Location: Southeast Europe
Area: 762 km2
Population: 51.727
GDP 2013: 482
GDP per capita (u EUR) 2013: 3.783
Currency: BAM
Exchange rate (related to EUR): 1EUR = 1,95583 KM
PDV: 17%
Income tax: 10%
Unemployment rate: 22%
On social, economical and regional map Gradiska will be recognizable as an attractive business location with competitive work force, as a place where new values are created faster than anywhere else, where return of investment is being provided and as an entrepreneurial local community with ecollogicaly preserved environment where the majority of population is actively involved in creation of european standards of living.
Over 65% of arable land
Lijevce polje - source of food - the biggest food manufacturer in BiH
Long tradition of producing fruits and vegetables
Producing over 50.000 tones of fruit and 50.000 tones of vegetables per year
Good climate conditions
Over 100 agricultural producers
More than 4000 farms
Export to EU and Russia
28% of territory consists of forest land
Long tradition of wood processing and furniture manufacturing
Available work force
59 companies and business entities
Export for EU countries
Export oriented
Low prices of electrical energy - 0,0876 E/kWh
Low prices of work force - average 680 E (bruto)
More than 36 companies and business subjects
Export to countries of EU and countries of Souteast Europe
The economy of the municipality Gradiška significantly started to develop in the second half of the twentieth century, first in agriculture and then in other economic activities. The rapid development of agriculture was based on natural resources and the application of modern means and agricultural practices in agriculture, the construction of modern farms and amending breed composition in livestock production, as well as the raising of modern fruit orchards.
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