Gwadar Free Zone has been handed over to Gwadar Free Zone Company Ltd, a subsidiary of M/S. China Overseas Ports Holding Company Limited (COPHCL) Pakistan under a Concession Agreement for a period of 43 years. The Gwadar Free Zone shall bring extensive economic benefits like tax holiday for 23 years and land lease up to 99 years to the upcoming businesses.
The Zone provides most attractive incentives package, connectivity to the regional trade hubs and pro-business policy framework. The objective is to go an extra mile to fulfill investor's needs and support all activities that promote international commerce. Free Zone is located at the major destination and gateway of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and provides enormous opportunities and a window into the landlocked Central Asian Republics.
The goal of the Gwadar Free Zone is to bolster global market presence by attracting new businesses and foreign investments in general trade, services, manufacturing, logistics, trans-shipment business. Gwadar Port Authority supports Free Zone registered companies fully and comprehensively, provides convenient public utilities and services, makes sure every investor can focus on the business comfortably without any obstacle.
The Gwadar Free Zone enjoys its significant geographical superiority due to its proximity to vital node of international trade. The total area earmarked for Gwadar Free Zone is 923 Hectares (2,281 acres) immediately west of existing multipurpose terminal and the planned container terminal. The Zone is an integral part of the port and is designed to ensure the optimum utilization of port infrastructure. The Zone sits next to the Gwadar Port which is going to become a future transit and trans-shipment hub.
The South Area of the FZ (60 acres) is included in Phase I project (Initial Area), which develops a commercial logistics zone with the leading functions of commodity exhibition, transit and distribution relying on the existing port, as well as 5 industrial units. The work on initial area have been completed. M/S COPHCL is organizing first International Expo-2018 in the Free Zone phase-I on 29th and 30th January 2018.
It give us a great confidence to state that the following companies have already set up their businesses in the initial area of Gwadar Free Zone.
1. Business Center by China Construction and Communication Company.
2. JOLTA Tech Co. Ltd., Pakistan.
3. SINOTRUCK.
4. Zhejiang Litchi Stainless Steel Tube Factory.
5. NigboHuilong Renewable resources technology co. Ltd.
6. Delight Food Industry Co. Ltd., Pakistan.
7. Tianjin Cereal & Oil Trade Co. Ltd.
8. Exhibition Center by Linyi Trade City Overseas Investment (Pakistan) Co. Ltd.
9. ZhongGuo Yu Fei International Fishery (Gwadar) Co. Ltd.
10. Habib Bank and many other Pakistani financial, logistic and trade service providers.
The dedicated utilities services eg electric power plant with production capacity of 7.5 MW and water desalination plant with 0.5 million capacity has been set up in free zone to facilitate the investors.
Processing and manufacturing areas are being developed in the North Area and divided into sub-zones. Daily necessities and small household appliances, fishery, stone processing, transportation machinery manufacturing and metal processing are the main introduced industries. Tax exemption policy has been adopted in the development of bonded logistics.
The FZ aims to be built into an important node of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a demonstration zone of China-Pakistan's capacity cooperation, and a new economic engine in the western region of Pakistan. The Gwadar Free Zone during the initial construction and production phase (2018~23) will provide job opportunities for more than 38,000 people and would assist increasing Pakistani's trade volume, FDI and national economy size.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and thank you for your interest in Gwadar Free Zone. It is uniquely located at the junction of One Belt One Road, specifically designed to provide the most promising investment opportunities for your business. These opportunities are not only available for Pakistani and Chinese investors but also for other countries.
It provides enormous opportunities and a window into the landlocked Central Asian Republics. The goal of the Gwadar Free Zone is to bolster global market presence by attracting new businesses and foreign investments in general trade, services, manufacturing, logistics, trans-shipment and bunkering business. We will support Free Zone Companies fully and comprehensively, provide convenient Public Utilities and Services, make sure every investor can focus on the business comfortably without any obstacle.
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The Latest Agenda of Exhibition
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Date Time Activities Venue
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09:00-18:00 Exhibition Exhibition Center
10:00-11:00 Inauguration Ceremony of Gwadar Free Entrance Gate
Zone & Gwadar Expo 2018
11:00-11:50 Visit of Free Zone, Exhibition Center, Gwadar Free Zone
Business Center
29th Jan 12:20-13:00 Meeting & Agreement Signing Business Center
Ceremony
13:30-14:30 Lunch Business Center
18:30-19:30 Dinner Business Center
20:00-21:30 China-Pakistan Culture Show Business Center
21:30-21:40 Firework Show Gwadar Free Zone
09:00-18:00 Exhibition Exhibition Center
11:00-12:00 Gwadar East bay Sea Cruise East bay
30th Jan 13:00-14:30 Lunch Business Center
18:30-20:00 China - Pakistan Food Festival Business Center
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