Serbia’s apple supply market includes specialist orchards, large diversified growers, export packers and producer groups. Buyers should investigate Delta Agrar, Agrounija, Frueko, Atos Fructum, PIK Južni Banat, Pan Harvest, Ćirić Agro, Select-Fruit and HB Rudnap. These are not nine identical businesses: some cultivate large orchards, some aggregate or export fruit, and several have other agricultural operations. This article focuses only on apples, storage, grading and international retail supply, rather than repeating a general Serbian fresh-produce company ranking.

Research updated 5 November 2026. Serbia’s agriculture ministry reported 147,700 tonnes of fresh apple exports in 2024. The World Bank’s trade database puts 2025 fresh apple exports at approximately 100,434 tonnes worth US$87.94 million, with Russia, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the UAE among major destinations. Orchard acreage, business revenue and export tonnage are recorded separately in this guide.

Serbian apple suppliers compared

Company	Headquarters / base	Reported company revenue	Employees	Sites / capacity	Latest known update
Delta Agrar	New Belgrade	RSD34.16bn (2025)	508 (2025)	Three named logistics sites	Parent group reported H1 2026 results
Agrounija / MK Group	Krčedin operations	Not separately established	Not separately established	85ha orchards; 7,000t cold store	More than 15,000t annual apple sales
Frueko	Novi Sad	RSD699.1m (2024)	Not confirmed	Kukujevci facilities; 6,500t storage reported	2026 facility report
Atos Fructum	Mala Remeta	RSD1.089bn (2025)	65 (2025)	One registered business unit	2025 financial results
PIK Južni Banat	Bela Crkva area	About RSD874.3m (year needs confirmation)	Not confirmed	Current site count not confirmed	No dated company release confirmed
Pan Harvest	Gakovo	About RSD804.6m (year needs confirmation)	11–50 indicative	Site count not confirmed	No dated expansion confirmed
Ćirić Agro	Titel area	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Site count not confirmed	Horticultural research
Select-Fruit	Not established	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Site count not confirmed	Supplier catalogue
HB Rudnap	Brestovik area	About RSD478m (2024)	Not confirmed	Site count not confirmed	2024 financial reporting

A large diversified agribusiness can have greater turnover than a highly specialised apple grower without supplying more export-grade apples. Similarly, a wholesaler may sell apples originating from several independent farms. The current statutory entity, agricultural site and ownership chain must be confirmed before tendering.

1. Delta Agrar

• Registered headquarters: Vladimira Popovića 8A, New Belgrade. The company operates agricultural and commercial facilities elsewhere.
• Company revenue: RSD34.16bn total revenue in 2025, according to a Serbian business-register-based financial summary. This is not apple-only revenue.
• Employees: 508 in the same 2025 company summary. The parent Delta Holding reported nearly 6,000 employees across its wider businesses in July 2026.
• Branches and facilities: Three named collection/distribution locations: Čelarevo, Zaječar and Nova Pazova. These are not supermarket branches.
• Latest verified parent-company development: Delta Holding reported €564m first-half revenue and €70m EBITDA on 23 July 2026. These figures span other divisions and must not be allocated to apples.

Company history: Delta Agrar is part of Delta Holding and describes activity in Serbian agribusiness since 1993. It combines orchards, production, plant material, sorting, fresh produce distribution and related agricultural businesses. Its apple operations need to be distinguished from Delta’s wider fruit growing and agricultural trading.

Apple operations: Delta Agrar says its orchards cover about 700 hectares, across fruit production rather than necessarily apples alone. It names collection and distribution centres in Čelarevo, Zaječar and Nova Pazova, with calibration, sorting and packing infrastructure. In February 2025, Malaysia’s embassy inspected its large Čelarevo estate and reported modern automated apple sorting and storage; the estate’s orchard footprint was described separately from all Delta Agrar farms.

Revenue and staff: Delta Holding consolidated turnover must not be presented as the revenue of Delta Agrar’s apples.

Buyer checks: Confirm exactly which orchard and packing line will service a contract. Request the apple cultivar list, grading tolerances, controlled-atmosphere storage conditions, harvest forecasts and the length of season supported by domestic crop rather than imported replacement fruit.

2. Agrounija / MK Group

• Main apple production site: Krčedin, municipality of Inđija, Serbia.
• Scale: 85ha commercial apple orchard; 7,000t cold-store capacity; more than 15,000t of annual apple sales; exports to 25-plus countries, as described by MK Group.
• Head office, statutory employees and revenue: No current independently matched Agrounija-only figures confirmed in the available company statement. MK Group-wide financial figures are not substituted.
• Branches: Orchard and cold store are production facilities, not retail outlets; a confirmed total site count was not stated.
• Recent verified disclosure: MK Agriculture’s published portfolio continues to identify Agrounija as an apple producer and international seller; no separate dated 2026 apple expansion announcement was verified.

Ownership and location: Agrounija is an apple-growing and trading business within MK Group’s agricultural portfolio. Its apple orchard is located in Krčedin near Inđija. MK Group publishes an orchard footprint of 85 hectares and a nearby cold-storage facility with 7,000 tonnes of capacity.

Supply: The group says annual apple sales exceed 15,000 tonnes and products reach more than 25 countries on three continents. That sales figure cannot be treated as a direct measure of harvest from its 85 hectares; purchased fruit and commercial aggregation must be clarified. The named varieties include Granny Smith, Crimson Snow, Golden Delicious and Gala types.

Revenue and staff: The parent group’s total agriculture and other business revenue is not an appropriate apple-specific metric.

Buyer checks: Request the proportion of apples sourced from the own orchard, details of contracted partner growers, the packing entity and cold-store availability. For cross-border programmes, check minimum pallet orders, shipping schedules, inspection certificates and traceability from grower to final pack.

3. Frueko

• Company base: Novi Sad; relevant growing, sorting and storage operations in Kukujevci.
• Apple output: Approximately 6,000t annually, as reported by the business; it also reports 4,000t of pears.
• Company revenue: Approximately RSD699.1m in a 2024 industry comparison. Not apple-only turnover.
• Storage and packing: A 2026 industry report described roughly 6,500t of storage and optical sorting near 9t/hour; confirm current active equipment before procurement.
• Latest public operational information: The 2026 facility report is more recent than the financial comparison; it is not proof of a new investment.

History and facilities: Frueko is based in Novi Sad with production, storage and packing in Kukujevci. Its product range includes apples, pears, walnuts, seedlings and other farming activity. An industry interview describes a long fruit-growing history and a modern storage facility; more recent statements give broader capacities than earlier historical reports, so buyers should distinguish equipment dates.

Apple production: Frueko’s own website gives annual production of approximately 6,000 tonnes of apples and 4,000 tonnes of pears. Its listed apple varieties include Gala, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Red Jonaprince and Idared. A business report from 2026 describes around 200 hectares of fruit orchards and 6,500 tonnes of storage, with optical sorting capacity near nine tonnes per hour. Those are company and reporting claims, not independently audited seasonal shipment figures.

Financial context: A 2024 industry comparison reported RSD699.1 million in overall company revenue. This is not apple-only turnover. No verified 2025 apple sales share was established.

Buyer checks: Confirm how much of the 6,000t annual output can meet the target grade and how much storage is allocated to the requested programme. Obtain recent optical grading reports and assess delivery after winter storage.

4. Atos Fructum

• Registered base: Ekonomija Salaš, Mala Remeta, Ruma area, Serbia. The company was registered on 27 June 2006.
• Latest company revenue: RSD1.089bn in 2025, against RSD1.422bn in 2024; these are company totals, not apple sales.
• Employees: 65 in 2025, down from 70 in the 2024 summary.
• Branches: One business unit is reported by the same registry-based source, but this is not a verified count of production orchards or packing sites.
• Most recent verified financial development: The 2025 accounts summary shows RSD13.98m net profit, compared with RSD40.73m in 2024. It does not explain the reason for the change.

Location: Atos Fructum operates in Mala Remeta in the municipality of Irig and is named in academic material about Serbia’s large modern apple plantations. Supplier directories identify its Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Red Delicious and Jonaprince varieties. It is a relevant fruit grower rather than merely a packaging or logistics company.

Financial information: No current matched company turnover or workforce figures were confirmed in the material reviewed. They have not been estimated.

Buyer checks: Ask for current orchard hectares, annual apple output, grade distribution and storage release curve. A variety appearing in a supplier directory is not proof of its available 2026 export volume. Obtain current certifications and specify whether fruit will be shipped loose, tray-packed or in labelled supermarket bags.

5. PIK Južni Banat

• Operational locality: Bela Crkva area, Serbia.
• Business type: Commercial pome/stone-fruit cultivation; verify the precise contracting and packing entity.
• Revenue: Approximately RSD874.3m in a sector directory. The reporting year and audited entity scope should be confirmed before a financial decision.
• Latest company announcement: No independently attributable current announcement confirmed. A 2026 trade enquiry about an unnamed local exporter is not evidence about this business.

Location and role: PIK Južni Banat is based around Bela Crkva and appears near the top of a Serbian pome- and stone-fruit growing business register. Its region is associated with large modern apple plantations, and a June 2026 Israeli trade chamber opportunity described an integrated Bela Crkva apple exporter with ULO/DCA controlled-atmosphere storage, grading and export capacity. That trade-chamber description did not name the company, so it should not be automatically assigned to PIK Južni Banat without a verified identity match.

Financials: An industry directory lists recent total company revenue at approximately RSD874.3 million, but the extract must be checked against the statutory annual accounts for its exact year and scope. It is not a verified fresh-apple-only sales number.

Buyer checks: Ask the registered business directly for orchard maps, controlled-atmosphere storage capacity, farm certificates, packing lines and export markets. Distinguish the company from grower associations or trade offers that happen to share the same locality.

6. Pan Harvest

• Headquarters/operational base: Gakovo, Vojvodina, Serbia.
• History: Established in 2016 according to its company description.
• Revenue: About RSD804.6m in a sector ranking, across fruit and arable farming; exact fiscal scope should be confirmed.
• Employment: A public profile gives an indicative band of 11–50 staff, not a verified statutory 2025 employee count.
• Recent news: No reliably dated company-specific expansion announcement confirmed; use the established crop portfolio as background, not as breaking news.

Ownership: Pan Harvest is a family-owned agricultural business based in Gakovo, Vojvodina. Its own public company description gives 2016 as a founding year and includes apple production alongside corn, wheat, soybean, sugar beet and seed activity. This is a diversified agricultural operation, not a pure apple business.

Financials and staffing: A pome-fruit industry directory records around RSD804.6 million in the latest relevant reported business period. Its employer profile has an indicative company size band of 11–50 employees, not an independently audited annual headcount.

Buyer checks: Establish which apple varieties and grades are currently sold, the size of the dedicated orchard programme and whether the company has its own storage and packing or uses a contracted operator. Ask for a trial load with evidence of origin and storage history before extending a long-term contract.

7. Ćirić Agro

• Identified growing area: Titel, Serbia, in horticultural research.
• History: Documented as a commercial apple-growing operation; a verified incorporation year was not established.
• Latest verified development: Academic documentation of the operation is evidence of horticultural activity, not an announcement that new acreage or capacity was added in 2026.

Location and operations: Ćirić Agro is identified in academic research on Serbia’s modern commercial apple plantations in the Titel area. That provides a credible basis for its inclusion as a growing company, but the research does not establish its current 2026 output, commercial ownership changes or available supermarket contracts.

Financial information: No reliable current company turnover or workforce figures were confirmed in the materials reviewed. The figures have not been estimated.

Buyer checks: Request a current company registration, orchard and packing-site information, available varieties, farm certifications and grade specifications. Confirm whether sales are direct to supermarkets, through wholesalers or through export partners.

8. Select-Fruit

• Commercial offering: Serbian fresh apples, including Gala, Granny Smith, Idared and other listed cultivars.
• Head office, founding year, turnover, staff, branch count and national share: The supplier listing does not establish these figures reliably.
• Latest verified information: A current directory assortment listing, not a dated new investment or production report.
• Verification priority: Request the registered company identity before relying on an exporter catalogue or promising supermarket supply.

Commercial role: Select-Fruit is listed in a current Serbian apple supplier directory with fresh apples including Gloster, Mutsu, Idared, Jonagold, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Gala. The directory confirms a marketed apple range but not that the company grows every listed variety itself.

Financials: Independently comparable audited turnover, employee count and own-orchard acreage were not established for this shortlist. They remain undisclosed. It would be misleading to copy industry-wide Serbian apple export statistics and describe them as Select-Fruit’s performance.

Buyer checks: Obtain documentation distinguishing purchased fruit from own-grown fruit, the identity of packing partners and the quality standard used at dispatch. For retailers wanting origin claims or pesticide-residue limits, ask for batch-level farm data rather than a generic export certificate.

9. HB Rudnap

• Associated agricultural area: Brestovik, Serbia.
• 2024 company finances: Approximately RSD478m in turnover and RSD115m net profit, as reported in a business-sector comparison. The amounts are not apple-only earnings.
• Latest verified position: Historical financial reporting exists, but current apple supply and operating status should be reconfirmed with the contracting entity before inclusion in a tender.

Commercial position: HB Rudnap appears in Serbian industry reports on pome- and stone-fruit farming, with agricultural activity associated with Brestovik. It is relevant to the wider apple-growing sector, though a current public product catalogue detailing commercial apple availability was not verified in the reviewed sources.

Financials: A 2024 report gives approximately RSD478 million company revenue and RSD115 million net profit. The same reporting notes a much smaller workforce than the year before, illustrating why a historic profit number is not sufficient evidence of current contract capacity. The amounts are not an audited apple-only revenue figure.

Buyer checks: A supermarket should first establish whether HB Rudnap currently offers fresh apples at the required scale and whether the legal entity has the staff, transport, food-safety systems and storage needed.

What Serbia’s apple export figures show

Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture reports 2024 fresh apple exports of around 147,700 tonnes with substantial shipments to Russia, EU markets, the UK, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. World Bank trade data record about 100,434 tonnes in 2025 worth nearly US$87.94 million. The change could reflect harvest, demand, pricing and market factors; these aggregates alone do not establish a single cause or a business winner.

For buyers, the critical issue is whether a supplier can deliver the agreed cultivar and grade at the agreed time. A national export record may show a mature sector but does not substitute for annual orchard forecasts. Use 2026 crop-specific supplier availability rather than assuming 2024 or 2025 tonnages will repeat.

EU sourcing rules relevant to Serbian apple exporters

EU sustainability reporting: The 2026 amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) narrowed mandatory reporting to qualifying companies with more than 1,000 employees and annual net turnover exceeding €450 million, subject to the applicable group and jurisdiction rules. Serbian growers do not become CSRD reporting companies simply because they sell apples to an EU supermarket. However, larger EU customers may request proportionate supply-chain information.

EUDR scope: Fresh apples are not listed as a covered commodity under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Buyers should not treat ordinary apple consignments as EUDR-regulated products. Cocoa, coffee, cattle, soya, wood and other commodities are subject to separate product-specific rules when listed in the regulation’s Annex I.

For apples, the immediate import checks remain plant health, pesticide residues, origin documentation, traceability and retailer-specific standards. Confirm the requirements for each EU destination.

What competitor supplier lists miss

Overit’s Serbian pome-fruit business ranking is useful for locating legal entities and turnover, but the sector classification includes stone-fruit growers and businesses focused on processed fruit rather than fresh apples. Tridge offers a category directory of fresh-apple suppliers and varietal information, but it does not independently certify their current farm capacity or retail status. GTN’s existing Serbia fresh-produce ranking compares diversified fruit and vegetable suppliers, including companies whose main products are not apples. This guide therefore builds a distinct apple-specific sourcing shortlist and explains which firms actually have documented orchard or apple-product evidence.

Another important exclusion is Apple World in Riđica. Serbia’s bankruptcy authority lists formal insolvency proceedings opened in November 2025 and 2026 asset and perishable-fruit sales. Old supplier directories may still show Apple World as a successful exporter; that information should not be repeated as a current normal-operation recommendation without clear status verification.

How to choose a Serbian apple exporter

1. Verify the legal company. Obtain current Serbian registration and contracting details.
2. Check grower origin. Identify every orchard supplying the proposed fruit, including contracted farms.
3. Match the cultivar. Specify Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith or other agreed varieties and accepted mutations.
4. Define cosmetic grade. Agree size, colour, firmness, bruising tolerances and retail label claims.
5. Set pesticide rules. Request current pesticide-residue testing and applicable retailer standards.
6. Validate certificates. Check GLOBALG.A.P. and packhouse food-safety documents for the actual sites.
7. Inspect cold stores. Ask for temperature and controlled-atmosphere records, intake and release dates.
8. Test packing. Confirm pallet pattern, cartons, liners, branded bags and transport resistance.
9. Agree available weekly volume. A large annual harvest does not guarantee a fixed weekly release after winter.
10. Check export paperwork. Establish inspection requirements, tariff classification, transit documents and delivery obligations.
11. Compare landed prices. Include rejected fruit, storage loss, freight and import administration, not only orchard-gate prices.
12. Run a mock recall. Confirm traceability from pallet to orchard block and treatment records.

How storage affects supplier choice

Controlled-atmosphere and ultra-low-oxygen storage help extend the marketing season but do not make every apple variety equally suitable for long storage. Fruit quality depends on harvest maturity, pre-cooling, atmosphere settings and management during transport. A buyer should request storage history for a tested lot and repeat firmness and defect checks after arrival.

Large storage capacity does not mean a supplier is holding that quantity of apples for a new customer. It may store pears or third-party fruit or reserve capacity for existing retail programmes. Ask the company to distinguish nominal site capacity from available contracted capacity. This matters particularly when buyers plan shipments several months after harvest.

Frequently asked questions

Who are Serbia’s principal apple suppliers?

Delta Agrar, Agrounija, Frueko, Atos Fructum and other commercial growers are relevant starting points.

How many apples does Serbia export?

The agriculture ministry reported about 147,700 tonnes of fresh apples exported in 2024. World Bank data record approximately 100,434 tonnes in 2025. These figures are from different years and measurement releases.

Which companies have published orchard or storage data?

MK Group publishes Agrounija’s 85-hectare orchard and 7,000-tonne storage facility. Frueko states around 6,000 tonnes of annual apple production, and Delta Agrar identifies large fruit orchards and collection centres.

Are all the companies independently owned?

No. Agrounija operates within MK Group, Delta Agrar within Delta Holding, and other companies have distinct ownership structures. Clarify group relationships before using two sources as independent supply safeguards.

Does registration as a pome-fruit grower prove apple output?

No. The sector also covers pears and stone fruit, and companies may diversify into processing. Buyers should ask for actual current apple production and a verified grower-origin record.

Serbian suppliers compete for international listings against established Slovak apple businesses, Slovenian growers and Bulgarian exporters. Wider Serbian fresh produce companies include firms outside the apple category.

Editor’s Note: Researched using Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture, World Bank trade data, growers’ official product pages, academic horticultural research, Serbian business-register-based directories and current insolvency records. Registry-based 2025 company figures for Delta Agrar and Atos Fructum are explicitly separated from apple-only output. Unverified company figures have not been estimated.