
INDUSTRIAL PARKS
- August 31, 2017
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Extensive development of industrial parks
- World-class sustainable eco-parks ready for ‘plug & play’
- Dedicated for specific sectors such as textile & apparel, leather & leather products, pharmaceuticals, agro-processing etc. and aimed at coordinated production along value chains
- Strong government support & investment policy led by Ethiopian Investment Board (EIB) chaired by the Prime Minister
- Located along key economic corridors & connected to ports
- Surrounded by Infrastructures such as airports, railway lines, dry ports, universities etc.
Incentives applicable to industrial parks
Manufacturers:
- Exempted from income tax up to 8 – 10 years
- Exempted from duties & other taxes on imports of capital goods, construction materials, spare parts with a value of 15% of capital goods after business license, raw materials for the production of export commodities & vehicles
- One-stop government services within the parks premises
- Loss carry forward (for half on income tax exemption of period granted)
- Land lease term: 60-80 years at nominal rate for factories & residential quarters
- Expedited procedure of securing entry, work permit and certificate of residency for expatriate personnel working in industrial parks and their dependents
- Customs facilitation – transport of imported raw materials straight from customs post to factory through bonded export factory scheme
- Investors also benefit from no taxes on exports
Developers:
- Exempted from income tax up to 15 years (outside Addis Ababa)
- Exempted from duties & other taxes on imports of capital goods, construction materials, spare parts, 15% of capital goods after business licence, raw materials & vehicles
- Provision of essential infrastructure, including dedicated power substations
- One-stop government services within the parks premises
- Land lease term: 60-80 years at nominal rate for factories & residential quarters
Services available in industrial parks
- One –stop-shop (on site and in EIC’s HQ in Addis abeba)
- One site dedicated fire prevention and protection
- Waste treatment
- Facilitation and after care
- Park security
- Cafeteria banking & other common services
- Custom clearance service for imported raw materials & exported products
Operational
industrial parks
Hawassa Industrial Park- Flagship Park
- Location : Located approximately 275 kms south of Addis Ababa
- Eco- Industrial Park with zero liquid discharge(ZLD) facility
- Cluster: Specialized in textile & garment
- Land area: 130 ha , Phase I
- Shed & land lease status:
- 22 sheds of 11000 m2
- 12 sheds of 5500 m2
- 3 specialized sheds
- 1st phase: >30 ha factory buildings, business district, residential quarters etc
- Fully occupied by international & domestic manufacturers
Bole Lemi I Industrial Park
- Location : Located in the south eastern part of Addis Ababa ,4km away from Goro square
- Land area: 156 ha
- Cluster: Apparel & Textiles and Leather and leather products (shoes)
- Labor: 10,000
- Shed & Land lease status :
- 10 sheds of of 5500 m2
- The remaining 10 sheds of 11,000 m2 each are already occupied for phase
- 1st phase: 156 Ha
Upcoming
industrial parks
Dire Dawa Industrial Park
- Location: Located in the eastern Ethiopia approximately 262 km from Djibouti
- Proximity to port of Djibouti: 380 km
- Labor: 1 million people in & around the city
- Cluster: Multiple sectors including heavy industries, Textile & Apparel, vehicles assembly and Food Processing,electronic, paper & allied products, chemicals
- Land area: 3000 ha
- Shed & land lease status: Total sheds 15
- 5 sheds of 11,000 m2
- 6 sheds of 5500 m2
- 4 sheds of 3000 m2
- 1st phase: 150 ha
Adama Industrial Park
- Proximity to port of Djibouti: 678 km
- Labor: 1 million
- Cluster: Textile & Apparel, vehicles assembly and Food Processing
- Land area: 2000 ha
- 1st phase: 120 ha
Mekelle Industrial Park
- Proximity to Port of Djibouti: 750 km
- Labor: 1 million people in & around city
- Cluster: Textile & Apparel and Food Processing
- Land area: 1000 ha
- 1st phase: 75 ha
Kombolcha Industrial Park
- Proximity to port of Djibouti: 480 km, 6 km away from Kombolcha dry port
- Labor: 1 million people in & around city
- Cluster: Textile & Apparel and Food Processing
- Land area: 700 ha
- 1st phase: 75 ha
Kilinto Industrial Park
- Proximity to port of Djibouti: 863 km
- Proximity to Addis Ababa: 6km (access to high skill labour)
- Cluster: Pharmaceuticals
- Land Area: 337 ha
- 1st phase: 337 ha
Arerti Industrial Park
- Proximity to Port: 50 km away from Mojo dry port
- Proximity to Railways: 50km away from Mojo Station of Addis Ababa to Djibouti Railway
- Proximity to Addis Ababa: 105 km
- Cluster: Construction Materials & House hold appliance manufacturing
- Land Area: 100 ha
Bole Lemi II Industrial Park
- Proximity to port of Djibouti: 863 km
- Cluster: Textile & Apparel
- Land Area: 186 ha