Vrbas

Municipality of Vrbas

Vrbas is a city and municipality located in Serbia, in the South Bačka District in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Vrbas municipality includes the city of Vrbas and the following villages: Backo Dobro Polje, Zmajevo, Kosancic, Kucura, Ravno Selo and Savino Selo.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN VRBAS

• Proximity of Corridor 10 - Danube
• Long-standing tradition & expertise in food processing industry
• Available skilled and educated workforce
• Abundant resource base - High quality agricultural land
• WEll-built access to markets

Energy potential in Vrbas

GAS

• Municipality is gasified: 90%
• Local pipeline lenght: 273 km
• Presure on main pipeline 6-16 bar
• Presure on local pipeline 4 bar

BIOMASS

• Total land: 37,600 ha
• Agricultural land: 33,989 ha
• Arable land: 33,789 ha
• Most common crops: maize, soy, wheat, sugar beet, barley

ELECTRICITY

• No. of distribution substations: 238
• Total power (kVA): 129,680
• Total network length (km): 240,962
• Available capacities (kVA): 66,570

WIND

Average speed 4m/s at 100 m

GEOTHERMAL

Infrastructure in Vrbas

ROADS

Regional road network: 25 km

• Feketic-Vrbas
• Backo Dobro Polje-Vrbas
• Backo Dobro Polje-Zmajevo
• Zmajevo-Sirig
• Zmajevo-Stepanovicevo
• Zmajevo-Ravno Selo
• Ravno Selo-Despotovo
• Savino Selo-Despotovo
• Savino Selo-Kula
• Savino Selo-Kucura

Local road network: 18.5 km

• Ravno Selo-Kulpin
• Savino Selo-Kosancic
• Kucura-Zmajevo

WATERWAY

Port in Novi Sad distance 45 km

Canal network for drainage
Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal

Irrigation system network: 5,982 ha

Drainage system network: 30,000 ha

RAILWAY

Railway network length: 25 km

• Beograd-Novi Sad-Subotica
• Vrbas-Sombor

Axial pressure: 22 t

SEWAGE

Sewage system:

* Vrbas 98 %

* other settlements 20-85%

Sewage network: 80 km

Population, education and labor cost in Vrbas

Number of inhabitants 42,092

Employed (2020) 10,0037

Unemployed (July 2021) 3,887

Labor cost structure

Average salary in Vrbas (Avgust 2018)

From July 1st, 2014, until December 31st 2019, 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: € 648

Average salary (total cost) for 2017 €563

Education

High Schools

Key sectors in Vrbas

Agribusiness

One of the main economic branches

• High quality agricultural land- 33,789 ha of arable land
• 3,289 registered local farmers
• High-density inland waterway network (Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal) ensuring excellent irrigation/drainage possibilities
• Long-standing tradition & impressive expertise in agricultural processing industry
• Easy access to skilled workforce
• Farmer cooperatives & associations development
• Wide network of potential local suppliers
• Significant part of production is export-oriented
• Successful companies: Carnex, Medela, Vital, Trivit-pek, Sugar refinery Backa

Biomass

Easy access to ample resources

• 33,989 ha of agricultural land
• Significant crop residues- available for biomass cogeneration
• Annual production amounts to 86,246 tons per year
• Estimated power capacity- 197,893 MWh
• Biomass type: crop biomass, fruit-wine growing biomass, manure, food processing, forestry-wood processing, communal waste

Top 10 Employers in Vrbas

Edited on 11/10/2020

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

Municipal Incentives

Land Development Fee Discount

For facilities built for the following purposes:

* production & warehouse facilities

* public use, communal infrastructure

Land Development Fee - discount 30%

special offer for lump-sum payments

* or in 36 monthly installments

Land Purchase Price / Land Lease Fee

Possibility of paying in monthly installments

For greenfield investments municipal council approval needed

Success Stories in Vrbas

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