TURKEY’S MODEL OF EXCELLENCE «AEGEAN FREE ZONE» What is a Free Zone • A Free Zone is an area inside a country’s borders but considered to be outside the customs area. • The purpose of the area is to encourage exports by offering special incentives for commercial and industrial activities. 2 Basic Objectives of the Free Zones in Turkey Developing international Accelerating foreign direct Technology access and trade investment employment Promoting export oriented Directing enterprises investment and production towards export 3 Free Zones in Turkey İstanbul Trakya İstanbul Ind. Istanbul Ataturk Airport Samsun Kocaeli Trabzon Rize Tubitak - MAM Bursa Doğu Anadolu Izmir Kayseri AEGEAN FREE ZONE Denizli Gaziantep Antalya Adana Yumurtalık Mersin 4 Types of Operating License Assembly- Manufacturing Trading Disassembly Others (Banking, Maintenance Consulting) 5 Free Zone Advantages | Tax Advantages 100% Corporate Tax Exemption for manufacturing companies 100% Income Tax Exemption on employee’s salaries for manufacturing companies which export 85% or more of their products No Customs Duties for goods, equipment and machinery brought into the Zone. Opportunity to buy Turkish products at export prices without the Sales and Value Added Tax Special Consumption Tax Exemption Stamp Taxes, Tariffs and Duties Levied Exemption Resource Utilization Support Fund (RUSF) Exemption Witholding Tax Exemption 6 Free Zone Advantages | Tax Advantages According to Type of Operating License Assembly-Disassembly, Manufacturing Maintenance Trading Corporate Tax Corporate Tax ** Value Added Tax %22 %22 Income Tax* Value Added Tax Customs Duties %15-35 Special Consumption Value Added Tax Customs Duties Tax Special Consumption Stamp Taxes, Tariffs and Customs Duties Tax Duties Levied Special Consumption Stamp Taxes, Tariffs and Resource Utilization Tax Duties Levied Support Fund (RUSF) Stamp Taxes, Tariffs and Resource Utilization Witholding Tax Duties Levied Support Fund (RUSF) Resource Utilization Witholding Tax Support Fund (RUSF) Witholding Tax ** %100 export * Minimum %85 export 7 Comparison of the Tax Rates with Other Countries # of Different Countries Total Tax Rate Profit Tax Labor Tax Other Tax Taxes Turkey 41,1 11 1 18,2 1 19,9 9 3 USA (NY) 45,8 11 2 27,1 4 10 5 8,7 Hungary 46,5 11 2 9,9 2 34,3 7 2,3 Italy 48 14 2 19,5 1 43,4 11 1,9 Germany 48,9 9 2 23,2 1 21,4 6 4,3 Japan (Tokyo) 47,4 14 3 24,6 2 18,5 9 4,3 Morocco 49,8 6 1 25,1 1 23,3 4 1,4 Czech Republic 50 8 1 9,1 2 38,4 5 2,5 India (Delhi) 55,3 13 1 23,5 4 20,4 8 11,4 China (Shanghai) 67,1 9 3 11,1 1 47,6 5 8,4 France 62,2 9 1 0,7 2 51,1 6 10,4 Source : Paying Taxes 2018 Report - Pwc 8 Free Zone Advantages | Other Advantages Unlimited Time Stocking Minimum Minimum Bureaucracy Port Costs Logistical Guarantee Advantages of transfers Ready to One Stop Use Shop Buildings 9 About Aegean Free Zone Founded Built First in 2.200.000 m2 in1990 Operate Private Transfer Sector System 176 21.158 600.000 m2 23.000 Investor Employment Expansion Goal for Area Employment About ESBAŞ • Developed and Operated by ESBAS (US Company) • 530 Employees On-Site • Shareholders • EAC International (USA) • Aegean Region Chamber of Industry • İzmir Chamber of Commerce • İzmir Metropolitan Municipality • Ministry of Finance • Certificates • ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate • ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate • OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certificate • ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certificate • EFQM Management Systems 11 Main Services Leasing Services: Land, Open Area, General-Modular Warehouses Electricity, Natural Gas, Water, Telecommunication Food Service, Catering Service Loading/Unloading & Handling Services Project Examination and Construction Control Service, Construction/Repair Service Industrial Waste Collection Service, Environmental Clean-up and Garbage Collection Service 12 Optional Services Occupational Health and Safety Department Service Child Care Center Service Landscape Service Foreign Trade Service Personnel Transportation Service Cleaning Service Conference and Training Hall Rental Service 13 Aegean TOTAL YEAR 1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000 5000000 6000000 0 1990 34.586 1991 0 56.325 1992 0 193.573 1993 Free 487.110 1994 34.586 704.059 1995 912.886 1996 56.325 Zone 1.429.659 1997 193.573 1.446.381 1998 1.188.186 1999 487.110 1.662.598 2000 [1000$] Volume Trade 704.059 1.291.910 2001 1.828.870 2002 912.886 2.642.599 2003 1.429.659 3.241.026 2004 3.766.021 2005 1.446.381 4.001.498 2006 4.092.781 2007 1.188.186 3.763.964 2008 1.662.598 2.658.772 2009 3.985.295 2010 1.291.910 5.000.095 2011 1.828.870 4.710.012 2012 4.680.244 2013 2.642.599 4.293.418 4.293.418 2014 3.241.026 3.766.021 4.001.498 3.878.766 3.878.766 2015 4.092.781 3.763.964 4.075.581 4.075.581 2.658.772 2016 3.985.295 5.000.095 4.327.519 4.327.519 2017 4.710.012 4.680.244 1.684.972 2018/5 4.293.418 3.878.766 4.075.581 72.038.706 TOTAL TOTAL 4.327.519 1.684.972 14 Annual Trade Volume of the Free Zones in Turkey [1000$] 25.000.000 22.541.209 22.589.564 21.898.769 21.748.016 3.334.483 3.771.593 19.830.877 20.006.920 20.000.000 3.196.087 18.572.205 3.767.837 18.675.410 1.532.317 1.571.579 1.797.351 3.375.893 3.822.761 2.731.215 1.518.423 3.306.716 2.364.905 2.059.462 1.723.960 1.633.495 1.271.013 1.135.613 15.000.000 1.352.280 1.096.455 2.103.566 1.907.396 1.320.816 1.264.041 1.288.563 2.241.525 1.934.418 1.121.673 1.746.707 1.766.082 1.443.596 1.533.749 2.439.926 1.835.433 2.718.109 2.447.756 2.338.769 2.030.141 1.972.379 10.000.000 1.480.979 2.693.049 3.832.246 3.367.449 3.328.734 2.939.453 3.096.676 2.227.309 2.768.490 3.603.223 3.220.084 2.901.539 2.823.959 2.564.087 5.000.000 2.959.513 2.498.723 4.270.831 5.000.095 4.710.012 4.680.350 4.293.394 3.878.713 4.075.541 4.327.519 2.502.919 - 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Aegean Free Zone Mersin Free Zone Istanbul Industrial European Free Zone Bursa Free Zone Istanbul Trakya FZ Istanbul Atatürk Airport FZ Other Free Zones TOTAL Source: Ministery of Economy 15 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 Aegean 5.000 0 0 Free 400 600 Zone 600 853 1.542 Employment 2.300 3.200 3.367 5.200 6.100 7.150 9.000 11.200 12.500 12.900 14.000 14.500 14.500 14.000 17.500 19.200 19.370 18.270 18.200 18.200 19.640 16 21.158 Employment of the Free Zones in Turkey Adana-Yumurtalık Gaziantep Free Zone Denizli Free Zone 2% Samsun 0% 0% Free Trabzon Free Zone İstanbul Trakya İstanbul Zone 0% 4% Atatürk 1% Rize Free Zone Airport İzmir Free Zone 0% 2% 3% Kayseri Free Zone 6% European Free Zone Aegean Free Zone 6% 29% TÜBİTAK-MAM 2% Kocaeli Free Zone 2% İstanbul Industrial 9% Bursa Free Zone 15% Antalya Free Zone 6% Mersin Free Zone 12% Total employment is 66.984 persons Source: Ministery of Economy 17 Prominent Sectors at the AFZ Electric & Electronics Food Processing Textile & Packaging Machinery Aviation, Automotive Avionics, Aerospace Medical Devices IT 18 Aegean Free Zone Total Investment Volume [1.000$] 200.000 180.000 174.860 163.804 162.182 156.683 160.000 152.582 DOMESTIC: $ 493 Million 138.696 140.000 FOREIGN: $ 1.275 Billion TOTAL: $ 1.769 Billion 127.950 119.111 120.000 USD(.000) 100.000 77.335 80.000 61.149 57.165 56.989 60.000 51.651 47.355 45.084 40.000 34.822 26.919 21.720 20.585 20.210 17.978 20.000 13.078 6.732 4.962 4.285 3.225 3.192 1.054 - 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 FOREIGN 604 3.49 2.53 4.20 1.91 1.91 7.02 10.6 13.8 25.4 18.2 18.8 27.4 36.2 43.6 32.0 32.0 36.3 59.6 51.6 108. 86.8 107. 126. 90.8 113. 112. 101. DOMESTIC 450 793 2.42 2.53 1.30 1.27 6.04 7.37 7.86 1.50 2.38 1.33 7.32 20.9 17.5 19.6 15.3 8.76 17.6 5.30 10.9 76.9 54.9 47.9 61.6 25.1 41.8 26.1 TOTAL 1.05 4.28 4.96 6.73 3.22 3.19 13.0 17.9 21.7 26.9 20.5 20.2 34.8 57.1 61.1 51.6 47.3 45.0 77.3 56.9 119.