The development of the Chabahar port as the only port in Iran with direct access to Indian ocean is progressing very rapidly. The first development phase of this port was finished just this February with a capacity of 5.8 Million tons (capacity up to 15 Million tons of cargo). Furthermore, construction of five berths, 85 hectares of substrate consolidation, 35 hectares of concreting, 27 hectares tiling and 1650 m of breakwater are among achievements of the first phase. The first set of shipment equipment purchased includes 4 mobile harbor cranes stationed in Chabahar port and other equipment purchased from German company Libherr that will be installed in the coming months.
According to the agreements and considering the development of Shahid Beheshti port in the near future, direct shipping lines will be established. Today, a feeder ship travel from Bandar Abbas to Chabahar port each week. The travel duration is about four days.
CFZ pays about 5 percent of the CIF value of goods as facilities like freight, shipping THC, and loading or warehouse exempts to commodities that worth at least 40 thousand dollars with minimum 19 percent profits
Sea freight from Bandar Abbas to Chabahar port is $400 and transportation fee from Chabahar to Tehran is 23,000,000 Rials and it may change from 21,000,000 to 24,000,000 Rials in different seasons and for different loads.
After registering a company in Chabahar and preparing the feasibility plan for the production unit, the request for transfer of land will be discussed in a committee, and according to the type of activity, land with a minimum cost of 350 Rials per square meter will be allotted. production companies can import all the needed Machinery and production line, as well as primary materials for production without paying duties to Chabahar Free Zone, and in addition to 20 years of duty exemption, they can enjoy value-added related facilities. The amount of value added will be calculated in a committee that consists of 5 people, and companies can import goods with the equal value to their added-value to mainland without paying customs duties and import the remainder of required goods to mainland just by paying the entry fee, and they can sell or export any excess amount to neighboring countries or Chabahar Free Zone.
The International Conference and Exhibitions Center of Chabahar Free Zone organization constructed in a land with a total area of over 28676 square meters with the following specifications to provide services or set up general and specific exhibitions and national and or international conferences:
13000 sq meters of parking space - 5396 square meters for the main building - 1028 square meters including 1500 square meters of space for festivals and cultural occasions in an open field and 8780 sq meters of landscapes, green space, prayer room, WC, roads and bowers - The International Conference and Exhibitions Center Of Chabahar has a main conference hall and three other conference halls. The main conference hall has 35 desks for guest boards aside from the board of directors’ panel; the capacity of each desk includes 2 chairs on the back of the table and 3 accompanied chairs. - 14 Chairs for VIP guests in the initial row of hall. - 18 chairs with writing pad for journalists at the end of hall - 18 chairs for listeners- a digital conference system with ability to register vote of board guests - management and control of the conference system via software - independent voice system to play audio in the conference hall uniformly - a system for simultaneous interpretation for 5 Language - allows receiving of translation audio through Conference system & wireless receivers – a robotic HD recording system with picture playback through a main stage screen and two side stage screens - Uniform lights through LED lights with the ability to control the intensity of lighting • specific stage Light for lighting of the board of directors and tribune Conference hall 1: - Conference table with a capacity of 55 people - Conference room for attendants of 22 people - Digital conference system with voting option - can manage conference system through software - Simultaneous translation for a foreign language - Robotic video recording system to record a video session - Video playback system with video projection and screen display- Independent conference sound system * Conference hall 2: - Conference room with a capacity of 61 persons - Seating for attendees up to 30 people - Digital conference system with voting option- the conference system can be managed through software - Ability to translate For one foreign language - Robotic video recording system for video sessions - Video playback system with video projection and screen display * Conference hall 3: - Conference room with a capacity of 24 people - Digital conference system - Video playback system with video projection and display screen – Independent sound system - Direct access to the main conference hall * Total available area of the conference hall: - The total area of land (landscape and building): 28667 square meters - General parking area: 1300 square meters - The conference hall and waiting area: 326 square meters - Conference hall area: 2136 square meters - landscaping, green space, roads, prayer rooms and toilets and pavilions: 1028 square meters- Auditorium 1- Auditorium | 351 seats | 656 square meters, 2- conference hall | 24 VIP seats | 61 square meters 3-conference hall number one, 55 seats | 100 square meters 4- conference room number two | 61 seats | 128 square meters 5-waiting room | 511 square meters 6th hallway hall waiting room | 54 square meters 7- VIP waiting room behind conference hall, 56 square meters 8- control room behind the conference hall 30 square meters 9- bilingual translation room behind conference hall # 1 & # 2, 27 square meters 10- simultaneous translation room, 5 rooms for 5 different languages and one director room 60 square meters 11 - 31 sanitary service rooms outside and inside buildings
Based on the comprehensive plan of manufacturing activities, the following categories are allowed: - Textile - Non-polluting workshops - or Non-polluting or low-pollution chemicals - Non-metallic minerals - Food - Pharmaceutical - light metal industries - Electrical and electronic industries - Construction of transportation vehicles - Development of heavy industries after obtaining special approvals
Yes, most licenses are issued by the Chabahar Free Zone Organization, except the cases that need approval of country-specific institutions.
- Manufacturing Drugs and medical equipment
- Oil, gas and petrochemical industries
- industries with High energy intake
- industries that use subsidized goods
- Polluting industries require environmental assessment and approval by the Council of Ministers
- Industries that export their products to the Islamic Republic of Iran must comply with Iranian national standards.
- Food industries whose tests are not feasible in the Chabahar Free Zone.
- Tobacco industries
- The explosives and weaponry industry, which is in the hands of security agencies.
- Aircraft
- Shipbuilding and ship ironmongery, due to coastal and environmental restrictions
- Agriculture, due to lack of space
- Exemption from customs duties for import of foreign machinery and raw materials
- The possibility of providing qualified specialists from abroad in the absence of Iranian workforce
- The possibility of exporting all of produced goods to the mainland without paying customs duties if raw materials comes from Iran
- can export a part of the produced goods to mainland without paying taxes or paying the raw materials taxes if raw materials imported to the country
You can export all or part of it to the mainland and this is subject to the following conditions: - exempt from customs duties up to the value-added percentage resulted from use of domestic resources that approved by the value-added commission. - From the value-added percentage up to the permissible percentage, set by the value-added commission for entry into the country, no other registration is required, but they must pay the custom duties of the foreign raw materials. - any surplus on the permissible percentage set by the Value Added Commission considered as foreign goods and upon entry to mainland require order registry and carry out legal procedures for import of foreign goods. The surplus on permissible percentage can be exported free of charge to other free zones or out of the country.
Yes; all the goods produced from domestic raw materials can be sold in the free zone, but goods produced from foreign raw materials must obtain the approval of the Value Added Commission to determine the percentage of value added and the permissible value and it is subject to the customs procedure of Chabahar. Only goods that have a customer inside the Chabahar Free Zone can be sold within the Chabahar Free Zone.
Obtaining the Value Added Commission approval is possible after obtaining production license, and to this end, one must complete the overall production plan and deliver it to the Management of Production Facilitation and Expansion.
Rice packaging for export to the mainland, rebuilding activities for export to the mainland
Investment license, company registration documents, end of work, rental and ownership document of workplace, payment of necessary costs, providing special inquiries if needed (eg health, standard, etc.), previous production license (for renewal)
You must submit the filled resource entry form provided by management of production facilitation and expansion, along with the required documents including inventory bill, invoice, packing list, etc., to verification and approval.
Yes, they must be registered and enter the free zone according to the factors presented at the exit gate of the customs of Islamic Republic of Iran.
To do this, you will need to submit your production report at each stage of production to the customs for issuance of export approval to the mainland, abroad or sell in the region.
You must submit an official application along with the necessary documents to Management of Production Facilitation and Expansion.
Provide your plan along introduction from management of equipping and expansion of the capital market to Management of Production Facilitation and Expansion.
Because many activities are subject to certain conditions that make consultation necessary.
No, the organization does not provide financial support; it only introduces you to of financing institutions.
According to the rules of import and export of free zones, except for illegal goods and goods manufactured in Israel, import of other goods is allowed
No, importing goods and raw materials into the Chabahar Free Zone is excluded from all domestic export and import regulations and no order registration is required.
The import tariff for all goods except vehicles in the Chabahar Free Zone is 6%.
The tariff of car import for use, with Chabahar Free Zone license plates depends on the year as described in the following: car manufactured in: 15%, car manufactured before: 17%
In Chabahar Free Zone, no tariffs are collected on exports, and transit of goods is exempt from customs tariffs, but 1% tariff is collected for services.
- the original completed and approved company name registration form, 1 copy
– establishment license issued by the Investment Unit of Organization, 1 copy
- completed and registration forms signed by all partners or shareholders (and inspectors), 2 copies
– certified copies of identity documents of the partners or shareholders and the board of directors (inspectors) of the company
– copy of license or location contract document with the postal code (for foreign nationals, these documents and other required documents must be confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country or the Embassy or Consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran based therein country (1 set)
- Provide a bank certificate equal to 35% of the company's investment In one of the banks in the region
- In a Limited Liability Company, the numbers of partners are at least 2 members, and in the private companies the numbers of shareholders are at least 3 members.
- The transfer of shares in private companies carried out by ordinary transfer, but in the limited liability company, the consent of 3/4 of the stock holder with numerical majority is needed, and it should be registered at notary public office. Selection of the principal alternate inspector is mandatory in private companies but not in a limited liability company.
- The duration of management in private companies is two years at maximum, which can be renewed, and in a limited liability company; managers of the company may be elected for an indefinite period, and can set a time limit for the managers.
Yes, if they are not members of the board of directors and only shareholders.
The legal person must select a representative on his / her behalf, and then the identification documents of the legal person plus the identification documents of the representative along with other documents necessary for registration of the company must be submitted to the registration office.
Yes, it means two companies with the “Sherkat Pakhsh Amol” name cannot exist. Because in practice, two companies with the same names will lead to misuse of the name by managers of a weak company in the market, which has led to a lot of lawsuits in the courts. Also, brand names and trademarks of a company cannot be used too. For example, you cannot use the Google name because, in addition to being another company's name, it is a credible brand across the globe.
No, liabilities, including taxes and debts, etc., are the responsibility of company and the liquidation manager is responsible for liquidation and dissolution operations on behalf of the shareholders.
Although according to Article 109 of the Amendments to the Commercial Code, the management term of appointed directors should not exceed two years, but the legislator in article 136 has stipulated that in order to avoid disturbance in the management of the company: (in case of expiration of the term of the director's management term the previous executives will continue to be responsible for the company's affairs and administration until new directors are elected...). Therefore, it has been emphasized that former directors, inspectors, or owners of at least one-third of the shares call for general shareholders assembly to select new directors. Thus, in the latter part of this article, any interested party has the right to invite the registration authority to call for the general shareholders assembly to elect managers?
The duration of the land allotment is based on the applicant's stated timetable of 24 months to 36 months. And can be extended to 60 months if approved by the Managing Director of the Organization.
According to the decision of the board of directors of the organization, 20% of the total amount of the contract is receivable in cash upon signing the contract, and the remaining 80% is received by finance department of organization at the end of the 24-36 months by cheque.
The applicant is required to submit the building plans, including plans, facades, sections, etc., in accordance with the rules and regulations of the organization, within a period of one month from the date of delivery, along with the timetable, for examination and issuance an approval to the organization, and if corrective comments are made by the organization, they must consider the comments in the plans and deliver the corrected documents to the organization within 15 days.
In order to encourage investors to implement investment plans in a timely manner, in cases where the subject matter of the contract (other than residential and commercial uses part) carried out during the period specified in the contract, without time extension and without any violation of the licenses, and if the specified density and usage achieved and all obligations of the contracting party have been realized, the organization can according to a determined table by the board and in proportion to the type and value of the work refund up to a maximum of thirty percent of the contract amount as a reward for rapid implementation of investment plans to contracted party.
A notice of termination is issued and, in accordance with act 3, the instructions with and extended license for a period of three to six months is issued. If within the deadline activity is not restarted, the organization will terminate the contract without having to conclude the agreement of the contracting party and expenses of the original contractor will be repaid after auctioning the property or selling it to alternate applicants.
Foreign investment is free in free zones, and currently there are six free zones in Iran; Qeshm, Kish, Chabahar, Bandar Anzali, Arvand and Aras. Other zones under the name of the Special Economic Zones of Free Industrial and Commercial Zones in the Islamic Republic of Iran can also benefit from the said Law, if the necessary investment permits received. They are considered to be part of the mainland, and in this respect, investment in these areas is considered as investment in the mainland. However, considering the scope of the foreign investment law in the Islamic Republic of Iran, foreign investment is subject to specific regulations for investment in these free zones.
- The adequate financial means
- Space and the land needed to implement the plan
– Appropriate and feasible design
In two ways:
1- As a person or in the name of the investor or his / her attorney by providing a formal documents for power of attorney
2- as a legal entity registered and approved by the relevant organization
Individuals of any age, gender and nationality can apply and if the investor for various reasons, such as distance, or legal age or old age and any other occupation can’t apply in person, they can invest by using the power of attorney.
Firstly, the investor provide the necessary documents for obtaining a business license to management of equipping and expansion of capital market :
- Copy of ID card, National card, End-of-military service card and Certificate of police clearance for the CEO of the company at the start of establishment (foreigners are required to provide copy the passport and print of their Account containing 3.000.000.000 Rials)
- original and copy of the company name registration form by company registration office
- Owner's: Original and copy of the document of the place of activity, tenants: Original and copy of the lease contract and the letter of the complex
- Completion of the application for investment
- Deposit of 2.600.000 Rials through the card reader provided by the financial department; after receipt of the document and the payment of the mentioned amount, if the place is located and the document of ownership or rental agreement will be checked and, if not prohibited, the commercial license is issued.
Newly-established companies that do not have a place of business, in the first year of their activity that need feasibility studies and more office procurement opportunities, use virtual offices or the organization's mailbox. Virtual office will not be registered for companies. In the second year, companies require a place of activity. These offices are commonplace in most free zones and provide the basis for starting activities. The license is issued only for commercial activities in which the post office is located.
Virtual office contracts with a period of six months can be renewed and contracts of one year are non-renewable, after which the applicant needs to locate a place in the region with the appropriate use to the subject of his activity.
The cost of renting a virtual office for a month is 1.500.000 Rials, which for a period of six months is 9,000,000 Rials and 18,000,000 Rials for one year.
Foreign investors initially apply for a license in writing and, after receiving an inquiry from the employment unit and providing a print of their bank account for an amount of 3,000,000,000 Rials, and other necessary documents, receive their issued business license.
According to the instructions, only companies are allowed to import cars that have purchased land with an exhibition use from the organization. Approval of land use must be issued by the urban planning unit. These companies should mention the car exhibition in their Company Statute and comply with other vehicle import conditions.
Yes, a company can operate in five areas of commerce, industry, services, tourism, and transit, by providing a place for any activity appropriate to the activity.
The managing director of the foreign company to be established sends an application to the management of the equipping and expansion of the capital market. This unit inquires about his/her eligibility from the employment and services unit of free zone. After confirmation of the eligibility, a print of bank account or certificate equivalent to 3000000000 Rials received from applicant along with other required documents and licenses will be issued.
Manufacturing License obtained in two ways: a. Applicants who have the location: They provide their written request that includes the location of the activity, the type of activity and the feasibility plan, to management of equipping and expansion of capital market. Related inquiries, such as environmental, use, etc., are done and then other licensing documents are received and operation licenses are issued. After license issuance, registration of the company, issuance of investment licenses, issuance of business cards, installation of machinery, pilot production and licensing of exploitation operations are carried out. B. Applicants who do not have the location and request the location from the organization: Applicants who do not have the location and request the land or building from organization, these individuals submit their written request to management of equipping and expansion of capital market. The process of transferring land to these people such as: feasibility plan evaluation, receiving related inquiries, completing the documents, sending the application to the investment commission, locating, determining the price and receiving the approval of the board are carried out. Then the operation license is issued. After the license is issued, the contract will be signed. After signing and notifying the contract, if the company is not registered or the registration changes are necessary, then the investment permit will be issued. At this stage, the issuance of a commercial card, land transfer, manufacturing license, construction and completion and completion of workplace, installation of machinery, pilot production report and operation license are carried out.
Based on the rules of the Foreign Investment Law, there is no difference between a new investment and investment in an existing economic unit, and all foreign investors can invest in a new project or an enterprise at any time. With the explanation that accepting investment in existing units depends on the creation of new value added as a result of increased investment, promotion of management, export development, and technological improvements in the same unit.
Any economic activity within the free zone, if done by registered companies and have license is exempted from any tax from the specified date in the license for 20 years.
Land allotted after the presentation of the required documents such as economic-technical feasibility plan, financing, identification documents and approval of the land use with the specified location, undergo price evaluation by the committee and after the approval of the board of directors of the organization with and pre-requisites payments up to 20% of the cash and remaining as cheques payments in 24 to 60 months periods (according to the timetable and type of plan). after the expiration date and repayments and if the business is operational, final documents will be issued.
Foreigners can register in any free zone with any amount of shares, and then take action to purchase land from the free zones or participate in industrial activity. Land allotment is possible in the free zones. Foreign investor can take advantage of the legal benefits of free zones by obtaining investment permits. If a foreign investment plan leads to the establishing a production company, a company that has been registered in the Free Zone regardless of the nationality of its partners and shareholders in accordance with Iran's trade law, land allotment become possible.
Geographical range, proximity to international waters, the only Iranian commercial port outside the Strait of Hormuz, access to the markets of Central Asia and Afghanistan, long-term sale and lease facilities for foreign investors, located at the fastest and closest route to the global market, Proximity to the populous South Asian countries (India-Pakistan)
There is no limit to the level of participation and the amount of investment made in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Although foreign investment in free industrial zones is subject to investment regulations in free zones, foreign investors can invest in the Free Zones according to foreign Investment Law in and take advantage of its benefits.
1- Purchasing part of existing stocks at an agreed price
2. Contributing to increase the equity through underwriting new stocks using rights issues
