Advantages of Investing in Chabahar Free Zone

• Strategic geographic location along the international waterways and close to international shipping lines
• The only commercial oceanic port outside the Strait of Hormuz
• Eastern Iran Corridor Connection Point (North-West Corridor) to Free Waters and connection of landlocked countries CIS
• The nearest port to the markets of Central Asia and Afghanistan
• Easy access to fossil fuels in the Middle East and Central Asia
• Easy access to construction materials and mines in Sistan and Baluchestan province
• Easy access to various minerals in eastern Iran
• The multimodal transport connections by air, land and sea
• Long-term lease and sale facilities for foreign investors
• Located in the safest and closest rout to the global markets (the Indian subcontinent)
• Proximity to the countries with growing population in South Asia
• Located in the only Iranian oceanic port (Chabahar) with immediate access to the mainland of Iran
• Proximity to the world's largest energy resources in the Persian Gulf

• Possibility to own %100 of shares of foreign companies
• Granting Guarantee for foreign investments according to Foreign Investment Promotion And Protection Act
• The possibility of unlimited investment for both Iranian and foreign citizens and %100 capital and profit repatriation
• %100 income and corporate tax exemption for 20 years
• Duty exemption for importing of raw materials and machineries for manufacturing units and construction purposes
• Exemption of exporting Free Zone-made goods to foreign markets from general BXIM regulations
• Duty exemption of exporting Free Zone-made goods to mainland to the extent of value added caused by utilization of domestic production factors
• Possibility to export products produced from foreign raw materials to the amount authorized by the value added commission
• Ability to use foreign labor force up to %10 of the total workforce in Chabahar Free Zone
• Flexible labor regulations
• Unloading, loading, transit and transshipment of merchandisesabroad is permitted and it is free from all kinds of taxes and duties, only warehousing and local charges shall be collected
• Retail sales allowed
• Establish private or foreign banks and insurance or their branches
• Six-month extendable residential visa for foreign investors
• The possibility of establishing bank and domestic and international insurance or their branches
• Visa issuance at airport through the representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs with prior request
• Possibility to exploit land in projects without paying the land price, long-term lease or participation in projects, as well as the possibility of transferring to companies registered in Iran

• Discount on the storage cost for containers that are commercially imported into the free zone
• Discount on the cost of port facilities for containers that are transported offshore to the free zone
• Discount on the storage cost of export goods that are imported into the Free Zone
• Discount on carriage from the origin up to %10 of the CIF value of the goods
• Discount on agency and after sales services up to %10 of the CIF value of the goods
• Tax exemption for 10 years from the date of operation for all economic activities
• Exemption from storage costs in Chabahar for three months for commercial goods
• Providing value added facilities for importing goods to mainland by Chabahar Free Zone
• Providing facilities for difference of shipping costs
• The issuance of certificate of origin approved by the customs authorities of the country
• Issuance of the negotiable warehouse receipt and the separated warehouse receipt approved by the customs of the country by the organization
• Not being abandoned of goods in the warehouses of Chabahar Free Zone

• Developing Chabahar Free Zone into a major transit hub within the framework of Eastern Axis and Makoran Coastal Development Plans
• Connection to the national rail network
• Connection to national grid network and capacity to connect to national gas network (in near future)
• The possibility of building downstream industries following the emergence of heavy industry including petrochemical, steel, and automotive industries
• Construction of the international airport
• Construction of specialized towns (including fisheries, aquaculture, dates, food industries….)
• Fishery and aquaculture industry hub
• The possibility of developing the country's only oceanic port with an annual capacity of 8.5 (eight and a half) million and up to higher capacities and the possibility of landing of ships with a capacity of 100 thousand tons
• The possibility of investing in automotive hub with an export-oriented outlook