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

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: 26 km

Population, education and labor cost in Sečanj

Number of inhabitants 13,267

Employed (2020) 2,108

Unemployed (July 2021) 1,512

Labor cost structure

Average salary in Sečanj (March, 2020)

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

Average Salary for Production sector in Vojvodina, November 2017

NET: € 398

GROSS: € 550

TOTAL COST: € 527

Average salary (total cost) for 2017 €476

Education

High Schools

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

Key sectors in Sečanj

Agribusiness

35,748 ha of arable land

• Abundant premium quality agricultural land- chernozem
• 2,401 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

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
• Tradition in milk production
• 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)

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
• 5 fishponds

Automotive&Metal

Further development potential

• Longstanding tradition in the field of metal processing and automotive components industry
• 590 workers were employed in metal processing sector in the past
• Available skilled workforce ready to meet the needs and expectations of high-quality seeking investors
• existence of diverse high-school programs in Zrenjanin- only 36 km distance
• Great potential for export-oriented production

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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