DAFZA

Description

THE FREE ZONE THAT GOES BEYOND

DUBAI AIRPORT FREEZONE IS A DYNAMIC BUSINESS HUB LOCATED AT THE VERY HEART OF GLOBAL TRADE.

Benefitting from direct access to the world’s busiest international airport, DAFZA offers the ideal gateway to the Middle East and also unrivalled connectivity to Europe, the Indian Subcontinent and the Far East.

DAFZA is now home to more than 1,800 registered companies and 17,000 professionals, who benefit from a business-focused regulatory and tax environment that offers total ownership, full repatriation of earnings and a range of world-class facilities.

Join us and make DAFZA the launch-pad for your expansion into the world’s most enterprising region.

Vision

The free zone that goes beyond

Mission

Adding value to UAE economy by providing smart solutions that attract global investors, through innovation and a customer centric environment driven by a passionate entrepreneurial team.

Values

Customer: Add value to our customers
People: We strive for happy people
Innovation: Foster innovation
Team work: Together we achieve more
Integrity: Good governance
Corporate National Responsibility: We enrich the society

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

START YOUR JOURNEY

IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS

Step 1: Choose your License

DAFZA offers six types of licenses:

Trade License: A trade license allows the holder to carry out trading activities including import, export, reexport, distribution and storage of specific products.

Service License: A service license is geared towards service-oriented businesses and enables an entity to provide services specified in the license.

Industrial License: An industrial license allows the holder to carry out light manufacturing industrial activities, packaging and assembling.

E-Commerce License: An e-commerce license allows the holder to carry out trading of goods and services over electronic network.

General Trading License: A general trading license allows the holder to trade in general activities including import, export, re-export, store and distribute.

Dual License with DED: This license allows DAFZA companies to apply for DED license without physical office space in the mainland. The business can operate out of DAFZA.

Step 2: Choose your Company Type

DAFZA offers three types of companies set up:

Freezone Company (FZCO/FZ-LLC):
• 1-50 Shareholders, Individual / Non Individual
• Minimum share capital of USD 273*

PLC

• A public limited company with limited liability
• No limit of shares holders
• This type of entity is suited to a company that wishes to list and/or offer its shares (IPO) on a securities market.

Branch:

• Branch office of an existing company
• No share capital is required

Step 3: Choose your Space

DAFZA offers:

• Office spaces
• Warehouse / Industrial space
• Cold Storage

STANDARD LEASE

Whether your business needs a ready to move in space or you wish to create your own company environment, our turnkey solution from fit-out to furnishing is highly recommended where you can choose the location and customize your office looks with variety of floor plans that suits your needs.

• Office area: 25 sq.m.
• Minimum 2 employment visas

SMART OFFICE PACKAGE

DAFZA offers easy business setup solutions for new businesses to start small. These plug and play business setup packages help you to achieve greater functional efficiency at a lower operational cost.

*Additional visa quota can be applied

OFFICE PACKAGES

The office packages include all the necessary facilities and services required for a business

DAFZA – LIGHT INDUSTRIAL UNITS (LIU)

DAFZA provides high quality, thermal insulated, purpose built units, which can be utilized either as a warehouse for storage and distribution or as a space for assembly and light production. Each unit is
approximately 350 sq.m., it features ground and mezzanine floor offices.

Area: LIU has an area of approximately 350 sq.m.
Office: Each LIU has ground and mezzanine floor offices of 90 sq.m. 20 entitlement of employment visas

DAFZA – INDUSTRIAL PARK

The new industrial zone from DAFZA is strategically located in close proximity to DAFZA’s existing facilities near Dubai International Airport. The bonded warehouses located within DAFZA Industrial Park allow companies to have more control over their inventory throughout the cargo handling process.

• 33 warehouses
• Average warehouse size – Area: 312 sq.m.
• 20 Entitlement of employment visa for space 350 sq.m. and below.
• 30 Entitlement of employment visa for space above 350 sq.m.
• Average office area per warehouse (Block C & D) – 117 sq.m.
• Warehouse height: Minimum – 7.9 m; Maximum – 11.1 m.
• Individual loading and unloading area
• Day light-adaptive design
• 10 Cold-storage enabled warehouses
• Power availability to suit any business size (up to 200 KW)

DAFZA – ULTIMATE INCENTIVE

DAFZA offers integrated online e-business system with over 300 online services accessible from anywhere in the world, to perform business related activities.

One Stop Shop

DAFZA’S one stop shop allows companies to access a wide variety of government and business services in a single centralized location. The competitive offerings and extensive support system combined to offer
a premium and seamless experience for our clients.