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Serbia’s Industrial Strategy Shifts Toward Engineering, Compliance and High-Value Technical Niches

Serbia’s emerging industrial competitiveness is increasingly shaped by specialised engineering, compliance-driven services and high-trust technical capabilities rather than traditional cost advantages such as low labour costs, subsidies and geographic positioning. These legacy advantages are already reflected in investment decisions and are becoming less decisive as labour costs rise and European Union supply chains tighten regulatory requirements. The country’s opportunity landscape is expanding into high-value niches where Serbia operates at the intersection of EU markets, Western Balkan industrial systems, Eastern capital…