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Ras Al-Khair Special Economic Zone

Maritime, shipbuilding and offshore industry on the Gulf. 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: Ras Al-Khair, Eastern Province, on the Arabian Gulf
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 Ras Al-Khair SEZ

The Ras Al-Khair Special Economic Zone is built around the Kingdom’s maritime and shipbuilding ambitions on the Arabian Gulf, anchored by a major maritime industrial complex. It targets shipbuilding and ship repair (MRO), offshore and marine services, rig platforms and marine fabrication, alongside related industrial activity. It is one of the four ECZA Special Economic Zones, suited to maritime, offshore and heavy-industry investors.

Focus sectors

Shipbuilding and ship repair (MRO)Offshore and maritime servicesRig platforms and marine fabricationIndustrial and downstream activities

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

Access to a major maritime and industrial complex on the Arabian Gulf

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.