- Municipality of Mali Iđoš
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- Energy potential
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- Population education and labor cost
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- Top 10 employers
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Municipality of Mali Iđoš
Mali Idjos is a village and municipality in the North Backa District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Mali Idjos municipality includes the following villages: Mali Idjos, Lovcenac and Feketic.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN MALI IĐOŠ
- Excellent logistical position - Direct access to E 75 highway
- Access to great talent pool – Novi Sad - Subotica in 60 km radius
- Fully-equipped infrastructure – water, electricity, gas
- Developed industrial zone – detailed regulation plan
- International railway nearby – optimizing transportation costs
Mali Iđoš Logistics
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 70 km
- CRO - 85 km
- ROM - 105 km
- BUL - 440 km
- B&H - 165 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 0 km
- E-70 - 90 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 240 km
- Osijek - 126 km
- Budapest - 240 km

Energy potential in Mali Iđoš
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 100 million
- Local pipeline lenght: 70 km
- Presure on main pipeline 4 bar
- Presure on local pipeline 2-4 bar
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substations: 74
- Total power (kVA): 3,108,236
- Total network length (km): 84
- Energy supplied in 2013/14: 9,576,521 kWh
BIOMASS
- Total land: 17,500 ha
- Agricultural land: 17,000 ha
- Arable land: 16,641 ha
- Most common crops:
- wheat - average yearly yield 4,110 kg
- maize - average yearly yield 7,692 kg
- sunflower - average yearly yield 3,049 kg
- alfalfa - average yearly yield 3,201 kg
- soy, barley, oat
WIND
Average speed 3.5 m/s at 25 m
GEOTHERMAL
48°C temperature – M.Idjos | at 800 m |
68°C temperature – Feketic | at 1,200 m |
Infrastructure in Mali Iđoš
ROADS
Highway E-75: 15.7 km
Regional road network: 22.3 km
- Srbobran-Mali Idjos-Subotica
- Feketic-Vrbas
Local road network: 67.7 km
WATERWAY
River Krivaja length: 73 km
- Port in Novi Sad distance (River Danube): 60 km
*Irrigation system network: 550 km
RAILWAY
Belgrade-Novi Sad-Subotica-Budapest: 15 km
Axial pressure: 20 t
*distance from the industrial zone: 5 km
SEWAGE
Sewage system under development
Population, education and labor cost in Mali Iđoš
Number of inhabitants 12,031
Employed (2019) 2,247
Unemployed (April 2020) 1,347
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Mali Iđoš (March, 2020)
NET Salary | 394 | |
Personal Income Tax | 10.00% | 40 |
Contributions (Emploeyee) | 10% | 108 |
GROSS Salary | 19.9% | 542 |
Contributions (Employer) | 16.65% | 90 |
TOTAL Cost | 632 |
From July 1st, 2014 the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & socal insurance contributions:
- 65% refund for employing 1-9 workers
- 70% refund for employing 10-99 workers
- 75% refund for employing 100+ workers
Education
High Schools
High-schools in Backa Topola attended by students from Mali Idjos:
- Agricultural
- Technical, Metal processing
- Gymnasium

Key sectors in Mali Iđoš

Agrobusiness
Main Advantages:
- The economic structure of the municipality is largely determined by the fact that almost 90 % accounts for farmland
- Excellent resource base – 17,000 ha of agricultural land
- Long-standing tradition & impressive industry expertise
- Easy access to skilled workforce
- Well-established processing capacities
- Ongoing production process advancement initiatives
- Farmer cooperatives & associations development for advancing local production volume – at municipal level
- Wide network of potential local suppliers for the processing industry - great number of locally established SMEs
- Large hunting grounds have been organized on the agricultural land

Cereals
Cereal crops - 8% of arable land
Main Advantages:
- 17,000 ha of agricultural land – 93% of total territory
- 15% of total population is engaged in agriculture – 48.6% is actively participating in agricultural activities - 66.5% are individual farmers
- Arable land is mostly used for cereal crops: maize, wheat – 10,676 ha with individual farmers’ share – 6,781 ha
- Average maize yield 7,541 kg – 3.7% greater than Vojvodina’s average
- Average wheat yield 4,110 kg – 97.7% of Vojvodina’s level

Fruits
Unique brand - prima sour cherry
Main advantages:
- High-quality land for fruit – 55 ha and vineyard – 40 ha crops
- Renowned for unique sour cherry sort Prima – locally gowned in Feketic - more than 20,000 cherry trees – special sort resistant to diseases; an ideal ratio of acid and sweetness - with a large fruit (diameter 22-23 mm); suitable for processing of all types
- Special brandy has been registered from Prima sour cherry
- Average yield per tree: apple – 24.1 kg; plum 21.1 kg
- Cold storage capacities: ARETOL doo – tradition of 10 years in producing & processing frozen fruits and vegetables; Staff, product, and production process quality; Certified in ISO 9001 : 2000 and HACCP system. The company has 2 cold storage facilities, in Feketić - 3,200 m²

Meat & Dairy
Main advantages:
- Growth trend in livestock production in the last five years – most significant in production and processing of poultry
- Total livestock count in 2005:
- Cattle: 3, 433
- Pigs: 6,492
- Sheeps: 1844
- Poultry:90,941
- Meadows – 19 ha; Pastures – 142 ha; Fodder – 908 ha
- In 2006: 9 registered agribusiness companies; employing 41.6% of population; with 41.9% of total income

Metal processing
Quality & manufacturing tradition
Main advantages:
- 40 years of successful manufacturing tradition
- Skilled workforce: technical high-schools with metal processing profiles in B.Topola – 14 km distance & Subotica – 45 km distance
- Most prominent & large companies:
- AD Gradjamont – 140 employees, Metal Pepi SZR – 6 employees
- Export-oriented companies: Metal Pepi SZR – 70% export
- Successful companies & potential local suppliers: Metal Pepi SZR, Agrokons doo, Radoman doo
Agrokons company profile
- one of the leading national companies for the construction of silos and associated technologies for storage, transportation, purification and drying of grains – located in Feketic
- more than 150 completed projects
- more than 150 completed projects
- 660,000 m³ warehouse space built and supporting technological equipment for the treatment and transportation of grains

Textile / Footwear
Expertise at low operating costs
Main advantages:
- Experienced workforce – high school in Subotica – 45 km distance
- Tradition in manufacturing industry – former companies: Antilope for manufacturing footwear, Shoe Factory
- Existing production capacities with further development and expansion potential
- Strong export orientation of companies in the sector
- Wide network of potential partners:
Matteo doo, Mondeks, Pepi SZR
Top 10 Employers in Mali Iđoš
Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
---|---|---|---|
MATTEO DOO | Footwear | Italy | 259 |
CHIC-PROM DOO | Agrobusiness-Poultry | Serbia | 151 |
BEST SEED PRODUCER | Cereal Crops | Austria | 96 |
BIG SHICK DOO | Meat Processing | Serbia | 61 |
METALPEPI SZR | Metal Processing | Serbia | 48 |
ROSSI DOO | Footwear | Serbia | 29 |
MONTEL | Construction | Serbia | 26 |
ZIVINASTIJA STR | Meat Production | Serbia | 26 |
AMARA DOO | Footwear | Slovenia | 25 |
AGRIROMAGNA | Cereal Crops | Italy | 24 |
Greenfield locations in Mali Iđoš
Location 1
Small Steps
Industrial-Business Park
Land size: 18 ha
Ownership: private 90% – municipal 10%
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, optical cable
For rent & sale

*sewage under development
**12 land plots ranging from 5,000-99,000 m²
***investors are exempt from paying communal fees during the first 5 years of doing business
Distances
- Hungarian border - 70 km
- Belgrade - 138 km, Novi Sad - 54 km, Subotica - 51 km
- Airport Belgrade - 145 km
- Port on river Danube in Novi Sad - 50 km
- Railway station is 4 km away from the industrial zone
Location 2
New Industrial Zone
Land size: 145 ha
Ownership: state
For lease
Upon receiving the investor’s request
the consolidated construction procedures are conducted in the following phases:
- Issuing the location conditions for the cadastre parcel suitable for construction – from the day of obtaining all special conditions, permits and other documents --> no later than 5 working days
- Issuing the construction permit – from the day of the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Upon receiving the application:
Based on registering the construction work,issuing the verification for receiving the application without delay, provided that the complete documentation has been submitted.
- Registering the construction works to receive acceptance/rejection --> 5 working days
- Subsequently, submitting the request for infrastructure installations --> 3 working days
Issuing the occupancy permit, upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Issuing the final approval upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
In total: 28 working days
Incentives & Fees in Mali Iđoš
Company Sign Display Fee - 0% for the first 5 years
*investors are exempt from payment costs
Success Stories in Mali Iđoš
