Fujairah Free Zone (FFZ)

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is adjacent to the Port of Fujairah. Companies established here have easy access to all Arabian Gulf ports, the Red Sea, Iran, India and Pakistan on weekly feeder vessels. Mainline services arrive from Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Far East and North America on a weekly basis, and services leave twice weekly to the Far East and once a week to North America. Fujairah Free Zone is also close to Fujairah International Airport which is the only airport serving the UAE East Coast as well as northern Oman.

A fortunate combination of geographic location, with access to world's major shipping routes, a fine port & airport, and streamlined procedures, make the Free Zone of Fujairah an ideal place for business.

Investors benefit from the triple Fujairah Free Zone advantage, namely the ACE -Accessibility, Connectivity & Economy.

Accessibility & personal touch of the staff, and management. Fujairah Free Zone offers a unique Connectivity - logistic link to the world; by air through Fujairah International Airport, by sea through Fujairah Sea Port, and by road to Middle East & beyond. Investors benefit by way of faster transaction, accruing due to shorter delivery times. Fujairah Free Zone (FFZ) offers an unmatched Economy - cheaper tariffs, and minimum start up time. Licenses can be issued within one working day. Reduced establishment expenses, and lower overheads, make FFZ a very cost effective investment proposition.

Advantages

Multi-access to neighboring and global markets by land, sea and air.
Variety of investment fields.
Investor-oriented policies
Efficient and cost-effective investment facilitation
Full investment security
Served by Fujairah Port and the Fujairah International Airport.

License

Investors can obtain up to 100% ownership operational license under the following categories according to their lease agreement with the authority:

Trading & General Trading License

Authorised to import, export and re-export agreed and specified commodities. The license entitles the investor to carry out import, export and re-export freely in the Free Zone and outside the UAE For local distribution, the Authority can arrange special permits with the relevant Government departments for hassle- free operations.

Warehousing License

Can be obtained on leasing warehousing facilities. This license entitles the investor to use the warehouse as a hub for major distribution, benefiting storage and packaging of goods.

Manufacturing License

Obtained on approval and implementation of the project. All projects must be fully insured including manpower and machinery. All manufacturing license approvals are subject to the identification of the following:

Area requirements - built-up and open space
Electricity, water and manpower requirements
Environmental aspects of the project

Type of Ownership

New Business Entities

Free Zone Establishment (FZE) – an entity with a sole owner.
Free Zone Company (FZC) - an entity owned by 2 - 5 partners.

Branches:

New business entities can have two types of Branches, a branch of UAE residing company or of a foreign company residing outside the UAE

The documents required for opening a branch in Fujairah Free Zone are:

Board Resolution of the Parent Company
Memorandum of Articles attested by the UAE Embassy of the parent Comapny
Valid operating license of the parent company/ies
Passport copies of all the directors, Shareholders, Person In-charge etc with two photographs

Commercial Licence

General Trading Licence
Consultancy/Services Licence
Industrial Licence

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