Dubai Free Zones

Dubai Free Zones provide a wide range of incentives for investors from around the world. The following information will help you decide whether establishing your business in one of the Dubai Free Zones is for you:

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Dubai Free Zone company formation is an attractive solution because there are no corporate or personal income taxes in any of the Dubai Free Zones.

Dubai Free Zone company formation has no customs duties.

The Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ), the largest of the Dubai Free Zones, permits 100% foreign ownership.

Dubai Free Zone company formation is quicker than formation outside the Dubai Free Zones.

Dubai Free Zone company formation typically has no restrictions on recruiting labour.

Dubai Free Zone company formation has no import or export taxes.

Investors planning Dubai Free Zone company formation can choose from a wide range of facilities to meet their needs.

Dubai Free Zone company formation is ideal for companies who trade in high value, low volume cargoes that swift access to their markets. Investors who choose Dubai Free Zone company formation for this purpose favour Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ), which is located adjacent to Dubai International Airport and which features fast cargo clearance, often as low as eight hours. For more information on this Dubai Free Zone company formation, please follow this DAFZ link.

Investors planning Dubai Free Zone company formation for manufacturing may benefit from shared services and synergies with other companies located in the Free Zone.

International financial services providers planning Dubai Free Zone company formation opt for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This is the only one of the Dubai Free Zones to have a fully-fledged Stock Exchange. Organisation planning this type of Dubai Free Zone company formation operate in the investment banking, corporate banking, private banking, capital markets and asset management sectors. Profits are not taxed, the company can be 100% foreign-owned and there are no restrictions on the repatriation of capital.

A variety of licenses are available to investors planning Dubai Free Zone company formation, including trading, service and industrial licenses.

For media businesses, printers and publishers, music producers, marketing service providers, leisure and entertainment companies and other broadcasters, Dubai Media City is one of the most important Dubai Free Zones. This thriving community has no corporate or personal income tax, and there is no restriction on labour.

International entrepreneurs planning Dubai Free Zone company formation to trade gold, precious metals, energy and other commodities choose the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), another one of the Dubai Free Zones which offers 100% foreign ownership and no taxes.

Dubai Free Zones offer competitively-priced energy and utilities.

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Dubai Free Zone company formation is expensive. Investors considering Dubai Airport Free Zone company formation (DAFZ)should be prepared for high paid-up capital requirements of up to US$272,000 for a Free Zone Establishment (FZE).

Some Dubai Free Zones, such as DAFZ, are oversubscribed and have lengthy waiting lists for space.

Following Dubai Free Zone company formation, an offshore company cannot carry out activities in the zone or in the UAE.

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A variety of other Dubai Free Zones have been established in the emirate, including Dubai Gold and Diamond Park, Dubai Aid City, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Maritime City,Dubai Flower Centre, Dubai Logistics City, Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai Outsource Zone, Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park, Dubai Studio City, and Dubai Textile City.

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