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The
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone will become the centre
of business excellence in the Northern Emirates.
With upgrades in infrastructure, aggressive marketing,
a keen interest in promoting e-commerce entrepreneurship,
Ras Al Khaimah will be known as a region where businesses
are welcome, successful, and flourishing.
Free
Trade Zone Plan:
Business
Park
The Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Business Park
is centrally located in the heart of Ras Al Khamiah's
vibrant business district. The Business Park offices
are collocated within the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade
Zone Authority headquarters, making the conduct
of business with the Free Trade Authority staff
extremely convenient.
The Business Park in Ras Al Khaimah is, by design,
located between the Industrial Park, 20 kilometers
to the north, and the Technology Park, 15 kilometers
to the south. Its proximity to the Emirate's Emiri
Diwan and other government centers of activity is
an additional advantage.
Business Park
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As if these convenient benefits were not enough,
the Business Park is just a short walk from the
1,600m2 Ras Al Khaimah exhibition hall and the new
Manar Mall, a modern shopping and entertainment
complex, and a 5 star hotel are only minutes away.
Each
office in the Business Park has three Etisalat connections
for telephone, Internet, and/or fax and sports an
elegant interior design. The Ras Al Khaimah Free
Trade Zone Authority provides all utilities and
cleaning services for each office and encourages
Business Park tenants to call on the Free Zone Authority
staff at time they need assistance.
The
Industrial Park
The
Industrial Park is located along the Ras Al Khaimah
coastal road approximately 15 kilometers north of
Ras Al Khaimah and immediately adjacent to Hulaylah
Island, site of the 100 hectare second-phase, and
approximately 6 kilometers from Port Saqr.
Due to the coastal location of the site, the Industrial
Park site was raised three meters above the high
tide level for development. This area was grade
levelled and fenced. The unfilled area around the
site was retained as wetlands to protect a native
stand of Mangrove trees and to provide a pleasant
and ecologically friendly environment in which to
work.
Location Plan
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The Industrial Park is subdivided to provide a variety
of plot sizes ranging from 400m2 to 3800m2. Plots
may be consolidated to create larger parcels to
accommodate investors' requirements. Plots are fully
serviced with water, electricity, and telecommunications.
To support companies locating at the Industrial
Park, employee accommodations and a Ras Al Khaimah
Free Trade Zone Administrative and Service Support
Center is located inside the Park. Additional services
are planned outside the perimeter and will include
a petrol station and restaurants.
Parking and Loading Requirements
All plots will have sufficient off-street parking
and loading areas to meet the demands of the users.
Off-street parking and loading areas shall be designed
and maintained to ensure that parking, maneuvering
and loading shall not occur within the street right-of-way.
A minimum of 1 parking space per 100 square meters
of gross floor area shall be provided.
Development Controls
Phase One of the Industrial Park was developed for
light to medium industry and associated warehousing,
storage, and transportation activities. Land uses
permitted in this portion of the Industrial Park
are those that will not adversely affect adjacent
development or impact the environmental quality
of the area. An environmental impact statement,
written by qualified environmental professionals,
must accompany all applications for industrial and
manufacturing activities. In general, no activities
will be approved that have detrimental impacts to
the environment and or the health safety and general
welfare of the public.
Industrial Park Permitted Uses
The following uses are examples that may be considered
to operate within the Industrial Park:
- Company
Headquarters.
- Research
and development activities and laboratories.
- Commercial
service business (office equipment repair, commercial
art).
- Storage
and Warehousing
- Formal
warehousing and industrial support services
- Maintenance
and repair
- Construction
support services
- Manufacturing,
processing, or assembly
- Food
products excluding slaughter, stock yards and
feed lots
- Lumber
and wood products;
- Apparel
and finished textile products
- Furniture
and fixtures
- Processing
or assembly of chemical and allied products
- Processing
or assembly of rubber products Industrial machinery
and equipment
- Electronic
or other electric equipment
- Fabricated
metal products
- Processing
stone, clay and glass products
- Photoengraving,
printing, publishing and bookbinding
- Photographic
and optical products or equipment and
- Glass
edging and silvering
- Miscellaneous
products including abrasives, cosmetics and toiletries,
pharmaceuticals, jewellery, musical
- instruments,
office supplies, toys, and sporting goods
- Food
service and eating facilities
- Employee
accommodations for employees working in the Industrial
Park
- Public
Facilities for health care and religious activities
Industrial Park Prohibited Uses
The following operations and uses shall not be
permitted on property within the Industrial Park
boundaries:
- Junkyards
or open-air recycling facilities
- Refining
of petroleum products or storage
- Dumping,
disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage,
sewage, dead animals, or other refuse
- Fat
rendering
- Stockyards
or slaughter of animals
- Truck
storage terminals
Technology
Park
The
71 hectare Technology Park is located in an area
of Ras Al Khaimah that is not only developing as
a manufacturing area but as a recreational tourist
area. The Park is adjacent to the Ras Al Khaimah
Ceramics Factory and other light manufacturing businesses.
The Al Hamra Development located across the Emirates
Highway, is a 325-hectare waterfront recreational
and residential development that includes a hotel,
waterfront villas, marina and golf course.
The proximity of the Technology Park to the Emirates
Highway makes it readily accessible to the City
Center, International Airport, Port Saqr, and destinations
southward, such as Dubai.
The Technology Park is designed to separate non-compatible
uses and provides plots configured to accommodate
investors' needs. Plots may be further subdivided
or consolidated to meet development requirements.
Plots will be fully served with water, electricity,
and telecommunications. To support companies locating
at the Technology Park, employee accommodations
and a Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Administrative
and Service Support Center will be located inside
the Park.
Development Controls
The Technology Park is intended to accommodate manufacturing
and assembly companies. The Ras Al Khaimah Free
Trade Zone Authority assumes that free zone companies
will incorporate capital-intensive and high technology
applications in their manufacturing and assembly
processes in addition to associated warehousing,
storage, and transportation activities.
Industrial
property development should be of high visual quality
and minimal environmental impacts. Uses permitted
within the Technology Park boundaries are those
that can be performed or carried out entirely within
a building. Building designs and construction must
ensure that company operations and uses do not adversely
impact adjacent development or property, have no
detrimental effects on the environment, and do not
affect the health safety and general welfare of
the public. Adverse impacts include vibration, sound,
electromechanical disturbances, electro-magnetic
disturbances, radiation, air and water pollution,
dust, emissions of odorous, toxic or non-toxic matter,
nor create the potential for explosion.
Technology Park Permitted Uses
The following uses are examples that may be considered
to operate within the Technology Park boundaries:
- Company
Headquarters
- Administrative
and professional offices
- Research
and development activities and laboratories
- Commercial
services and business
- Manufacturing,
processing, and assembly activities
- Apparel
and finished textile products
- Lumber
and wood products
- Furniture
and fixtures
- Processing
and assembly of plastic and rubber products
- Electronics
and other electrical products
- Transportation
equipment
- Photographic
and optical equipment
- Medical
and Dental Equipment
- Cosmetics,
toiletries, pharmaceuticals, electronics, glass
and clay products
- Manufacturing,
processing, or assembly of
- Food
products
- Paper
and allied products
- Chemical
and allied products
- Plastic
and rubber products
- Processing
stone clay, and glass products
- Photoengraving,
printing, publishing and bookbinding
- Storage
and warehousing
- Motor
freight terminal
- Warehousing
and distribution centers for products produced
in the Park
- Restaurants,
food service and eating facilities
- Employee
Accommodations for workers within the Park
- Public
facilities for health care and religious activities.
Technology Park Prohibited Uses
The following operations and uses shall not be
considered to operate on property within the Technology
Park boundaries:
- Junkyards
or open-air recycling facilities
- Refining
of petroleum products or storage
- Dumping,
disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage,
sewage, dead animal or other refuse
- Fat
rendering
- Stockyards
or slaughter of animals
- Truck
storage terminals
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