2021 | RIGA the FREEPORT of RIGA High Quality Favourable Business Competitive Fees Services Conditions & Charges

2021 | RIGA THE FREEPORT OF RIGA High quality Favourable Business Competitive Fees Services Conditions & Charges

The capacity of terminals, warehouses The Freeport of Riga is open to investors Fees and charges at the Freeport of Riga and open storage areas of the port, the and new business projects. The port comply with the current market situation; technical and technological support, as offers long-term leases they are flexible, differentiated and com- well as the road and railway infrastructure of land on favourable conditions, regime petitive in comparison to those of other allow to handle, store and transport all of a free economic zone that provides ports in the Baltic region. types of cargo in the fastest and efficient considerable tax relieves, as well as sup- manner, saving cargo handling time and port by the Freeport of Riga Authority in reducing costs. developing required public infrastructure.

Strategically Multifunctional Business Competence Convenient Port With Modern In The Transportation Geographic Location Infrastructure Of Cargo Between

The location at the crossroads of conve- Multifunctionality combined with modern The EU — Russia & nient sea and land routes between the port infrastructure and security allows Its Neighboring markets of the European Union and Russia the Freeport of Riga to respond flexibly as well as other countries of Eurasian to changes at the cargo transportation Countries continent makes the Freeport of Riga an market and to adapt to new requirements important component of the East-West imposed by markets and customers. Historical integration into 1520 mm rail cargo transportation corridor. Freeport gauge transportation system combined of Riga can serve as important regional with the location within the European distribution hub on the South-North cargo Union creates the specific advantage for transportation corridor. the Freeport of Riga regarding the transportation of cargo between these markets.

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Gävle Rauma Helsinki Kotka CONTAINER TRAINS St.Petersburg NORWAY Stockholm Tallinn Ust-Luga TO/FROM THE FREEPORT OF RIGA ESTONIA Tyumen Ventspils RUSSIA Aarhus Liepaja LATVIA The Freeport of Riga is a part of the East–West cargo transportation Klaipeda RIGA Teesport DENMARK LITHUANIA MOSCOW corridor which is linked to the Trans-Siberian Railway. Freeport of Riga Kaliningrad Vorsino Gdynia Kazan can serve as important regional distribution hub on the South–North Lübeck IRELAND UNITED Irkutsk KINGDOM Bremerhaven Hamburg Gdansk cargo transportation corridor. Thamesport RotNETHERLANterdam DS MINSKBELARUS Antwerpen GERMANY POLAND Gent Kiev KAZAKHSTAN Zeebrugge BELGIUM Aktobe Zabaikalsk REGULAR ROUTES: IMPLEMENTED PILOT PROJECTS: LUXEMBOURG CZECHIA UKRAINE Manzhouli SLOVAKIA MOLDOVA Dostyk AUSTRIA Kishinev MONGOLIA CONTAINER TRAIN “ZUBR” CONTAINER TRAIN “URUMCHI – RIGA” FRANCE SWITZERLAND HUNGARY ODESSA Tallinn (Estonia) – Riga (Latvia) – Minsk (Belarus) Urumchi (China) – Altinkol/Horgos (Kazakhstan) SLOVENIA Chornomorsk CROATIA ROMANIA ALMATY URUMQI – Odessa (Ukraine) – Riga (Latvia) ITALY BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Transit time: 10 days SERBIA UZBEKISTAN Transit time: 7 – 8 days to Odessa MONTENEGRO BULGARIA Makhachkala Vladivostok KOSOVO Bishkek Riga (Latvia) – Indra (Latvia)/Bigosova (Belarus) Urumchi (China) – Altinkol/Horgos (Kazakhstan) GEORGIA Horgos MACEDONIA Samur Istanbul Tashkent – Minsk (Belarus) – Kiev (Ukraine) – Odessa / – Iletsk 1 (Kazakhstan)/Kanisaj (Russia) – Posin ALBANIA KYRGYZSTAN Yingkou ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN NORTH (Russia)/Zilupe (Latvia) – Riga (Latvia) TURKMENISTAN Navoi KOREA Illichivsk (Ukraine) SPAIN GREECE Tianjin TURKEY Astara Dushanbe Ashgabat TAJIKISTAN JAPAN CONTAINER TRAIN “RIGA – MOSCOW” CONTAINER TRAIN “RIGA – KASHGAR” KASHGAR SOUTH Hairaton KOREA Riga (Latvia) – Moscow (Russia) – Riga (Latvia) – Riga (Latvia) – Dostika (Kazakhstan) – Kashgar MALTA SYRIA Teheran Busan CYPRUS IRAQ Zilupe (Latvia)/Posin (Russia) – Moscow (Russia) (China) LEBANON IRAN AFGHANISTAN CHINA Transit time: 12 days ISRAEL Shanghai EXPRESS TRAIN “RIGA – MINSK” Riga (Latvia) – Zilupe (Latvia)/Posin (Russia) – okyo T Kobe Osaka JORDAN okohama Riga (Latvia) – Minsk (Belarus) Kanisaj (Russia)/Iletsk 1 (Kazakhstan) – Dostyk Ningbo Y KUWAIT (Kazakhstan) – Urumchi (China) – Kashgar PAKISTAN NEPAL Transit time: 28 hours BHUTAN Riga (Latvia) – Indra (Latvia)/Bigosova (Belarus) – (China) Bandar abbas YIWU SAUDI BAHRAIN Minsk (Belarus) ARABIA CONTAINER TRAIN “YIWU – RIGA” UNITED ARAB INDIA BANGLADESH EMIRATES CONTAINER TRAIN “BALTIKA – TRANSIT IV” Yiwu (China) – Zabaykalsk (Russia) – Riga (Latvia) Shenzhen OMAN BURMA Riga (Latvia) – Kazakhstan / Central Asia Transit time: 12 days Hong kong Mumbai LAOS Transit time: 7 – 9 days to Almaty (Kazakhstan) Yiwu (China) – Zabaykalsk (Russia) – Irkutsk Riga (Latvia) – Zilupe (Latvia)/Posin (Russia) (Russia) – Tyumen (Russia) – Kazan (Russia) YEMEN – Ozinki (Russia)/Semiglavij Mar (Kazakhstan) – Moscow (Russia) – Sebezh (Russia)/Zilupe THAILAND – Aktobe (Kazakhstan) sorting, forwarding to (Latvia) – Riga (Latvia) VIETNAM Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan CAMBODIA

SRI LANKA REGULAR LINER SERVICES TO/FROM THE FREEPORT OF RIGA Regular Passenger Location in the Location within the Integration within

Transport Services Centre of the Baltic European Union 1520 mm Rail Gauge CONTAINERSHIPS POLAND FINLAND EXPRESS to/from the Countries Transportation Riga – Klaipeda – Tallinn – Gdynia – Teesport – Gdansk – Riga – Helsinki – Klaipeda – Gdansk Ensures direct access to the European Zeebrugge – Rotterdam – Aarhus – Oslo – Lubeck markets and presents considerable – St. Petersburg – Helsinki – Riga UNIFEEDER Freeport of Riga Allows to use the Freeport of Riga as a System opportunities for the future development, #1 Rotterdam – Klaipeda – Riga – Tallinn – Hel- convenient logistic and distribution centre TALLINK considering the EU goal of creating new Provides fast and simple access MAERSK LINE sinki – Kotka for the Baltic countries, Scandinavia and Gdansk – Kaliningrad – Riga – Gdansk. #2 Hamburg – Bremerhaven – Riga – Gdynia Riga – Stockholm (Ro-Pax). rail and sea based logistic chains. to the markets of Russia, Belarus, the North-West part of Russia. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Central Asia MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (MSC) X-PRESS CONTAINER LINES countries and China. Riga – Bremerhaven – Antwerp – Tallinn Rotterdam – Antwerp – Riga – Klaipeda – Rotterdam

4 FREEPORT OF RIGA WWW.ROP.LV 5 26 25 TERMINAL OPERATORS TERMINALS: 24 AND PORT ENTERPRISES DRY BULK CARGOES 27 GENERAL CARGO 23 18 15 22 19 1. FREEPORT OF RIGA AUTHORITY 29. RIGA NORDIC TERMINAL LIQUID BULK CARGO 10 17 CONTAINERS 20 2. RIGA PASSENGER TERMINAL 30. MANGALI SHIPYARD 21 11 PASSENGERS 3. RIGAS OSTAS ELEVATORS 31. RIGA UNIVERSAL TERMINAL 12 4. RIGA CONTAINER TERMINAL 32. JAUNZELTIŅI SERVICES & PRODUCTION: 5. RIGA CENTRAL TERMINAL 33. NESTE LATVIJA 8 6. P&B TERMINAL 34. CIRCLE KLATVIA CONTAINER WAREHOUSING 14 1 9 6 7. FRIGO BALTIC 35. NAFTIMPEKS GENERAL CARGO WAREHOUSING 13 KundziņsalaKUNDZIŅSALA CUSTOMS WAREHOUSING 8 8. RIGA BULK TERMINAL 36. ALPHA OSTA 16 7 SHIP BUILDING & REPAIR 10 4 3 9. TFS TRANS 37. CARGO CONCEPT 28 5 2 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 10. PARS TERMINAL 38. VLD GROUP -14.5 m 3 -10.5 m WASTE HANDLING -13 m 11. MAN-TESSTRANSIT 39. GAMMA-A -12 m -11.5 m -10.5 m 1 1 12. RBFLOTE 40. MT OSTA 46 34 33 29 44 2 13. BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL 41. B PORT 45 30 50 49 14. SYSTEMS RECYCLING 42. PORT MAGNAT 35 43 15. BMGS 43. EXTRON BALTIC 32 31 51 36 42 16. RIGA FERTILIZER TERMINAL 44. KRS

17. OVI 45. JP TERMINAL 37 -15 m 52 KRIEVU SALA 18. WOODISON TERMINAL 46. OSTA LEJASVOLERI Krievu Sala -16 m 19. EKO OSTA 47. ANYTEC PRODUCTIONS 5 38 6 20. RIKON 48. KRONOSPAN RIGA 39 53 48 21. STARTS-RĪGA 49. LATVIJAS PROPANA GAZE 40 4

22. VL BUNKERINGS 50. KS TERMINAL 41 47 23. JAUNMILGRAVIS OSTAS KOMPANIJA 51. STREK 24. BALTMARINE TERMINAL 52. RIGA COAL TERMINAL 25. BLB BALTIC TERMINAL 53. BUTOLS 26. VEGA STIVIDORS 54. LACON LEGEND: 27. RIGA SHIPYARD 55. WT TERMINAL 54 28. PORT MILGRAVIS 56. BOLDERĀJAS KUĢU REMONTA RŪPNĪCA FREEPORT BORDER TECHNICAL DATA: PORT INFRASTRUCTURE FIGURES IN TOTAL:

RAILWAY Total area 6 348 ha Open storage 2 149 804 m2 VESSEL TURNING BASINS YACHT CLUBS/MARINAS Land area 1 962 ha Covered warehouses 478 114 m2 55 MAIN ROADS 3 1. CITY YACHT CLUB 4. LATVIJAS JAHTA Water area 4 386 ha Capacity of refrigerated storage 46 600 m ROADS IN THE PORT TERRITORY 56 2. RIGA SPORT SAILING CENTER 5. MARINA AUDA Total length of berths 19 km Refrigerated storage (area) 7 800 m2 3. MARINA ANDREJOSTA 6. JAHTAS.LV NEW TERMINAL AREAS Maximum draft of vessels 15.0 m Refrigerated storage (cargo volume) 13 500 t STEVEDORING COMPANIES Maximum depth 16.0 m Capacity of dry bulk silos 260 000 m3 568 HA OF AVAILABLE LAND FOR N 3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FACIL- Capacity of liquid bulk tank farm 536 535 m ITIES AND TERMINAL PROJECTS. W O

S 6 FREEPORT OF RIGA WWW.ROP.LV 7 CARGO TURNOVER INBOUND & OUTBOUND CARGO BY THE SEA 2020 Mln. t 41.1 40.1 40 37.1 36.1 35.5 36.4 34.1 33.7 32.8 30.5 30 23.7 (mln. t) Dry bulk OUTBOUND CARGO OUTBOUND 18.2 23% 77%

20 (mln. t) (mln. t) DOMESTIC CARGO CARGO DOMESTIC 9.1

The Port of Riga is the (mln. t) INBOUND CARGO INBOUND Liquid cargo largest port in Latvia in 5.5 DOMESTIC CARGO CARGO DOMESTIC 10 2.7 terms of cargo turnover Inbound Other general cargo with throughput capac- Outbound Containerized cargo ity of 63 million tonnes 0 per year. Domestic cargo 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~50 % of cargo handled at the Freeport of Riga is domestic cargo.

STRUCTURE OF CARGO THE PORT CARGO TURNOVER TURNOVER 2020 IN FIGURES AT THE BALTIC STATES PORTS 2020 Other cargo Construction materials • 36 terminal operators and 28 ship Chemical agencies operate at the Freeport of feritilizers Riga. Timber and 37% 18% products • The total number of vessel calls at Klaipeda Riga Metals the Freeport of Riga reached 3122 57% Dry bulk and ore in 2020, with gross tonnage of 31.6 mln. GT.

• The largest cargo vessel served at the Freeport of Riga is the dry bulker REX OLDENDORFF (length – 260 m, Coal draft – 14.5 m, 65 976 GT).

• The largest cruise vessel at the Freeport of Riga was CELEBRITY 31% General cargo SILHOUETTE (lenght - 315 m, 5% draft – 8.6 m, 122 210 GT). 16% Liepaja Tallinn Containerized cargo • More than 865,000 passengers and 80 cruise ships every year. 6% 12% Liquid cargo Oil products Butinge 8% 10% Sillamae Ventspils Grains and other agribulk 8 FREEPORT OF RIGA WWW.ROP.LV 9 THE FREEPORT OF RIGA AUTHORITY FAVOURABLE BUSINESS CONDITIONS

Investment Opportunities The total Amount of the Relief • 568 ha of land available for • A favourable investment climate development in Latvia of Direct Taxes • Status of a licensed company - Business without borders: an and free zone regime allows to EU member state may reach up to 35%-55% receive tax relieves: - Advantages and experience of the amount of the investment im- Port Authority Functions Vision & Mission - Status of a licensed company in working with Russia and its plemented in the vicinity of the port allows to receive direct tax neighboring countries The port is managed by the • Provision of infrastructure The Freeport of Riga is a WE AIM TO: relieves - A highly skilled and multilin- Freeport of Riga Authority (landlord function) multifunctional, modern • satisfy the market demand for qual- - Licensed company fulfilling gual workforce Tax Relieves (FRA) – a derived legal entity • Ensuring navigation safety and long-term development ity cargo handling services of all certain requirements of the - Easy to set up and manage (public institution). The FRA oriented port at the cross- kinds, offering attractive conditions Free zone regime can receive • Maintenance of business Income tax 80% administers the operation of roads of transport corridors for the development of port-related both direct and indirect tax hydrotechnical structures the port in compliance with the with increasing importance activities relieves - Equal rights and benefits Real estate tax 80% -100% • Maintenance of for both foreign and local principles of good governance, in the global cargo and • ensure environmental sustainabil- - Licenses are issued for 5 Value added tax 100% in a professional and modern navigation channel investors passenger transportation ity and promote social dialogue years by the Freeport of Riga Excise tax 100% manner. • Enforcement of chain, providing customers between the port and society Authority. - Opportunities to qualify for The FRA is not involved in port regulations with reliable high-quality funding from the EU Structural cargo handling operations, port services at competitive • provide stable growth to the Latvian • The Freeport of Riga Authority Funds. • Levying port fees instead it is responsible for prices and in line with good economy by ensuring an attrac- assistance in the development and charges leasing the land and infra- European port practices. tive investment environment for of private terminal infrastruc- structure of the port to private • Issuing free zone licenses Freeport of Riga is sustain- development of port cargo handling ture operations, cargo processing and Long-Term companies, maintenance of • ISPS Code implementation able Baltic scale business, the public infrastructure and manufacturing and invest- production. Lease of Land the port security. ment attraction hub. up to 45 years

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