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INVEST
in Osijek-Baranja
COUNTY

Investment profile
INVEST in Osijek-Baranja - COUNTY Investment profile - baranjska županija
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01 | Osijek-Baranja County                                         4

02 | LOCATION OF OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY                             5

03 | INSTITUTIONS for higher EDUCATION                             7

04 | HUMAN CAPITAL                                                 7

05 | COST COMPETITIVE OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY                        8

06 | INDUSTRIAL TRADITION IN OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY                 9

07 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY   10

08 | READY–MADE INVESTMENT LOCATIONS                               11

09 | ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES                              17
INVEST in Osijek-Baranja - COUNTY Investment profile - baranjska županija
INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                     INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

Osijek-Baranja County                                                                               LOCATION OF
Your next choice                                                                                    OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY
Osijek-Baranja County is a part of the administrative-                                              Osijek-Baranja County is located in the northeast of
territorial constitution of the Republic of Croatia. It is                                          Croatia. It encompasses the entire lower flow of the Drava
                                                                             REGIONAL
located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Croatia                                         river to its confluence into the Danube. The county area
                                                                             HIGHLIGHTS
(the Pannonian area) with its county seat in Osijek. It                                             extends to Donji Miholjac and Našice in the west, Erdut                                                                  Osijek-Baranja
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             County
covers an area of 4,155 km2.                                                                        in the east, Hungarian border in the north and Vukovar-                                 Zagreb

                                                                                                    Srijem County in the south.
The area is predominantly flat with developed industry
                                                                             UNIVERSITY
and agriculture. More than a half of it is an agricultural                                          The Danube and Drava River (which is classified as
                                                                             CENTER
area (260,778 hectares), while 82,868 hectares is wooded                                            international waterway from Donji Miholjac to Osijek)
land.                                                                                               connect the area to the European river network. The
                                                                                                    County is well connected to main European cities through
                                                                                                    the highway network and Osijek International Airport
Land area                                                                    YOUNG AND EDUCATED
                                                                                                    which offers regular routes to Stuttgart and Basel, as well
4,155 km2                                                                    WORKFORCE
                                                                                                    as to several Croatian cities.

Capital

Osijek
                                                                             INDUSTRIAL
Administration                                                               TRADITION
                                                                                                          Important
7 towns and 35 municipalities
                                                                                                          traffic
Population (2011)
                                                                                                          connections for
305,032                                                                      MODERN BUSINESS                                                                                     EUROPEAN CORRIDOR Vc
                                                                                                                                                  EUROPEAN ROUTE E 73                                            EUROPEAN CORRIDOR VII
                                                                             INFRASTRUCTURE               osijek-baranja
                                                                                                                                                Connecting Osijek to the          Budapest – Osijek –                Sava – Danube –
                                                                                                          county
Climate
                                                                                                                                                  EUROPEAN CORRIDOR X              Sarajevo – Ploče                         Black Sea
Continental

GDP per capita (2014)
                                                                             OSIJEK INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                Beli

8,045 €
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Manastir
                                                                             AIRPORT
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Osijek
                                                                                                                 E 73 Budapest – Osijek – Ploče
Unemployment rate (2017)

28.8 %
                                                                             COST
Average gross salary (2015)                                                  COMPETITIVE                         Osijek International Airport
927 €                                                                                                                                                                   Zagreb

                                                                                                                 Osijek river Port (one of the
                                                                                                                 largest river ports in Croatia)

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                              INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

                                      EDUCATION
                                      INSTITUTIONS
                                      The Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek is the
                                      third largest university in Croatia with 18,000 students
                                      and 1,100 professors and academic staff employed
                                      by 11 faculties, the Academy of Arts and five university
                                      departments.

                                      DID YOU KNOW?
                                      The history of higher education
                                      in Osijek region began
                                      three centuries ago.

                                      HUMAN CAPITAL                                                        age structure

                                      Predominantly young workforce
                                                                                                           14 %
                                      With long manufacturing history,                                                                                    0-14

                                      human capital of the Osijek-Baranja County
                                                                                                    18 %                                                  15-64
                                      is internationally recognized for their know-how,                                   68 %
                                                                                                                                                          65 and more
                                      productivity and innovation.

                                                                                                 Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Population Estimates 2015

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                                                                           INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

COST COMPETITIVE                                               ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERs
                                                               (€ per khw), 2017 s1
                                                                                                                                                   INDUSTRIAL TRADITION IN
OSIJEK–BARANJA                                                 Croatia
                                                                                                                                                   OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY
                                                               Slovenia

COUNTY                                                         Slovakia
                                                                                                                                                   The Osijek-Baranja County has a long industrial tradition and significant industrial potential. Traditional agricultural
                                                               Bulgaria
                                                                                                                                                   production and processing industries are among the most important branches of its economy.
Cost competitiveness, in terms of initial investment costs,    Poland

                                                               EU 28                                                                               The total agricultural area in the county amounts to 260,778 hectares, of which 201,705 hectares are used as
utility prices and salaries, is definitely an advantage that
                                                               Czech Republic                                                                      horticultural areas.
qualifies both Croatia and Osijek-Baranja County as
                                                               Hungary
excellent destinations for expansion of your business
                                                                                  0,00    0,01      0,02        0,03    0,04        0,05    0,06
activities, growing your market share and improving                                                                                                                Key economy sectors                                                    Manufacturing industries
profitability.                                                 Source: Eurostat 2017s1; 70 000 MWh < Consumption < 150 000 Mwh                             in osijek-baranja county in 2016                                           in osijek-baranja county in 2016

                                                                                                                                                                               4,7%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       9,8%
                                                               AVERAGE GROSS EARNINGS per hour (€), 2016                                                              10,5 %
                 The lowest electricity prices
                 for industrial users                                                                                                                                                                                                        9,9 %
                                                               Osijek-
                                                                                                                                                                                           33,7 %                                                                      32,6 %
                                                               Baranja
                                                               County                                                                                             17,8 %

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              10,8 %

                                                               Croatia
                 Natural gas prices are among                                                                                                                                   19,1 %                                                                        10,8 %

                 the lowest in Europe
                                                               European
                                                               Union (28
                                                               countries)                                                                                          Manufacturing industry                                                          Food manufacturing

                                                                                  0        5          10           15          20          25                      Wholesale and retail                                                            Chemical industry

                                                                                                                                                                   Agriculture, forestry and fishery                                               Machinery manufacturing
                 4 x lower average monthly                     Source: Eurostat Total Labour Costs 2016, Croatian Bureau of Statistics -
                 gross salary than in the EU                   Average Monthly Gross Earning 2016
                                                                                                                                                                   Construction                                                                    Clothing manufacturing

                                                                                                                                                                   Transport and storage                                                           Paper industry

                                                                                                                                                          Source: Financial Agency, Croatian Chamber of Economy                      Source: Financial Agency, Croatian Chamber of Economy

                                                               PRICE LEVEL INDICES FOR INVESTMENT 2016

        Initial investment                                     Croatia

      costs 33% lower
                                                               European

      than EU28 average
                                                               Union (28
                                                               countries)

                                                                                  0            20          40           60            80

                                                               Source: Eurostat 2017

                                                                                                                                                                                                             HF (Harburg-Freudenberger)

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                                INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT                                                            SAPONIA D.D.
                                                                       Saponia is today a modern company built on the
                                                                       centennial tradition and inventiveness of its employees.
Success stories
Osijek-Baranja County is the perfect location
                                                                       From handicraft workshops to soap production, they
                                                                       developed to the largest manufacturer of detergents and
                                                                                                                                                                       READY – MADE
for a successful production                                            household washing detergents in this part of Europe.
                                                                                                                                                                       INVESTMENT
                                                                                                                                                                       LOCATIONS

                                                                                                                                                                           Industrial Zone Nemetin
                                                                       SENSE ESCO d.o.o.
Belišće Paper Mill                                                     SENSE ESCO d.o.o. is a company specializing in the implementation
Belišće Paper Mill was founded in 1960 and is situated in Belišće      of energy efficiency projects and offering turnkey solutions for                                    Industrial Zone Đakovo
on the bank of Drava River. The mill is a leading paper producer       optimization and more efficient use of energy resources. The
in Croatia.                                                            investment in the 1.2 MW biomass cogeneration power plant,
                                                                       located in the Business Zone North in Belišće is worth 6.2 million                                  Business Zone Črnkovci
                                                                       EUR.

                                                                                                                                                                           Industrial Zone Janjevci

HARBURG/FREUDENBERGER BELIŠĆE LTD.                                                                                                                                         Business Zone Antunovac
HF Belišće is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HF Group. Since
                                                                       meggle
1998, the company has been manufacturing the curing presses
                                                                       Meggle Croatia, headquartered in Osijek, is the third dairy
developed in Hamburg in addition to the components for all the
                                                                       producer in Croatia today, with a long tradition of manufacturing
business units within the HF Group. HF Belišće is equipped with
                                                                       of the high-quality products from best Slavonian milk. It employs
advanced manufacturing technology and meets the high quality
                                                                       208 workers and processes around 130,000 litres of milk per day.
standards.

belje d.d.
Belje has been a regional leader in agricultural production and        OSATINA GROUP
food industry for years. Based on the knowledge and experience         OSATINA GROUP is a company from Đakovština area, whose
                                                                                                                                             30 Ready-made                     ≈                   Cost of land
of old experts from Baranja, their products are made by following      main activities include farming production as well as vegetable,
                                                                                                                                            investment sites -            2,300,000                   starts
traditional recipes and with the aid of state-of-the-art technology,   milk, meat and feed mixture production, retail and wholesale
providing consumers with top quality, autochthonous products           of seeds, fertilizers and plant protectors. The company has           business zones                   m    2
                                                                                                                                                                                                   from 1 EUR
with ingredients grown on their own fields, vineyards, farms and       constructed two biogas plants for electricity generation and
arable fields.                                                         greenhouses for vegetable production.

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                                INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

Industrial Zone Nemetin, City of Osijek                                                                        Industrial Zone Đakovo

General information                                        Infrastructure/energents capacity                   General information                                         Infrastructure/energents capacity

Location (city/municipality)          Osijek                Infrastructure/energents capacity   Availability   Location (city/municipality)          Đakovo                Infrastructure/energents capacity   Availability

Size of the zone (m²)                 1,010,000             Gas                                 No             Size of the zone (m²)                 640,000               Gas                                 Yes

Available land size (m²)              509,629               Electricity                         Yes            Available land size (m²)              448,000               Electricity                         Yes

                                                                                                                                                     Manufacturing
Construction purpose                  Manufacturing         Water                               Yes            Construction purpose                                        Water                               Yes
                                                                                                                                                     and services

Allowed construction density          0.6                   Sewage                              Yes            Allowed construction density          0.6                   Sewage                              Yes

Construction efficiency coefficient                                                                            Construction efficiency coefficient
                                      3.0                   Water purifier                      Yes                                                  -                     Water purifier                      Yes
allowed                                                                                                        allowed

Allowed construction height (m)       22                                                                       Allowed construction height (m)       13.50

                                                                          Beli                                                                                             Beli
                                                                          Manastir                                                                                         Manastir

                                                                           Nemetin
                                                             Osijek                                                                                               Osijek

                                                                                                                                                         Đakovo

                    Zagreb                                                                                             Zagreb

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                                   INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

Business Zone Črnkovci, Marijanci Municipality                                                                Industrial Zone Janjevci, Donji Miholjac

General information                                        Infrastructure/energents capacity                  General information                                            Infrastructure/energents capacity

Location (city/municipality)          Marijanci            Infrastructure/energents capacity   Availability   Location (city/municipality)             Donji Miholjac        Infrastructure/energents capacity   Availability

Size of the zone (m²)                 500,000              Gas                                 Yes            Size of the zone (m²)                    1,270,000             Gas                                 Yes

Available land size (m²)              380,000              Electricity                         Yes            Available land size (m²)                 71,000                Electricity                         Yes

                                      Manufacturing
Construction purpose                                       Water                               Yes            Construction purpose                     Manufacturing         Water                               Yes
                                      and services

Allowed construction density          0.6                  Sewage                              No             Allowed construction density             0.5                   Sewage                              Yes

Construction efficiency coefficient                                                                           Construction efficiency coefficient
                                      -                    Water purifier                      No                                                      1.2                   Water purifier                      Yes
allowed                                                                                                       allowed

Allowed construction height (m)       13.5                                                                    Allowed construction height (m)          11

                                                                                                                                                    Janjevci
                                                      Črnkovci

                                                                         Beli                                                                                                Beli
                                                                         Manastir                                                                                            Manastir

                                                            Osijek                                                                                                  Osijek

                    Zagreb                                                                                            Zagreb

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                                                                          INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

Business Zone Antunovac, Antunovac Municipality                                                             Attractive investment incentives
General information                                     Infrastructure/energents capacity

Location (city/municipality)          Antunovac          Infrastructure/energents capacity   Availability
                                                                                                             Up to 1 million € cash grant for capital cost o f he investment projects

Size of the zone (m²)                 200,329            Gas                                 Yes             0% corporate profit tax for 10 years

                                                                                                             Up to 0.5 million € cash grant for investment in development and innovation activities
Available land size (m²)              115,328            Electricity                         Yes
                                                                                                             Up to 18,000 € for each new employee
                                      Manufacturing
Construction purpose                                     Water                               Yes             EU funds available
                                      and services
                                                                                                             Guarantee scheme, provided by Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments
Allowed construction density          0.6                Sewage                              Yes             (HAMAG-BICRO) (Up to 80% of investments)

Construction efficiency coefficient
                                                                                                             Business loans programs by Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments
                                      2.4                Water purifier                      Yes
allowed                                                                                                      (HAMAG-BICRO) WITH INTEREST RATES STARTING FROM 0%)

                                                                                                             Subsidized business loans programs (loan repayment up to 17 years / interest rate starting
Allowed construction height (m)       13.50
                                                                                                             from 2%) provided by Croatian Bank of Reconstruction and Development (HBOR)

                                                                                                                                                                       LOCAL/REGIONAL INCENTIVES include
                                                                       Beli
                                                                       Manastir                              Up to 45% of the                                             sale of land for construction
                                                                                                                                                                          at favorable prices with grace period

                                                          Osijek
                                                                        Antunovac                            investment cost back                                         reduced communal fees and contributions

                                                                                                             through various incentives                                   subsidized interest rates for loans

                                                                                                                                                                          incentives for start-up, development and
                                                                                                                                                                          improvement of business activities

                    Zagreb

                                                                                                                                                 up to                       up to                         up to

                                                                                                                    0%                     €18,000                         €1M                        €0.5M
                                                                                                                profit tax rate           employment grants         grants for capital costs              for R&D

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INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY                      INVEST IN OSIJEK–BARANJA COUNTY

                                       Agency for Investments and Competitiveness

                                       Professional assistance free of charge
                                       · Professional service for investors, free of charge
                                       · Highly motivated team of experienced professionals
                                       · Provides information, contacts and investment management
                                        support to potential investors as well as pre and postinvestment care

                                       Agency for Investments and Competitiveness

                                       Prilaz Gjure Deželića 7,
                                       10000 Zagreb, Croatia
                                       T: +385 1 6286 800
                                       E: info@aik-invest.hr
                                       W: www.aik-invest-hr

                                       osijek-baranja county

                                       Trg Ante Starčevića 2,
                                       31000 Osijek, Croatia
                                       T: +385 31 221 501
                                       F: +385 31 203 191
                                       F: +385 31 221 509
                                       E: razvoj@obz.hr
                                       W: www.obz.hr

                                       Regional Development Agency of Slavonia & Baranja
                                       International and Regional Cooperation

                                       Headquarters                 Representation
                                       S. Radića 4,                 Rue Montoyer 18/b
                                       31000 Osijek, Croatia        1000 Brussels, Belgium
                                       T: +385 31 221 840           T: ++32 2 230 6733
                                       F: +385 31 221 841           E: slavonija@slavonija.be
                                       E: regija@obz.hr             W: www.slavonija.hr/eu
                                       W: www.slavonija.hr

               Osijek Fortress

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