April, 2013 Iraqi National Investment Commission Contents
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April, 2013 Iraqi National Investment Commission Contents . Introduction . Important articles of the Investment law No. (13) of the year 2006 . Major Housing projects – Bismayah New City Project – Shores of Karbala – Al-Rashed City – Al-Mustaqbal City – Al-Dabash Housing project . Housing Projects in the Provinces . Investment Opportunities in the Housing Sector (Proposed by the Iraqi Ministry of Housing and construction) Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 2 Iraqi National Investment Commission Introduction The National Investment Commission “NIC” was established in the year 2007 in accordance with the investment law number 13 of the year 2006 to be the authority responsible for strategic planning and implementation of investment projects in all sectors of the Iraqi economy except oil and gas exploration and marketing. NIC shall provide the needed protection and facilitation to insure the success of foreign and Iraqi investors, in addition the investors will enjoy the privileges included in the investment law that would enable them to implement investment projects successfully. NIC welcomes investors and developers from around the world who are interested in participating in the project to build “One Million Housing Units” throughout Iraq. “NIC” estimates that over three million new housing units will be needed across the country over the next Ten years, its expected that the population of Iraq will reach 40 million by 2025, creating a need for the three million housing units by 2022. Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 3 Iraqi National Investment Commission Continued NIC shall implement measures to monitor, follow-up and assess the implementation of investment projects of the Housing Program throughout Iraq and shall present all the necessary facilitations that would accelerate the program’s implementation through bridging the Investors/Developers with the concerned Ministries, particularly the Ministry of Housing and Construction in addition to provincial authorities. A consortium of the major Iraqi government banks (Al-Rafidain, Al- Rasheed, & Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI)) shall manage and handle all the financial arrangements needed for the program. They will also coordinate the financial packages related to the various housing project (within the One million housing units project). Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 4 Iraqi National Investment Commission Proposed number of Housing Units in each Province in the one million housing project Wasit, 46,000 Anbar, 50,000 Babel, 64,000 Thi Qar, 68,000 Salah Al Din, 45,000 Baghdad, 244,000 Ninewah, 104,000 Najaf, 43,000 Muthana, 36,000 Missan, 44,000 Basra, 85,000 Kirkuk, 42,000 Diwaniya, 40,000 Karbala, 46,000 Diyala, 43,000 Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 5 Iraqi National Investment Commission Important articles of the Investment law No. (13) of 2006 • Investors are permitted to own land to be used exclusively for housing projects,(regulation 7) • NIC may assign land that has been given to it by other Ministries to housing developments projects. • The investment projects shall be exempted from taxes and fees for a period of 10 years, and subject to increase to a period of 15 years if the project is at least 50% Iraqi owned (Art. 15) • Assets and materials imported for the project will not be subject to taxes or fees as long as they are brought in within three years of the date that the project commences, or three years from the date that an expansion or renovation of the project commences. (Art. 17) • Protection from nationalization of projects by the Iraqi Government (Art. 12) • Companies may hire non-Iraqi workers, who may repatriate their salaries (Art. 12) • Employees have the right to reside and travel to and from Iraq unimpeded (Art. 12) • Companies may repatriate capital brought into Iraq (Art. 12) • Companies may invest in the Iraqi Stock Exchange and create stock portfolios (Art. 11) • Companies may insure projects internationally (Art. 11) • Companies may open a bank account in Iraq (Art. 11) • Projects are protected from any retroactive amendments to the law (Art. 13) Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 6 Iraqi National Investment Commission Amendments of Investment law in process • Adding the concept of the developer and the sub-developer to the housing projects and the concept of safe investment zone to the investment law. • Investment projects are excluded from the provisions of: A. Leasing agricultural land no (35) 1983. B. Industrial investment law no (20) of 1989. C. Law (581) of 1981 (Agricultural lands in the cities). • Extending the period of custom exemptions to reach the project implementation period, instead of three years stated in the current law. • The public sectors projects that are to be rehabilitated, operated with the private sector will be covered by privileges and facilitations of the investment law. • In addition to other provisions stated in the new amendment to the investment law. Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 7 Iraqi National Investment Commission Bismayah New City Project Bismayah New City project of 100 thousand units with full services. it is considered as the biggest housing project in Iraq , it is part of the big project of building One Million Housing Units all over Iraq adopted by NIC. Bismayah New City project is currently being developed by Hanwha engineering and construction. It will be implemented on an area of 1830000m2), in the south east of the city of Baghdad, and will provide housing units for (600,000) people, and consists of a (100,000) units to be build in three different unit sizes (100m2, 120m2, and 140m2). the city shall cover all needs of its residents, according to the latest designs and international standards in addition to providing integrated infrastructures including road network , stable electrical energy and other essential services, as well as providing the fundamental facilities which includes health, cultural, educational, recreational and commercial. Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 8 Iraqi National Investment Commission Shores of Karbala This project will include close to 40,000 housing units distributed among four districts. “Shores of Karbala” will be home to a population of nearly 200,000 - 250,000 people. The four districts will comprise villas, townhouses, apartments, hotels, business centers, open markets, commercial offices, clinics and dispensaries, schools, mosques, public parks, children's playgrounds, government, social and sports facilities, as well as restaurants, cafes and related infrastructure. Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 9 Iraqi National Investment Commission Identified Opportunities in process • Al-Rashed City: Building (50000-70000) housing units in addition to hospital of a (1000) bed capacity, entertainment parks as well as developing Tigris Cornish, water city with hotels and construction of main stadium and others. • Al-Dabash Housing project: Building (20000) housing units over an area of (992,500 M²) in addition to Commercial, social projects and recreational services in Al- Dabash area in Kadhimiya/Baghdad. • Al-Mustaqbal City: Building (30000) housing units in Al Dehna area in Baghdad. Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 10 Iraqi National Investment Commission Housing Projects in the Provinces (220) Investment license had been granted by the provincial investment commission (PIC’s) to build (292,691) housing units as shown below: Provincial Investment Commission Number of Licensed Projects total (PIC) Investment Housing Units cost license (US Dollars) Ninewah Investment commission 7 19,398 1,510,346,31 6 Diyala Investment commission 5 3513 311,000,000 Kirkuk Investment commission 17 9,210 819,780,835 Salah Al Din Investment commission 29 32,337 1,386,497,540 Anbar Investment commission 16 13,175 1,233,577,01 4 Baghdad Investment commission 39 66,609 4,844,383,61 1 Karbala Investment commission 8 19,296 1,846,456,05 Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 11 0 Iraqi National Investment Commission Continued Provincial Investment Commission Number of Licensed Projects total (PIC) Investment Housing Units cost license (US Dollars) Babel Investment commission 5 3,890 361,676,000 Najaf Investment commission 38 57,934 3,952,516,20 1 Diwaniya Investment commission 10 28,824 1,194,038,04 9 Thi Qar Investment commission 15 15,817 1,560,891,23 5 Missan Investment commission 3 1,633 117,275,333 WasitInvestment commission 2 1,126 64,972,875 Muthana Investment commission 16 9,541 1,167,443,37 2 Basrah Investment commission 9 10,388 1,190,728,03 2 292,691 21,561,582,463 Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 12 Selected Provincial Opportunities Investment opportunities in the Housing Sector (Proposed by the Iraqi Ministry of Housing and construction) Province Number of Projects Total number of Housing unites Baghdad 5 11980 Babel 4 2190 Diyala 5 7150 Salah Al Din 5 3675 Wasit 1 1000 Ninewah 4 5201 Anbar 6 4360 Basrah 13 35519 Missan 10 4047 Diwaniya 3 4140 Thi Qar 4 7860 Republic of Iraq – National Investment Commission 13 .