India and Serbia (part of former Yugoslavia) have traditionally enjoyed a deep friendship as co-founders of the Non-Aligned Movement
Serbia supports India in multilateral fora including India’s NSG membership
Serbia has abolished visas for Indian nationals
Both countries have agreed to promote economic cooperation in food production, agriculture, pharmaceuticals etc
Serbia and India signed a Most Favoured Nation Trade Agreement (MFN)
US$ 0.14mn
FDI inflows to India from April 2000-March 2021
US$ 100.96mn
Bilateral trade in 2021-22
No.1
investment destination country in the world, measured by the estimated number of jobs relative to the size of the population, as per the IBM Global Location Trend
FDI
Serbia is listed as one of the top 15 countries in Europe by number of FDIs
Agriculture
Efforts are on to promote trade in crops, oil seeds, soyabean, berries and other tropical fruit
Retail Medicaments
is the second largest import segment in Serbia’s foreign trade in 2017
City of the Future
Belgrade named a City of the Future in Southern Europe by Financial Times
Science & Technology
Serbia wants technology transfer in different industry segments, and there is potential for investment in science & innovation
India's Exports and Imports to Serbia
Source: Department of Commerce
Values in US $ Millions
Country / Region: SERBIA
S.No. | \Year | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | EXPORT | 59.02 | 72.33 | 83.68 | 90.77 | 89.89 |
2. | %Growth | 22.54 | 15.69 | 8.48 | -0.97 | |
3. | India’s Total Export | 303,526.16 | 330,078.09 | 313,361.04 | 291,808.48 | 422,004.40 |
4. | %Growth | 8.75 | -5.06 | -6.88 | 44.62 | |
5. | %Share | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
6. | IMPORT | 24.12 | 21.45 | 11.51 | 7.31 | 11.07 |
7. | %Growth | -11.04 | -46.36 | -36.48 | 51.42 | |
8. | India’s Total Import | 465,580.99 | 514,078.42 | 474,709.28 | 394,435.88 | 613,052.05 |
9. | %Growth | 10.42 | -7.66 | -16.91 | 55.43 | |
10. | %Share | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
11. | TOTAL TRADE | 83.14 | 93.78 | 95.18 | 98.08 | 100.96 |
12. | %Growth | 12.80 | 1.49 | 3.05 | 2.94 | |
13. | India’s Total Trade | 769,107.15 | 844,156.51 | 788,070.32 | 686,244.36 | 1,035,056.45 |
14. | %Growth | 9.76 | -6.64 | -12.92 | 50.83 | |
15. | %Share | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
16. | TRADE BALANCE | 34.91 | 50.88 | 72.17 | 83.46 | 78.82 |
17. | India’s Trade Balance | -162,054.83 | -184,000.33 | -161,348.24 | -102,627.40 | -191,047.65 |
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Meat of swine (excl. carcasses/half-carcasses/hams/shoulders & cuts thereof ), froxen (020329)
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Bananas frsh or dried (080390)
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Fish preparations; fish minced or in forms n.e.c. in heading no. 1604 prepared or preserved (160420)
Fish preparations; sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) (160413)
Fish preparations; tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) (160414)
Fish; fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon 30.1 (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030214)
Fish; frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030366)
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Production: 42,000 tons (concentrate) per year
Procution: 921,000 tonnes
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Reserve: 370 tons (estimated)
Production: 2,200,000 tons (concentrate) per year
Reserve: 119,000,000 tons (estimated)
Lead and Zinc:
Production: 6,700 tons(concentrate)
Reserve: 105,000,000 tons (Estimated)
wmc.org.plUSGS ReportReserve: 118,000,000 tonnes (estimated)
Reserve: 28,490,000 tons (estimated)
Production: 5 tons per annum
Reserve: 1000 tons (estimated)
Production: 1,477,000 tons
bgs.ac.ukLead and Zinc
Production: 6,700 tons / annum (concentrate)
Reserve: 105,000,000 tons (estimated)
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Embassy Group has invested US$20m in an IT Park near Belgrade
TAFE, Mahindra and Sonalika export/have assembly line of tractors
CG Group India has invested US$9m in a noodle factory in Ruma
Two UAE-based Indian companies, Excel Industries and Mulk Holdings- have invested in Serbia
Himalaya Herbals, Panacea Biotec, HiMedia Laboratories, etc have local representatives
Reliance Defence Ammunition entered into a 10-year strategic partnership with Yugoimport SDPR to manufacture ammunition in India
Serbian IT company Schneider Electric DMS NS is working on the Naya Raipur and three other projects under GOI Smart Cities venture.
CG Food India (CGFI), a subsidiary of Singapore based Cinnovation Group, has invested in a wholly owned factory to produce instant noodles Ruma, Serbia
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