Choosing Free Zones made easy in UAE

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Choosing free zones made easy?
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Why should you consider a free zone for your
business?

• Advantages
• Zero income tax and capital gain tax
• Zero corporate tax for 50 years
• Better working conditions
• 100 repatriation of capital and profits
• 100 ownership retention
• Advanced communication systems
• No staffing issues
• No currency regulations

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Facilities provided by the free zones

• Availability of lands/spaces/buildings/depots/fact
  ory units/offices/ executive suites for lease
• On-site housing facilities for staff
• Reasonable cost of living
• Air/sea/road transportation facilities
• Abundant and cheap energy

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Free zones on offer in the UAE

• Dubai Airport Free Zone
• RAK Free Trade Zone
• Fujairah Creative City
• Fujairah Free Zone
• Dubai World Central Business Park
• Sharjah Airport International Free Zone
• You can choose what your business makes you to!

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Dubai Airport Free Zone

• Year of Establishment
• 1996
• Location
• Dubai International Airport
• Industry suitability
• Aviation, energy, logistics, freight, oil and
  petrochemicals, telecom, information technology,
  engineering, pharmaceuticals, food, jewellery and
  premium articles

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• Why choose the Dubai Airport Free Zone?
• Features
• Easy access to the airport apron as it is
  situated within the Dubai International Airport
• Easy access to government services such as
  Immigration, Customs, Chamber of Commerce
• Ensures efficient and fast cargo clearance
  services as it is close to Dubai Cargo Village
• Easy access to logistics and freight forwarding
  companies as the freight terminal is close by
• Availability of online services Tasheel
• Type of incorporation
• As a foreign company branch
• As a UAE company branch
• As a Free Zone Company (FZC)
• As a Free Zone Establishment (FZE)

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RAK Free Trade Zone

• Year of Establishment
• 2000
• Location
• Ras Al Khaimah
• Industry suitability
• Manufacturing, processing, packaging, assembling,
  warehousing, distribution, logistics, import and
  export, cargo and freight forwarding, audition
  and accounting services

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• Why choose the RAK Free Trade Zone?
• Features
• Easy access to UAE and outside markets as it is
  strategically located
• Benefit of developed infrastructure
• Benefit of setting up offices at Abu Dhabi or
  Dubai
• Benefit of extended lease term up to 15 years
• Availability of cheap energy
• Convenient categorization for easy selection (
  Aviation park, Business park, Education park,
  Industrial park, Technology park)
• Type of incorporation
• As a foreign company branch
• As a UAE company
• As a Free Zone Company (FZCO)
• As a Free Zone Establishment (FZE)

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Fujairah Creative City

• Year of Establishment
• 2007
• Location
• Alongside new Fujairah-Dubai highway
• Industry suitability
• Media Marketing, Publishing, Event Management,
  Media Support Services, Film/ Production/ Post
  production, Audio Visual, Music
  Entertainment, IT, Design, Import and export,
  etc.

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• Why choose the Fujairah Creative City?
• Features
• Convenient zonal divisions into seven
  Audio/Visual, Training, Theatrical arts, Design,
  Technology, Cinema, Publishing
• Availability of production facilities
• Easy e-registration
• Exclusive space for local and international media
  businesses and freelancers
• Type of Incorporation
• As a branch of a company minimum 2 years old
• As a FZCO
• As a FZE
• As a freelancer

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Fujairah Free Zone

• Year of establishment
• 1987
• Location
• Fujairah, close to Fujairah port
• Industry suitability
• Manufacturing, processing, packaging, assembling,
  distribution, warehousing, Import, Export, etc.

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• Why choose the Fujairah freezone?
• Features
• Advantage of land, air and sea access to
  neighbouring as well as international markets
• Advantage of extended lease term up to 15 years
• Availability of cheap energy
• Advantage of developed infrastructure
• Easy access to the UAE and outside markets
  because of its strategic location
• Type of Incorporation
• As a foreign company branch
• As a UAE company branch
• As a Free Zone Company (FZCO)
• As a Free Zone Establishment (FZE)

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DWC Business Park

• Year of establishment
• Recently
• Location
• Dubai World Central, close to Jabel Ali Sea Port
• Industry suitability
• Logistics, aviation, commercial, exhibition,
  residential and leisure-related businesses

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• Why choose the Dubai World central Business Park?
• Features
• Adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport and
  Jebel Ali seaport
• Equipped with the most up-to-date amenities and
  infrastructure
• Flexible lease terms
• Availability of trade licenses (both free zone
  and non-free zone)

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Sharjah Airport International Free Zone

• Year of establishment
• 1995
• Location
• Near Sharjah International Airport
• Industry suitability
• Manufacturing, processing, distribution,
  warehousing, assembling, packaging, import,
  export, services, etc.

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• Why choose the Sharjah Airport International Free
  Zone?
• Features
• Easy access to UAE and outside markets as it is
  strategically located
• Advantage of seaports on both sides (east and
  west coast)
• Worlds first ISO certified Airport Free Zone
• Benefit of developed infrastructure
• Advantage of lease period extension up to 25
  years
• Benefit of multiple port access (Arabian Gulf
  Indian Ocean )
• Availability of cheap energy
• Types of Incorporation
• As a foreign company branch
• As a UAE company branch
• As a Free Zone Company (FZCO)
• As a Free Zone Establishment (FZE)

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