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Jazan Special Economic Zone

Heavy industry, food processing and Red Sea trade in the south. Explore the zone's focus sectors, location, and headline incentives, while one team handles licensing, structuring, and compliance end to end.

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Location: Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia, on the southern Red Sea coast
Authority: Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority (ECZA)
Corporate tax: Reduced rate (indicative)
Customs duties: 0% in zone
Intra-zone VAT: Relief
Foreign ownership: Competitive

About the Jazan SEZ

The Jazan Special Economic Zone is positioned on the southern Red Sea coast, served by a deep-water port and close to East Africa and Asia trade routes. It targets food processing and packaging, metal conversion and heavy industry, logistics and primary mineral processing, giving manufacturers and exporters a southern gateway with strong shipping links. It is one of the four ECZA Special Economic Zones.

Focus sectors

Food processing and packagingMetal conversion and heavy industryLogistics and shippingPrimary mineral processing

Headline incentives

Competitive corporate income tax rate for a fixed period (indicative)

0% customs duties on goods imported into the zone

VAT relief on goods exchanged within the zone

Competitive foreign ownership and relaxed expat / Saudization rules for an initial period

Deep-water port access and proximity to East Africa and Asia trade routes

All figures above are indicative. Corporate income tax rates and periods, customs and VAT treatment, and ownership and expat rules are confirmed with the relevant authority (Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority (ECZA)) and in a tailored quote.