Sečanj

Municipality of Sečanj

Secanj is a village and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Sečanj municipality includes the town of Jasa Tomic and the following villages: Secanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Busenje, Jarkovac, Konak, Krajišnik, Neuzina, Sutjeska, Surjan.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN SEČANJ

• Ample resource base
• Excellent geostrategic position: EU border (Romania) proximity
• Skilled workforce at competitive cost
• Industrial Zone
• Efficient, business-friendly administration

Energy potential in Sečanj

GAS

• Municipality is gasified: 99,5%
• Local pipeline lenght: 241 km
• Presure on main pipeline >16 bar
• Presure on local pipeline <16 bar

BIOMASS

• Total land: 52,300 ha
• Agricultural land: 37,817 ha
• Arable land: 35,748 ha
• Most common crops: wheat, maize, sunflower, soy, barley

ELECTRICITY

• No. of distribution substations: 121
• Total power (kVA): 107,490
• Total network length (km): 183

WIND

Average speed 10-50 m/s

GEOTHERMAL

SOLAR

Infrastructure in Sečanj

ROADS

Regional road network: 58 km

- Zrenjanin-Secanj-Plandiste-Vrsac-State border

- Kac-Sajkas-Titel-Perlez-Kovacica-Secanj-State border

- Kac-Sajkas-Titel-Perlez-Kovacica-Secanj-State border

- Krajisnik-Jasa Tomic

Local road network: 18 km

• Boka-Surjan
• Jarkovac-Banatska Dubica
• Jasa Tomic-Busenje

WATERWAY

River Tamis lenght: 38 km

- Port in Novi Sad distance 80 km

Canal network for drainage: 5,625 ha

Irrigation/drainage system network: 4,000 ha

RAILWAY

Railway network length: 35 km

• Zrenjanin-Secanj-Vrsac-Bela Crkva

Axial pressure: 16 t

SEWAGE

Sewage system: 2%

Sewage network: 2.6 km

Population, education and labor cost in Sečanj

Number of inhabitants 13,325

Employed (2021) 3,044

Unemployed (February 2022) 1,438

Labor cost structure

Average salary in Sečanj (December, 2021)

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

Only 36 km to Zrenjanin where all high school profiles are available.

Key sectors in Sečanj

Agribusiness

36,682 ha of arable land

• Abundant premium quality agricultural land- chernozem
• 1,520 of registered individual farms engaged in agriculture
• Most common vegetable crops - 425 ha - peas, sweet corn, green beans, potato
• Developed local suppliers network
• Potential for irrigation system network expansion
• Access to qualified workforce- Agricultural high school in Zrenjanin

• 8 agricultural cooperatives
• 8 fishponds for the production of consumer carp on an area of about 3500 ha
• 12 ha blueberry plantation
• 62ha cherry orchards
• 54ha apple orchards
• 19ha plum orchards
• 14ha walnuts and hazelnuts

Arable land – 36,682 ha

• wheat 7,732 ha
• maize 7,367 ha
• sunflower 3,397 ha
• soy 1,229 ha
• alfalfa 296 ha
• sugar beet 224 ha
• barley 234

Storage capacities

Settlement	Grain storage silos	On-floor storage
Secanj	38,440 t	2,000t
Konak	10,000 t	5,000 t
Krajisnik	28,500 t
Jasa Tomic	5,100 t t	2,100 t
Jarkovac	16,800 t	4,200 t

Agribusiness

Expansion potential

Meat & Dairy:

• Livestock breeding has a significant development potential
• Pastures spreading over 8,534 ha, meadows 1,948 ha
• Total number of registered farmers for livestock breeding - 1,791
• Number of pig farms with further growth potential: Massagrar d.o.o. (22,000 fatlings per year), Grmec d.o.o. (5,000 fatlings per year)
• cow farm PRP Sveti Nikola d.o.o. of 600cows according to the cow-calf system, with a tendency to grow to 2.200 head

Livestock count

• cattle 3,319
• pigs 3,104
• sheep 758
• poultry 262

Tourism

Excellent conditions for Spa center

• Geothermal resources- 18 boreholes
• Completed Study of possibilities for exploration and multipurpose use of thermomineral resources in Secanj municipality
• Characteristics: iodine, chloride, hydrogen carbonate, strontium, fluor, lithium, bromine, barium- all of significant balneotherapy importance
• Hunting tourism- hunting grounds spreading over 52,220 ha
• Big & small game- roe, wild boar, deer, pheasant, rabbit
• 10 hunting associations
• Great number of fishing areas- River Tamis, Brzava, DTD Canal
• Diverse fish species: pike, carp, perch, catfish
• accommodation capacity-Hotel Crveni cvet with 52 beds
• pond for sport fishing

Top 10 Employers in Sečanj

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

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