Connect the company structure to the physical operation.
ITQAN helps businesses evaluate the entity, licence, facility, customs and visa requirements before applying in Jebel Ali Free Zone.
JAFZA is DP World’s flagship free zone within the Jebel Ali trade and logistics environment. Port infrastructure, Dubai Customs and Dubai Trade services can support businesses that import, store, process or distribute goods.
This does not create automatic customs privileges or unrestricted mainland access. The company still needs the correct licence, customs registration, declarations and approvals.
For businesses moving goods through regional or international supply chains.
For eligible freight, fulfilment, storage and logistics operations.
For production activities needing suitable premises and operational approvals.
For food, automotive, electronics, FMCG, healthcare, machinery or regulated goods, subject to approval.
Compare proportionately. A consultant or small service business with no logistics, staffing or facility requirement may find another free zone more suitable.
An FZE has one individual or corporate shareholder. An FZCo supports multiple shareholders, currently two to fifty.
A branch remains connected to its parent and generally uses the same name and activities. A Public Listed Company supports public offerings. Offshore formation is a separate route.
A licence defines the broad operating permission, approved activities define what the company may do, and the lease identifies where it may operate.
Approved goods and commercial activity.
Eligible professional or service operations.
Manufacturing or processing with required facilities.
Approved logistics and supply-chain services.
Regulated products and sectors may require external, environmental, safety or technical approvals.
For eligible administrative and service operations.
For storage, distribution or approved light operations.
For approved customer-facing display and sales uses.
For larger industrial or purpose-built requirements.
Facility selection can affect activity approval, fit-out, environment and safety requirements, customs workflow, staffing, visa allocation, deposits and recurring costs. Availability must be confirmed when applying.
Map goods, markets and facility needs.
Confirm activities and licence.
Choose the entity and shareholders.
Select a suitable facility.
Arrange documents and approvals.
Complete the JAFZA review.
Finalise lease and licensing.
Coordinate customs, visas and banking.
Complex facilities or regulated activities may add design, inspection, environmental, safety or third-party approval stages.
Costs may include registration, licence, approvals, facility lease, deposits, fit-out, immigration, visas, customs registration and renewal. Utility or technical requirements may also apply.
ITQAN separates authority, facility, immigration, customs and professional charges after understanding the requirements. A facility-based setup is not a low-cost licence package.
Connect activities, facilities and staffing.
Prepare documents and follow requests.
Assist with visas, banking and renewals.
Support bookkeeping and tax readiness.
JAFZA lists trading, service, industrial and logistics licences. The suitable option depends on the activities, facility and operating model.
The facility must suit the activity. Storage, logistics, manufacturing or display activities may require a warehouse, land, showroom or specialised facility.
An FZE has one shareholder. An FZCo can have two to fifty individual or corporate shareholders. Branch and PLC requirements differ.
Yes, where its licence, activities, customs registration and goods permit it. Restrictions, documentation, duties and approvals still apply.
Potentially, through a compliant customs and commercial route. Free-zone incorporation does not provide unrestricted mainland access.
Potentially. Eligibility depends on the entity, licence, facility, immigration file and applicant approval. The facility can affect staffing capacity.
Review the licence, facility, immigration and customs arrangements before renewal. VAT and Corporate Tax depend on the company’s facts; 0% Corporate Tax is not automatic.
Share the goods, markets, ownership, facility and staffing plan. ITQAN can define the application route and prepare a written scope.
Business activities, facilities, customs arrangements, visa eligibility, costs and processing periods remain subject to JAFZA and the relevant authorities. ITQAN provides business setup and coordination support but does not guarantee authority, customs, immigration or banking approvals.
