Your one-stop-shop into the Gateway drs. Greg Peterson Managing Director Free Zone Aruba NV.

Your one-stop-shop into the Gateway

drs. Greg PetersonManaging DirectorFree Zone Aruba NV

Presentation

• Free Zone Aruba (FZA) NV• What do we offer?• What can you do at FZA?• Benefits• Opportunities • Logistics• Some ideas• Examples• Contact information

FreeZoneAruba NV

• 100% Government owned limited liability company

• Established since 1996• Stimulate import-export:– services, goods and light

industrial activities: Gateway

• Support sustainable development of Aruba

What do we offer?

• Fiscal and physical platform– License to operate– Property to construct facilities:

Barcadera• One-stop-shop model – in-house establishment systemaccount executives– Consultants / lawyers

• Simple and clear procedures for establishment

What can you do at FZA?

• Services (100% export)

• Trade (75/25)– Including drop shipments

• Light Industrial Activities (75/25)

• Combinations of the above

Benefits Free Zone Aruba 1

• 100% foreign ownership option– no local business partner required

• A foreign managing director does not need to apply for a directors’ license• The Business Establishment

Ordinance does not apply to free zone companies– “Vestigingsverordening”

• In-house licensing - no charge / notary costs

• Swift license expansion (24 hours)

Benefits Free Zone Aruba 2

• No minimum investment required• No minimum amount of employees

required

• Island wide location establishment choice for services companies (vrije vestiging)

Benefits Free Zone Aruba 3

• Free Zone Facility Charge (FFC) 0.75%– turnover

• 2% annual profit tax• 0% import duties on import-export goods• 0% import duties on materials for facility

construction, machinery, equipment, etc.• 0% turnover tax • Exemption from foreign exchange

provision

Opportunities• Regional Headquarters /

Showcase• Sustainable

technologies / Green energy

• High quality goods and services

• Multi-destination strategy

Logistics

• Logistics: goods and services– Regional transit/storage of highly

specialized internationally traded goods– Drop shipments– AAA NV (Airport) and APA NV (Harbor)– New Multi-Cargo Sea Terminal at

Barcadera

• Hurricane belt

Some ideas• Parts storage and maintenance function• Export of knowledge: engineering,

consulting, architecture, marketing, agriculture (green house technology etc.), tourism related experience, medical tourism, mining, water management, biotechnology, etc. etc.

• Export of knowledge includes training– Abroad, but also locally

Examples

• Solar energy project• Green House Technology• Creative Industry: Music• Mining (under water /

Boskalis)• Ship maintenance• Water

We will one-stop-shop you

into the gateway!

Contact Information

• Website: www.freezonearuba.com

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Telephone: (+297) 5820909

• Address: Free Zone Aruba (FZA) NVAvenido Milio Croes 118APO Box 225DakotaAruba