

WIND

Average speed 42m/s at 50 m

GEOTHERMAL

SOLAR

Infrastructure in Kikinda

ROADS

Regional road network: 113 km

• Horgos-Kanjiza-Novi Knezevac-Coka-Sajan-Idjos-Kikinda-Basaid-Zrenjanin-Belgrade
• Srb-Hun border - Backi Breg - Sombor - Kula - Srbobran - Becej - Novi Becej - Kikinda -Nakovo - Srb-Rom border
• Srb-Rom border - Srpska Crnja - Rusko Selo - Kikinda - Mokrin - Crna Bara - Novi Knezevac
• Novi Becej - Basaid - Banatsko Karadjordjevo

Local road network: 97 km

• Nakovo - Banatsko Veliko Selo - Novi Kozarci - Rusko Selo
• Kikinda - Banatsko Veliko Selo
• Kikinda - Banatska Topola

WATERWAY

River Tisza distance: 34 km

- Port in Senta distance 43.6 km

Canal network DTD

Irrigation/dranaige system network: 1.675 ha

RAILWAY

Railway network length: 94 km

• Kikinda-Banatsko Veliko Selo-Romania (Zombolj)
• Kikinda-Novo Milosevo-Coka-Senta
• Kikinda-Mokrin-Vrbica-Podlokanj-Banatsko Arandjelovo

Axial pressure: 16-20 t

SEWAGE

Sewage system: 85%

Sewage network: 103 km

Population, education and labor cost in Kikinda

Number of inhabitants 59,453

Employed (2019) 14,006

Unemployed (April 2020) 2,932

Labor cost structure

Average salary in Kikinda (March, 2020)

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

A number of other profiles available for all vocational high schools (medical, agricultural, technical, construction, economics).

Schools may establish a new profile in accordance with the requirements of the companies.

There are several faculty departments in Kikinda for economy, management, mechanical engineering, high school for teachers.

Key sectors in Kikinda

Metal Processing

Quick & esy acess to ky markets

• Longstanding tradition in metal processing dating back one century
• First joint venture company with foreign capital IDA Kikinda – (General Motors and Foundry Kikinda)
• During the ‘80s – total export share for the metal processing industry in Kikinda was over $ 100 mil
• Readily available skilled workforce – large number of unemployed workers with former metal processing experience
• Flexibility of the educational system – possibility of adapting high school syllabus and profiles to the needs of the sector – retraining
• Excellent Brownfield facilities with the necessary infrastructure for the development of production of metal processing and automotive supplier industries
• SMEs that can provide various kinds of services to investors in the sector - subcontractors

Agribusiness

Abundant resurce bas - 70,541 ha

• Developed primary and secondary agricultural production – access to ample high-quality resource base
• Mainly cereal crop production (maize, sunflower, wheat) – with tradition in fruit and vine growing and significant expansion potential
• Drainage network on 2,970 ha, and the irrigation system on 1,675 ha with further development potential – for increasing the yields
• Predetermined locations for greenhouses development – in close proximity to geothermal sources – ensuring cost-effective heating
• Agribusiness Zone with suitable locations spreading over 4 ha for logistic centers development
• Manufacturing tradition in processing green beans, corn, tomato, cucumber
• Meat & dairy industry development potential – high number of pig farms (Matijevic Agrar, Delta Agrar, MK Group) and large network of subcontractors (individual farmers)

Investment opportunities:

- Processing capacities development, Irrigation systems, farm development, greenhouses and cold-storage development

Tourism

Excellent development potential

• Development potential for sports, spa, hunting, ecological and cultural –event tourism (41 different events all year round)
• Existing location (Block 9) for sports and spa center investment projects development – 94 ha – with onsite geothermal resources and sports courts, swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), sports hall, park, and accommodation facilities in Youth village & campus
• Geothermal water – medicinal properties
• Hunting tourism - number of hunting grounds
• Breathtaking landscapes: Special Nature Reserve "Velika Droplja pastures" located in Mokrin village; while the city center is the largest world winter location for owls Utina; General Drapsina street near the center has been named one of the 50 most beautiful streets in the world, number of cultural monuments

Renewable Energy

Strategic importance sectors

• Potential for energy production from biomass, wind, solar, geothermal energy sources
• Location with one of the highest insolation intensity in Serbia - 2,300 hrs - 1,456.5 kwh/m³ per year
• In 2014 - company NIS AD build A photovoltaic power plant, which opened in Sajan
• Number of locations with favorable wind energy – average wind speed 5 m/s
• In 2013 – French company IEL started the project of wind power plant development in Basaid – valued at $ 70 mil
• Biomass potential - 90% of the land is agricultural with the main crops being wheat, corn, sunflower
• Agribusiness zone – offering suitable locations – 5 ha
• 11 geothermal boreholes (NIS AD ownership) with temperatures in some wells above 100°C – suitable for both heat and electricity production
• Greenfield locations for RES production

Top 10 Employers in Kikinda

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

Incentives & Fees in Kikinda

Beside various incentives available to foreign investors, including financial grants (state and provincial level) and favorable tax rates, as well as customs exemptions, every municipality in Vojvodina has its incentivies.

Fees in Kikinda:

0% Land Development Fees

for construction of production and warehousing facilities

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