FREE TRADE
ZONES & EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
- Kandla Free Trade Zone (KAFTZ),
Kandla, Gujarat;
- Santa Cruz Electronic Export
Processing Zone (SEEPZ), S. Cruz, Maharashtra;
- Cochin Export Processing Zone
(CEPZ), Cochin, Kerala;
- Falta Export Processing Zone
(FEPZ), Falta,West Bengal;
- Madras Export Processing Zone
(MEPZ), Madras, Tamil Nadu;
- Noida Export Processing Zone
(NEPZ), Noida, Uttar Pradesh;
- Visakhapatnam Export Processing
Zone (VEPZ), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
While the Santa Cruz Electronics
Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) is meant exclusively for the exports of
electronics and gems and jewellery, all other zones are multi-product
zones. 100% foreign equity is welcome in EOUs and EPZs.
Recently, with a view to augmenting infrastructural facilities for
export production, government has permitted the setting up of EPZs in
the private and joint sectors including those by Non Resident Indians
and foreign companies. |
