Editing Subotica (section)

==Economy==
The area around Subotica is mainly farmland but the city itself is an important industrial and transportation centre in Serbia. Due to the surrounding farmlands Subotica has famous food producer industries in the country, including such brands as the confectionery factory "Pionir", "Fidelinka" the cereal manufacturer, "[[Mlekara Subotica]]" a milk producer and "Simex" producer of strong alcohol drinks.

There are a number of old socialistic industries that survived the transition period in Serbia. The biggest one is the chemical fertilizer factory "Azotara" and the rail wagon factory "Bratstvo". Currently the biggest export industry in town is the "[[Siemens]] Subotica" wind generators factory and it is the biggest brownfield investment so far. The other big companies in Subotica are: Fornetti, ATB Sever and Masterplast. More recent companies to come to Subotica include Dunkermotoren and NORMA Group. Tourism is important. In the past few years, Palić has been famous for the [[Palić Film Festival]]. Subotica is a festival city, hosting more than 17 festivals over the year. {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

As of September 2017, Subotica has one of 14 [[free economic zone]]s established in Serbia.<ref name="srbeconomiczone2017">{{cite news |last1=Mikavica |first1=A. |title=Slobodne zone mamac za investitore |url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/388105/Slobodne-zone-mamac-za-investitore |access-date=17 March 2019 |work=politika.rs |date=3 September 2017 |language=sr}}</ref>

In 2020 construction of a new aqua park with ten pools and wellness and spa sections was underway in Palić.<ref>{{Cite web|last=symbolic|title=Do kraja godine biće završen akva-park na Paliću|date=25 February 2020 |url=https://www.energetskiportal.rs/do-kraja-godine-bice-zavrsen-akva-park-na-palicu/|access-date=2020-11-21|language=sr-RS}}</ref>

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):<ref name="stats2023">{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2023.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/PdfE/G202313050.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=[[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]]|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
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! Activity
! Total
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|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|445
|-
|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|12
|-
|Manufacturing||align="right"|14,684
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|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|291
|-
|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|613
|-
|Construction||align="right"|2,252
|-
|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|7,322
|-
|Transportation and storage||align="right"|3,568
|-
|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|2,022
|-
|Information and communication||align="right"|1,460
|-
|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|544
|-
|Real estate activities||align="right"|140
|-
|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|1,739
|-
|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|945
|-
|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|1,876
|-
|Education||align="right"|2,637
|-
|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|3,382
|-
|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|763
|-
|Other service activities||align="right"|979
|-
|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|1,124
|- class="sortbottom"
|'''Total'''||align="right"|'''46,799'''
|}