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KIZAD Free Zone

KIZAD

KIZAD is an integral part of the Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision – a roadmap for sustainable growth of the Emirate’s economy and the prosperity of its people.

 

KIZAD Free Zone offers a competitive operating cost environment and a meticulously designed setting that makes it easier than ever to do business.

Investors choosing the KIZAD Free Zone are provided with an array of business set-up services that streamline their registration and licensing processes, while offering them executive offices and flexible workstations/dedicated desks, as a complementary offering to the overall value proposition of the industrial zone.

 

Business Solutions

KIZAD offers a wide range of business solutions that are suitable for all types of business activities such as manufacturing, logistics, trade and distribution. Whether you are a small start-up or an established large-scale business, KIZAD can offer customised business facilities spread across its Free Zone and Domestic Tariff Areas.

 

KIZAD Free Zone boasts a wide portfolio of investment sectors including aluminum, automotive, engineered metals, port logistics, food processing, pharmaceuticals, packaging, polymer converting and other industries that rely on KIZAD Free Zone. Also in place is a flexible master plan that is capable of accommodating more industries in the future from a land-use perspective.

 

Areas ‘A’ and ‘B’

Within the additional free zone territories allocated in the 16 sq. km Area ‘A’, KIZAD is master-planning the Business Park, District and Local Centers.

KIZAD Business Park in Area ‘A’ offers multiple real estate opportunities and welcomes interested suppliers to serve the needs of over 50,000 customers, both employees and visitors.

Spanning a total area of 84 sq. km, Area ‘B’ will feature heavy, light & logistics industries, commercial complexes, big-box retail stores, town center and mixed-use developments, as well as residential developments.

 

Why KIZAD?

KIZAD empowers your business with excellent access to markets through a world-class transport infrastructure with multimodal connectivity by sea, road, air and future rail networks, connecting you to over 4.5 billion consumers.

 

Combining the legacy and success of KIZAD’s onshore structure with the traditional benefits of an offshore free zone, KIZAD Free Zone is set to become the future hub for trade, logistics and manufacturing, and is primed to change the way business is done in the region.

 

 

KIZAD is poised to set new standards for industrial zone infrastructure, environment and operation.

New opportunities to recruit, retain and develop local and expatriate talent will be created to build a sustainable knowledge economy. But in longer term, the vision will reinforce Abu Dhabi’s global competitive advantage.

KIZAD delivers unique advantages – extensive size, world-class infrastructure, free zone and domestic industrial zone solutions, dedicated investor support, tax-free environment with competitive operating costs and strategic location with access to regional and international markets. These contribute to making KIZAD one of the world’s foremost port-integrated industrial zones and a leading hub for manufacturing, logistics and trade across diverse sectors.

KIZAD’s masterplan offers proximity to suppliers, customers and other business efficiencies, ensuring that manufacturing, trade and logistics derive long-term advantage.

Located near Khalifa Port – one of the world’s most advanced deep sea ports with world-class infrastructure – KIZAD enables multimodal connectivity via sea, air, road and rail networks.

KIZAD’s world-class infrastructure provides the necessary internal transportation, as well as water and electrical power at a competitive rate.

With trade & logistics, and manufacturing at the core, KIZAD creates value through integrated service offerings that span aluminum, steel, metal products, paper & packaging, food processing, pharmaceutical & healthcare equipment, polymer converting and automotive spare parts.

In every way, KIZAD is truly the integrated trade, logistics and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi.

 

 

 

WHY KIZAD

Connecting you to the Business World

 

Connected to the Maritime Gateway of Abu Dhabi

KIZAD is intrinsically linked to Khalifa Port; one of the world’s most advanced deep-sea ports and the region’s first semi-automated port.

The port is capable of handling mega vessels ensuring easy import of bulk raw materials and export of finished goods. Having Khalifa Port at the doorstep of your business – served by all major shipping lines directly connected to multiple ports – enables the convenient domestic and international shipment of products to and from Abu Dhabi to anywhere in the world.

Following continual expansion to build capabilities and capacity the port is truly multi-purpose, providing services across general cargo, ro-ro and container.

Additionally, with the concession agreement AD Ports Group signed with CMA CGM in 2021, Khalifa Port is one of only a few major ports in the world providing hubs for three of the world’s top shipping lines (the others being COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited and MSC Shipping).

The integrated services of Khalifa Port and KIZAD deliver long-term competitive commercial advantages, including exceptional supply chain efficiencies.

 

How to Apply

If you are planning to setup your business at KIZAD, the application forms and procedures described therein will help you get started and consider the next steps.

In order to become an investor at KIZAD Free Zone, you must secure a confirmation of lease agreement as pre-requisite document, and register your company.

 

Company License Type

Familiarise yourself with the basics of business licensing that is compliant with the United Arab Emirates’ legal provisions.

Industrial License

Permits import of raw material, manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and export of intermediate and / or finished product and such other industrial activities as are published in the Industrial License (Category List).

Trading License OR General Trading License

Permits trading activities that include import, export, distribution, stocking, warehousing of products and items specified on the License and such other trading activities as are published in the Trading License (Category List).

A General Trading License maybe issued if the total number of products exceed 17 (Seventeen) or total number of groups exceed 3 (three).

Service License

Permits service activities such as management and economic consulting services, marketing services, logistical support services such as cargo and freight forwarding, restaurants, retail food outlets, catering services, travel agencies, etc. as are published in the Service License (Category List).

Issue of License

The following categories of Licenses are issued to operate a business within KIZAD Free Zone in accordance with the Governing Regulations subject to fulfilment of all procedural requirements.

 

Reference: www.kizad.ae