Zona Franca Permanente de Urabá S.A.S
FREE ZONE OPERATOR USER
Was designated as the operator user of Uraba free zone and, by virtue of this, the following functions were delegated:
Direct, manage, supervise, promote and develop Uraba free zone
Carry out control of goods entry and exit operations to and from Uraba free zone, and issue the integration certificates.
Qualify industrial and commercial users.
Within a free zone there are four types of users:
> Operator User
> Goods Industrial User
> Services Industrial User
> Commercial User
> Operator User
Is the legal entity authorized to direct, administer, supervise, promote and develop one or several Free Zones, as well as to qualify user.
> Goods Industrial User
Is the legal entity exclusively installed in one or several Free Zones, authorized to produce, transform or assemble goods by processing raw materials or semi-elaborated products.
> Services Industrial User
Is the legal entity authorized to carry out, exclusively, in one or several Free Zones, among others, the following activities:
- Logistics, transportation, handling, distribution, packaging, repackaging, container, labeling and classification.
- Telecommunications, information technology systems for data capture, processing, storage and transmission, organization and management or operation of databases.
- Scientific and technological research.
- Medical, dental and general health care.
- Tourism.
- Repair, cleaning or quality testing of goods.
- Technical support, maintenance and repair of equipment, ships, aircraft or machinery.
- Audit, administration, brokerage, consulting or similar.
> Commercial User
Is the legal entity authorized to carry out goods marketing, commercialization, storage or conservation in one or several Free Zones.
Tax benefits
1
%
Single Rate of Income Tax for industrial users of goods and services
0
%
Duties on Foreign Goods
0
%
VAT on Purchases of National Goods
1
years of exemption in the payment of Industry and Commerce for new industries.