The Republic of Serbia covers a region with a wide range of landscapes. The climate is mainly continental featuring a gradual transition between the four seasons of the year, warm summers and snowy winters. Average monthly temperatures vary from –0.70C in January to 17.50C in July and August.
Serbia’s greatest comparative advantage is its geographic position that represents a natural transportation hub for the whole of Southeast Europe. Serbia is the link between Southeastern, Central and Western Europe, as two important European corridors pass through the country: Corridor X leading from Austria passing through Serbia, branching off to Greece and Bulgaria; and Corridor VII, the largest waterway in Europe.
The Danube River, with its 580 kilometers through Serbia represents a natural connection between Middle East, central Europe and Western Europe.
Besides river Danube, when river transportation is concerned, Serbia offers outstanding potential.
The Tisa River, with the network of the domestic channel Danube–Tisa–Danube totaling 600km, has the potential to become an International Navigable Route. The Sava River, offers great potential and provides an excellent transportation route for goods to countries in the region: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
With 7,5 million people, the Serbian market is among the largest in the SEE region. Additionally, Serbia is in the middle of the SEE Free Trade Zone which provides duty free access to a market of 55 million people. Furthermore, Serbia is the only country outside the CIS that enjoys a free trade agreement with the Russian Federation, offering tariff free access to an increasingly attractive market of 150 million people.
Since December 2004, Serbia was granted Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) by the EU. ATM allow Serbian goods and service to be exported to the EU free of import duties. At the same time Serbia has status of Most Favorable Nation (MFN) with the USA. This in turns allows Serbian companies to enjoy
various favorable trade conditions when exporting to the US.
Resulting from a high degree of natural diversity, a vast array of broadleaved and conifer tree species can be found throughout the country. The forest area is spread across the territory of Serbia and differs by region.
There are two major natural and geographical areas:
• The Lowlands of Vojvodina, in the North, characterized by a mosaic distribution of native vegetation, meadow–steppe, woodland–steppe and sand character. Together with the wetlands and marsh terrain
along and between the rivers Danube, Sava, Tisa and Tamiš, they provide extremely favorable conditions for oak and poplar.
• High–mountainous areas located in Central Serbia include the Balkan, Dinaric and Carpathian mountain chains, provide diverse climatic conditions for broadleaved trees – especially beech.
According to official statistics, the forests of Central Serbia and Vojvodina cover 25.17% of the country or 1,949,871 ha. In Central Serbia, 32.21% (1,802,656 ha) of area is covered with forest; mainly broadleaf species, while in Vojvodina forests cover about 6.85% or 147 215ha.

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