Bijeljina and Semberija: the farming plain of the north-east
Semberija, the flat land between the Drina and the Sava around Bijeljina, is the main farming area of the north-east. Field crops, vegetables and orchards dominate, and the food industry processes them; prefabricated houses and building materials are produced here too.
In figures
- Average annual temperature in Bijeljina, 2024
- 14.6 °C
- Hours of sunshine in Bijeljina, 2024
- 2,240 h
- Maize harvested in Republika Srpska in 2025, largely in the northern plains
- 398,598 t
- Soybean harvested in Republika Srpska in 2025
- 16,713 t
Sources: Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics, This is Republika Srpska 2025, table 2.5; release No. 107/26.
Economic profile
Bijeljina is the second-largest city of Republika Srpska and a trading and food-processing centre for maize, wheat, soybean, vegetables and fruit, as well as meat processing. Janja produces prefabricated houses for export. Ugljevik has a coal mine and thermal power plant.
What the register shows
Among exporters from Semberija in the exporters register of the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, prefabricated houses and joinery, timber, plastics and fruit processing appear most often. Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Switzerland and Austria are the most often listed markets.
Producers in this region
- Steco Centar d.o.o.Janja, Bijeljina · Prefabricated houses and log cabins
- ZP Komerc d.o.o.Bijeljina · Livestock rearing, meat production and processing
2 published profiles. Profiles are introductions for business discovery; confirm details with each company.
Related guides
Fruit, vegetables and field crops
Plums, apples, hazelnuts, berries, vegetables, maize and seed; fresh, frozen, dried and as juice.
Prefabricated houses, windows and doors
Timber frame and log houses, glulam, wooden, PVC and aluminium windows and doors.
Meat and fish
Fresh and cured meat, smoked products and trout from mountain rivers.