{"id":9469,"date":"2021-08-06T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:48:53","slug":"dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9470\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ.jpg\" alt=\"DTIDZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past two decades, DTIDZ has created an ideal environment for conducting business in south-eastern Europe. The North Macedonia Free Zones Authority is the governmental body responsible for developing free economic zones (FEZs) throughout the country \u2014 and DTIDZ is the focal point for investor support. Free-zone investors enjoy a 10-year tax holiday on profit and corporate tax, plus a 100 percent reduction in personal income tax. They\u2019re exempt from value-added tax on imports and traded goods, and customs duties are waived on equipment, machinery and spare parts. FEZ tenants receive exemptions on utilities taxes and free connection to the natural gas, water and sewerage networks. There are no building permits fees and long-term leases \u2014 up to 99 years \u2014 are offered at concessionary prices. DTIDZ advises on government support programmes for capital investments that could provide a healthy return on investment. It has implemented a one-stop-service concept that aligns with international best practice, benefitting investors with individualised packages based on 10-year projections on revenues, profits, employment and salaries. Committed after-care services are a priority for the agency. DTIDZ also launched a single-contact after care system enabling direct communication with each company. DTIDZ is more than a development agency; it\u2019s a repository of efficient business concepts led by professionals. The free zones operate through public and private partnerships that facilitate knowledge-sharing and optimal operations. Thanks to these efforts, Northern Macedonia has been hailed as a new business haven for Europe. The CFI.co judging panel notes the country\u2019s business-friendly climate, and recognises the part DTIDZ has played in its achievement. <a href=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/europe\/2023\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2023\/\">DTIDZ<\/a> wins the 2021 award for Best Free Economic Zone Leadership (Balkans).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past two decades, DTIDZ has created an ideal environment for conducting business in south-eastern Europe. The North Macedonia Free Zones Authority is the governmental body responsible for developing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,35,53,38],"tags":[65,93],"class_list":["post-9469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-leadership","category-development","category-front","category-government","tag-cee","tag-free-zone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021 - CFI.co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the past two decades, DTIDZ has created an ideal environment for conducting business in south-eastern Europe. The North Macedonia Free Zones Authority is the governmental body responsible for developing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CFI.co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"marten\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"headline\":\"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\"},\"wordCount\":278,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CEE\",\"Free Zone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Corporate Leadership\",\"Development\",\"FRONT\",\"Government\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\",\"name\":\"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021 - CFI.co\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg\",\"width\":349,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"DTIDZ\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/\",\"name\":\"CFI.co\",\"description\":\"Awards\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\",\"name\":\"marten\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"marten\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/author\/marten\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021 - CFI.co","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021","og_description":"Over the past two decades, DTIDZ has created an ideal environment for conducting business in south-eastern Europe. The North Macedonia Free Zones Authority is the governmental body responsible for developing","og_url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/","og_site_name":"CFI.co","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":349,"height":218,"url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"marten","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CFIMagazine","twitter_site":"@CFIMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"marten","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/"},"author":{"name":"marten","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909"},"headline":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021","datePublished":"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/"},"wordCount":278,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg","keywords":["CEE","Free Zone"],"articleSection":["Corporate Leadership","Development","FRONT","Government"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/","name":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021 - CFI.co","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-06T13:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-31T15:48:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DTIDZ-thumb.jpg","width":349,"height":218,"caption":"DTIDZ"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/corporate-leadership\/2021\/dtidz-best-free-economic-zone-leadership-balkans-2021\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DTIDZ: Best Free Economic Zone Leadership Balkans 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/","name":"CFI.co","description":"Awards","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909","name":"marten","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"marten"},"url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/author\/marten\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}