Industry
Serbia’s next industrial leap hinges on building R&D capacity, not just expanding output
Serbia has scaled production and deepened integration into European manufacturing, but its ability to capture higher value is increasingly constrained by limited research, development and innovation…
Serbia’s industrial shift: from assembly outsourcing to deeper processing and tighter mid-chain control
Serbia’s decade-long near-shoring model—built on labour-intensive assembly for European supply chains—is maturing into a more complex role that adds processing depth and selective control over mid-chain…
Serbia’s next growth test: capturing more value inside European supply chains
Serbia has built scale and export capacity as a near-shore production base for European manufacturers, but its role remains concentrated in assembly and labour-intensive work with…
Serbia’s export model is growing—but investors face rising risk from sector concentration
Serbia’s exports have climbed to roughly €34–36 billion a year, driven by European supply-chain integration and manufacturing expansion. But a small set of industries—especially automotive—accounts for…
Serbia’s near-shore manufacturing role deepens, but value capture remains the central test
Serbia is increasingly integrated into Europe’s industrial system through trade flows, investment and cross-border production linkages rather than formal EU membership. The near-shore model is delivering…
Boron One builds a multi-asset boron roadmap in Serbia’s Raška basin
Canadian-listed Boron One Holdings is moving beyond the Piskanja deposit in Serbia’s Raška basin, evaluating additional borate occurrences as it aims to develop a potential European…
How Serbia became China’s industrial conduit into Europe—now facing a carbon and compliance test
Serbia’s rise as an industrial gateway for Chinese capital has been built through asset control, export-oriented metals investment, and Belt and Road-linked logistics. The next phase,…
Chamber networks and Serbia’s investment map: why capital clusters—and what it means for regional balance
Foreign investor chambers in Serbia are not influencing every region equally; their activity is concentrated in a few industrial corridors that attract follow-on suppliers and export-oriented…
Foreign investor chambers and Serbia’s shifting investment pipeline
Serbia’s headline foreign direct investment numbers only hint at a deeper change: foreign investor chambers are increasingly acting as pre-market coordination platforms that shape which projects…
Serbia’s organic farming grows, but remains tiny—0.83% of agricultural land
Organic agriculture in Serbia is expanding in absolute terms, yet it still occupies only 0.83% of utilised agricultural land. The latest estimates suggest the country sits…