- Municipality of Šid
- Logistics
- Energy potential
- Infrastructure
- Population education and labor cost
- Key sectors
- Top 10 employers
- Greenfield
- Brownfield
- Construction procedures
- Municipality incentives
- Success stories
- Your partner in municipality
Municipality of Šid
Sid is a town and municipality in the Syrmia District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Sid municipality has a population of 34,188. Šid municipality encompasses of town of Šid, and following villages: Adasevci, Batrovci, Bacinci, Berkasovo, Bikic Do, Bingula, Vasica, Visnjicevo, Gibarac, Erdevik, Ilinci, Jamena, Kukujevci, Ljuba, Molovin, Morovic, Privina Glava, Sot.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN ŠID
- Favorable geo-strategic position: Proximity to EU borders Croatia, B&H; Highway E70; Railway; Danube, Sava rivers
- Largest area covered with forest in Vojvodina – 21,024 ha
- Highest arable land percentage 91% (36,363 ha)
- Tourism development potential - High river density, natural resort - Fruska Gora, abundant geothermal resources
- Available qualified workforce - Particularly for the agribusiness sector
Šid Logistics
Sid total area 687 km²
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 163 km
- CRO - 5 km
- ROM - 173 km
- BUL - 449 km
- B&H - 30 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 62 km
- E-70 - 13 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 97 km
- Osijek - 72 km
- Temisoara - 217 km

Energy potential in Šid
GAS
- Municipality is under gasification process
The network has been developed but the system has not been put into operation yet - Local pipeline lenght: 262 km
- Presure on main pipeline 16 bar
- Presure on local pipeline 4 bar
BIOMASS
- Total land: 68,700 ha
- Agricultural land: 41,588 ha
- Arable land: 36,363 ha
- Most common crops: corn, wheat, sugar beet, soy, sunflower
- 30,000-50,000 t per year of crop residue for biomass
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substations: 217
- Total power (kVA): 83,520
- Total network length (km): 229+443
- Available capatities (kVA): 20,000
- available capacities per buyer are limited to 10,000 kVA
- construction of the medium voltage infrastructure is needed (20kV power line, 20 kVA cable line, 20/0.4 kV substations)
after setting specific individual requirements for maximum power with the specific location of the future facility (factory)
WIND
Average speed 3.4 m/s at 10 m
GEOTHERMAL
Location Ilinci | 43°C - 1,027 m; 53°C - 1,060 m; 65°C - 1,120 m |
Location Adasevci | 62°C - 1,124 m |
Location Batrovci | 102°C - 2,300 m |
Location Kukujevci | 67°C -1 ,320 m |
Location Morovic | 190°C - 3,681 m |
Location Sid | 35°C -8 50 m; 86°C - 2,064 m |
Location Erdevik | 24°C - 460 m |
SOLAR
Insolation 91 days p.a. | 2,000 hrs |
Infrastructure in Šid
ROADS
Highway E70 lenght: 19 km
Regional road network: 70 km
- Tovarnik-Sid-Kukujevci-Kuzmin
- Adasevci-Morovic-Jamena-Racinovci
- Ljuba-Erdevik-Bingula-Calma
- Kukujevci-M118-Calma
Local road network: 69 km
WATERWAY
River network length: 37 km
- Rivers: Sava, Studva, Smogva, Debrnja, Bosut
- Port Leget in Sremska Mitrovica distance 40 km
Canal network lenght: 1,200 km
RAILWAY
Railway network length: 185 km
- Belgrade-Sid
- Sid-Border
- Sid-Bijeljina
Axial pressure: 16 t
SEWAGE
Sewage system: 45%
Sewage network: 60 km
Population, education and labor cost in Šid
Number of inhabitants 34,188
Employed (2020) 7,301
Unemployed (July 2021) 2,037
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Šid (August, 2018)
NET Salary | 345 | |
Personal Income Tax | 10.00% | 35 |
Contributions (Emploeyee) | 19.9% | 94 |
GROSS Salary | 475 | |
Contributions (Employer) | 17.90% | 85 |
TOTAL Cost | 560 |
From July 1st, 2014, until December 31st 2019, 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
Average Salary for Production sector in Vojvodina, November 2017
NET: € 398
GROSS: € 550
TOTAL COST: € 648
Average salary (total cost) for 2017 €560
Education
High Schools
School | Profile | #students | #graduates |
---|---|---|---|
Gymnasium | General | 257 | 68 |
Economics | 125 | 29 | |
Technicals | Mechanical Tech for Computer Engineering | 86 | 25 |
Car Mechanics | 67 | 25 | |
Tinware | 67 | 67 | |
Computer Electro-Tech | 101 | 28 | |
Agricultural Tech | 120 | 25 | |
Bakery | 89 | 19 |
College
Business Managament
Profile | #students |
---|---|
Marketing, Trade | 53 |
Business Communications | 3 |
Hospitality, Tourism | 3 |
Entrepreneurship | - |
Faculty
Management
Profile | #students |
---|---|
Engineering managament | 24 |
Key sectors in Šid

Agribusiness
Ample resources & easy access
- Agricultural land – 41,588 ha with 91% of arable land
- Majority of rural population – more than 6,500 people engaged in agriculture, over 3,300 registered farms
- Most common crops: wheat 6,000 ha; maize, sugar beet, soy 936 ha, sunflower 360 ha
- Favorable conditions for meat and milk processing development
- Vegetable crops – 9% of total arable land: potato, cabbage, kale, melon, watermelon, tomato, pepper, onion
- 115 registered livestock farms
- Livestock count: Pigs 40,000; Poultry 200,000; Cattle 4,000; Sheeps 6,000; Goats 1,000
- Successful companies: crude oils & fats, cereals, meat, milk processing
Investment opportunities:
- Meat processing
- Processing capacities development

Tourism
Abudant geothermal potentials
- Artificial reservoirs – lakes: Sot, Bruje, Moharac
- Potential for development of sporting-recreational tourism, rural tourism, camping, cycling
- Developed hunting tourism – rich forest grounds, small and large game, and birds – with hunting grounds are regularly maintained
- Exclusive accommodation capacities present – but insufficient due to high demand
- Well-known restaurants serving game specialties
- Number of hunting associations – Srem, Vojvodina Sume, Neprecava
- Fishing – rivers Sava, Bosut, Studva; lakes Moharac, Bruje, Sot
- More than 32 fish species - pike, carp, roach chub, perch, catfish, etc.

Construction
Join our industry leaders
- Celebrating of 35 years of tradition in construction
- Presence of industry leaders - most successful companies in the sector
- Network foreign partners 3 project construction branches in Serbia
- vailable skilled workforce
Top 10 Employers in Šid
Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
---|---|---|---|
AGROPAPUK | Meat processing | Serbia | 355 |
VIKTORIJA OIL DOO | Agribusiness | Serbia | 286 |
BIG BULL FOODS | Food processing | Serbia | 299 |
SREM ŠID | Food industry | Serbia | 109 |
FRAGMAT COR | Construction | Serbia | 76 |
GRANIČAR ŠID | Agricultural cooperative | Serbia | 76 |
ILIJANUM PO | Publishing | Serbia | 65 |
HEMPRO COLOR | Chemical industry | Croatia | 63 |
SIDPROJEKT | Construction | Serbia | 58 |
MLINTEST | Agribusiness | Serbia | 58 |
Edited on 12/22/2021
Greenfield locations in Šid
Location 1
Industrial zone – Visnjicevo
Land size: 47.29 ha
Available: 47.29 ha
Ownership: municipality
*possibility of infrastructure development according to the agreement with the investor
** Detailed Regulation Plan development is in process
For sale & lease


Location 2
Industrial zone – Adasevci
Land size: 123 ha
Available: 15 ha
Infrastructure: electricity, water, optical cable
Ownership: state
*possibility of infrastructure development
** Next to Higway E70 and railway Sid-Bijeljina
For sale & lease
Edited on 12/22/2021
Brownfield Locations in Šid
Location 1
JIT TECHNIC doo
Land size: 0.35 ha
Facilities: 1,600 m²
Infrastructure: electricity, water
Ownership: private
For sale and lease


Location 2
Former shoe-sole factory
Facilities: 2,178 m2
Ownership: private
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
For lease
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 and Fees in Šid
Land Development Fee Reduction - Up to 99%
accordoing to new employment:
- 30% reduction for 10-20 workers
- 50% reduction for 21-30 workers
- 99% reduction for 51+ workers
Land Development Fee Reduction - up to 99%
according to the investment value
- 0% reduction for over EUR 1 million
- 99% reduction for over EUR 3 million
Success Stories in Šid

Your partner in Šid
Municipality Office
Branimirka Ridjosic – Assistant to the Mayor
Phone: +381 22 712 544; +381 62 755 821
Email: pomocnik.predsednika@sid.rs
Zeljka Jaric – Director of Local Development Office
Phone: +381 22 719 142; +381 62 756 826
Email: lokalnirazvoj@gmail.com