Opportunities for British Investors in Philippine Economic Zones”
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“OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRITISH INVESTORS IN PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONES” A presentation for the: UK TRADE & INVESTMENT BUSINESS SEMINAR ON PHILIPPINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP Cinema Room, British High Commisssion, Singapore 9:00 AM, September 29, 2014 Philippine Economic Zone Authority An investment promotion and incentive granting agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry. Reinforce Government’s efforts to: • Promote Investments • Create Employment • Generate Exports 16 EPZA- REGISTERED PUBLIC & PRIVATE ECONOMIC ZONES ( 1969 - 1994) LUISITA INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBIC SHIP. ENG’G. INC. BAGUIO EPZ VICTORIA WAVE CARMELRAY DEV’T. CORP. BATAAN EPZ GATEWAY BUSINESS PARK CAVITE EPZ LIGHT IND. & SCIENCE PARK LAGUNA TECHNOPARK LAGUNA INT’L. IND’L PARK MACTAN EPZ TABANGAO SPECIAL EPZ FIRST CAVITE IND’L. ESTATE LEYTE IND’L. DEV’T ESTATE MACTAN ECOZONE II Total Area : 3,183 hectares TOTAL OF 308 ECONOMIC ZONES * BAGUIO CITY ECONOMIC ZONE MARVIN PLAZA BUILDING 3OOD TERMINAL INC. SEZ JOHN HAY SPECIAL TOURISM ECONOMIC ZONE DPC PLACE BUILDING as of 31 July 2014 EMI SPECIAL ECOZONE SANCTUARY IT BUILDING MSE CENTER BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE SM BAGUIO CYBERZONE BUILDING TRAFALGAR PLAZA SUBIC SHIPYARD LAGUNA INT’L. INDUSTRIAL PARK FORT ILOCANDIA TOURISM ECONOMIC ZONE OCTAGON IT BUILDING PLASTIC PROCESSING CENTER SEZ LIGHT INDUSTRY & SCIENCE PARK I PANGASINAN INDUSTRIAL PARK II VITRO INTERNET DATA CENTER BUILDING HERMOSA ECOZONE LIGHT INDUSTRY & SCIENCE PARK II LUISITA INDUSTRIAL PARK WYNSUM CORPORATE PLAZA IT BUILDING LEYTE IND’L. DEVELOPMENT ESTATE LIGHT INDUSTRY & SCIENCE PARK III TECO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE TRANSCOM CENTER MEGACENTER IT BUILDING TABANGAO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE TARLAC PROVINCIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARK II ORIENT SQUARE IT BUILDING LEYTE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECH. PARK LAGUNA TECHNOPARK SM CITY PAMPANGA RIVERBANK CENTER ICT BLDG. I JOSE PANGANIBAN SEZ LAGUNA TECHNOPARK ANNEX ROBINSONS LUISITA RIVERBANK CENTER ICT BLDG II MISIBIS RESORTS AND ESTATES FIRST CAVITE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CLARK TI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE BLUE WAVE MARIKINA RAPU-RAPU ECOZONE GATEWAY BUSINESS PARK ANGELES INDUSTRIAL PARK UP SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARK (South) KEPPEL PHILIPPINES MARINE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE PAMPANGA EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE UP SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARK (North) GREENFIELD AUTOMOTIVE PARK STA. MARIA INDUSTRIAL PARK YTMI REALTY SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE SUPIMA ECIRCLE LIMA TECHNOLOGY CENTER PHILIPPINE PACKING AGRICULTURAL EPZ COCOCHEM AGRO INDUSTRIAL PARK VICTORIA WAVE PEOPLE’S TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX ROBINSONS PLACE NOVALICHES SAN LAZARO TOURISM AND BUSINESS PARK DILIMAN IT BUILDING GOLDEN MILE BUSINESS PARK CONVERGYS IT BUILDING FIRST PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL PARK HTMT CYBER PARK TIGERLAND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC ZONE EDSA CENTRAL IT CENTER CARMELRAY INDUSTRIAL PARK SUN PLAZA CARMELRAY INDUSTRIAL PARK II EDSA CENTRAL IT CENTER 2 CALAMBA PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL PARK E-SQUARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARK TOYOTA STA. ROSA SEZ TOTAL CORPORATE CENTER I AG&P SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MCKINLEY HILL CYBER PARK MANILA DAIICHI INDUSTRIAL PARK MARKET! MARKET! ALLEGIS IT PARK ST. LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER GLOBAL CITY FILINVEST TECHNOLOGY PARK - CALAMBA MULTINATIONAL BANCORPORATION EASTBAY ARTS, RECREATIONAL AND TOURISM PEOPLESUPPORT CENTER IT BUILDING SM CITY BACOOR NORTHGATE CYBERZONE LAKESIDE EVOZONE METROPOLIS STAR ROBINSONS BIG R SUPERCENTER MACROASIA ECOZONE STA. ROSA COMMERCIAL IT PARK ASAHI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE ROBINSONS PLACE STA. ROSA EUGENIO LOPEZ JR. COMMUNICATION CENTER SAINT FRANCES CABRINI MEDICAL TOURISM PARK GLOBAL TRADE CENTER PHILTOWN TECHNOLOGY PARK EASTWOOD CITY CYBERPARK ROBINSONS PLACE LIPA SMNE IT CENTER PAMALICAN ISLAND TOURISM ECOZONE EXPORTBANK PLAZA BUILDING CAMARINES SUR IT PARK THE ENTERPRISE CENTER BORACAY ECO-VILLAGE RESORT RCBC PLAZA MACTAN ECONOMIC ZONE BURGUNDY CORPORATE TOWER BIGFOOT IT PARK LIBRAN HOUSE IT CENTER MACTAN ECONOMIC ZONE II MJ PLAZA SYNERGIS IT CENTER HDMF-WTCI IT TOWER MANILA HARBOUR CENTER CEBU IT TOWER NEWPORT CITY CYBERTOURISM ZONE MANGO SQUARE SM ICITY CEBU CEBU SOUTH ROAD PROPERTIES SM ICITY 2 ARCENAS ESTATE IT BUILDING SM CYBERZONE 1 A. D. GOTHONG IT CENTER G.T. TOWER INTERNATIONAL JY SQUARE IT CENTER THE PASEO CENTER IT BUILDING JY SQUARE IT CENTER III AMKOR TECHNOLOGY CEBU LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK PACIFIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER LEXMARK PLAZA JGC PHILIPPINES BUILDING OAKRIDGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER SDC IT BUILDING PHIL. BXT CORP. TOURISM ECONOMIC ZONE ASIAN STAR BUILDING PIONEER HOUSE CEBU THE PARAGON CORPORATE CENTRE WEST CEBU INDUSTRIAL PARK ROBINSONS CYBERPARK NEW CEBU TOWNSHIP ROBINSONS-EQUITABLE TOWER MRI ECONOMIC ZONE PBCOM TOWER HVG ARCADE IT PARK ANSON’S CENTER INNOVE IT PLAZA SUMMIT ONE OFFICE TOWER ASIATOWN IT PARK PHILAMLIFE I.T. BUILDING FEDERATED IT PARK 6750 AYALA AVE. BLDG. DAMOSA IT PARK 6780 AYALA ROBINSONS CYBERGATE CENTER 6788 AYALA AVE. BLDG. PUEBLO DE ORO IT PARK JG SUMMIT CENTER JASAAN MIS. ORIENTAL ECOZONE DELA ROSA E-SERVICES BUILDING BUKIDNON AGRO-RESOURCES EXPORT ZONE SM MAKATI CYBERZONE BUILDING DBP IT PLAZA SM MAKATI CYBER ZONE 2 BUILDING THE BLOCK IT PARK GLORIETTA 5 ONE SANPARQ UNIONBANK PLAZA * Legend: LOPUE'S EAST I. T. CENTER BPI BUENDIA CENTER LUXUR PLAZA ITFORMATION CENTRE ALLEGRO IT CENTER Manufacturing Economic Zones 68 SMCI IT CENTER EAST CYBER GATE CIIF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PARK WORLDWIDE CORPORATE CENTER Information Technology Parks / Centers 201 RIO TUBA EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE GATEWAY OFFICE TOWER SARANGANI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE CYBER PARK BUILDING ONE Tourism Economic Zones 19 SRC ALLAH VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE PACIFIC STAR BUILDING SRC CALUMPANG ECONOMIC DEV’T. ZONE PHILAMLIFE IT TOWER Medical Tourism Park /Center 2 FIRST ORIENTAL BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL PARK NISCOM IT BUILDING NCCC DAVAO IT CENTER INSULAR LIFE BUILDING Agro-Industrial 18 LUISA AVENUE SQUARE IT CENTER INSULAR LIFE CORPORATE CENTER NCCC DAVAO IT CENTER MANTICAO ECOZONE CORPORATION SEZ 68 Manufacturing 201 IT Parks (43) and IT Centers (158) 19 Tourism Ecozones 2 Medical Tourism Park / Center 18 Agro-Industrial Parks PARTNERSHIP WITH FOREIGN COMPANIES Marubeni – Lima Technology Center and First Cavite Industrial Estate Sumitomo – First Philippine Industrial Park Mitsubishi and – Laguna Technopark Kawasaki Steel Mitsui – Light Industry & Science Park Nisho Iwai – Carmelray Industrial Park 1 Jurong Town (Ascendas) Carmelray Industrial Park 2 Itochu – Luisita Industrial Park Tsuneishi – West Cebu Industrial Park Kao Corp – Jasaan Misamis Oriental Ecozone Samsung - Calamba Premiere LOCATOR INVESTMENTS BY NATIONALITY ( 1995 – 2013 ) 22.22 % Filipino 16.44 % American 30.65 % 10.03 % Dutch Japanese 7.50 % British 3.51 % Korean 3.13 % Singaporean 1.38 % German 1.02 % Swiss 4.12 % Others LOCATOR INVESTMENTS BY PRODUCT SECTOR ( 1995 – 2013 ) 9.60 % Metals/Fabricated Metal Products 9.49 % Tourism 8.79 % Information Technology Services 5.93 % Transport (Shipbuilding, 38.41 % Car Parts, Equipment) Electronics / 4.59 % Electrical Machinery and Apparatus Semiconductors 2.46 % Medical, Precision and Optical Instruments 1.42 % Medical Tourism 1.37 % Rubber and Plastic Products 17.95 % Other Manufactures WHY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINES FILIPINO WORKERS Among the Best in the World THE COUNTRY’S COMPETITIVE EDGE Literate, English – speaking, easy to train, hardworking and very friendly In the IT Service Sector Filipino Workers are considered the new breed of world-class service professionals and are referred to as Global Knowledge Workers because they are intelligent and able to compete at the highest levels among the best in the world. VERY FAST LEARNING CURVE OF FILIPINO WORKERS • 8 weeks (2 months) to train Filipino workers • Compared to 16 to 24 weeks (4 to 6 months) to train others BUSINESS-FRIENDLY POLICIES • 100% Foreign Ownership of Companies; • Basic rights of Investors are guaranteed (right to remit profits and pay foreign obligations, right to repatriate investments) • Simplified investments procedures STRATEGIC LOCATION Russia Canada United Germany Kingdom EUROPE United States France of America China Korea Japan Middle Taiwan East Atlantic Ocean Hong Kong Philippines Africa India Thailand Malaysia Singapore Pacific Ocean South Indonesia America Australia New Zealand VERY HOSPITABLE and COMFORTABLE SECOND HOME to EXPATRIATES • Very friendly attitude of Filipinos towards foreigners • Availability of quality primary and secondary education Presence of International Schools • Housing closest to meeting western standards at very reasonable rental rates • Best sporting and recreational facilities Many world-class golf courses. • World class health care services (Result of a survey conducted on expatriates in Asia) WHY INVEST IN PEZA ECONOMIC ZONES A. FISCAL INCENTIVES B. NON-FISCAL INCENTIVES FISCAL INCENTIVES for EXPORT COMPANIES • Income Tax Holiday (ITH) or Exemption from Corporate Income Tax for four years, extendable to a maximum of eight years; • After the ITH period, payment of the special 5% Tax on Gross Income, in lieu of all national and local taxes; • Exemption from duties and taxes on imported capital equipment, spare parts, supplies, and raw materials; • Domestic sales allowance of up to 30% of total sales; • Zero Value-Added Tax (VAT) Rate on local purchases to include telecommunications, power, and water bills; • Exemption from payment of local government taxes and fees. NON-FISCAL INCENTIVES for EXPORT COMPANIES • Employment of foreign nationals; • Special visa for foreign investors and immediate family members; • Unequalled service by PEZA. PEZA