ADEN FREE ZONE

Republic of Yemen


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The Vision

To establish and develop fully-integrated, high quality Free Zones within a vibrant enterprise sector, by exploiting the strategic and natural resources of Yemen.



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The Mission

The establishment and advancement of the Aden Free Zone as a positive business model for further free zones in Yemen, by providing a free zone environment with the facilities, service support and operational capacity that meet international standards.


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Strategic and Operational Objectives:

  • To develop and implement a Free Zone model that meets international best practices and international trade rules, through an integrated approach foe establishing a favourable business environment and access to quality infrastructure and to review and modify the Free Zone and Regulations in accordance with the best practices Free Zone model to be developed.

  • To attract private sector developers to develop and operate the zone or parts thereof through effective public-private partnership arrangements.

  • To attract (and/or facilitate the attraction of) tenant companies to the zone.

  • To achieve a maximum degree of financial independence, recovering costs through a system of market-based fees.

  • To develop a professional organizational and administrative structure with an effective board and qualified staff.

  • To establish effective partnership s with the Gulf of Aden Port Authority (including the Aden Container Terminal) and the Aden International Airport facilitating cooperation and integration in the development of the zone and these facilities.

  • To realize effective collaboration with national and Governorate planning bodies to ensure that the zone is developed and operated as an integral part of the national and Governorate development efforts.

  • To strengthen partnerships with GIA, the Tourist Board and other relevant investment promotion bodies to undertake image building and foreign investment marketing and to facilitate targeted investor attraction by private zone developers/operators.


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