NO BETTER PLACE NO BETTER TIME Discover QATAR FREE ZONES December 2018
Landscape of Economic Diversification GDP DP (20 (2018 18) $200 $200 BN BN 1. Nominal GDP; 2. Doha Securities Market established in ’95, began operations in ’97, and renamed Qatar Stock Exchange in ’0 9 Sources: Oxford Economics 2016, ‘Qatar's economy - Past, present, future’ by Ibrahim Ibrahim & Frank Harrigan, Other important bodies include Qatar Central Bank (’93), Qatar De vel opment Bank (’97), Enterprise Qatar (’08), and Manateq (’11)
The Free Zones Authority’s objectives are to enhance Security of Supply and Drive Economic Diversification Grow Non Oil and Gas GDP Strengthen ngthen 1 secur urity ity of of suppl ply Attract high-value foreign investors Support ort 2 economic nomic Drive knowledge- diver ersifi sificat cation ion intensive jobs and industries
Qatar’s Two New Free Zones Port Free Zone Airport Free Zone RAS BUFONTAS • Direct access to Hamad Intern’l Airport • Direct access to Hamad Port • • Light Manufacturing Maritime Industries • • International Business Services Heavy Manufacturing • • Aviation sector Industrial Sectors Focus • • Emerging Technologies Emerging Technologies • • Logistics Hub Logistics Hub O Oasis O Area 4 sq. km Area 30 sq. km
Qatar Free Zones Identified Sectors E-commerce, Jewelry and Art Storage Food Packaging, Cooling Chain High Value Spare Parts Logistics Pharma Supply Chain Engineered Plastic, Advanced Materials Specialty Chemicals Downstream Chemicals Energy / Power storage solutions Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity Agriculture and water technology Emerging Technology Intelligent Logistics and Transport
Global Competitiveness Global Competitiveness Rankings in Key Investment Pillars 7 18 12 5 2017-2018 2017 2 2017-2018 2017 Intern rnet et Users Firm Leve vel Qualit ity y of Global l Tax Qualit ity y of Port As % of Technolo logy Airport Regim ime Infrast structure Popula latio ion Absorptio ion Infrastructure Source: The World Economic Forum - Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018.
Global Relationships An Open Economy with a Liberal Trade Policy Number ber of Agreem ements ents betwee een n Qatar ar & its Trading ing Partn tner ers 24 23 40+ 2017 2017-2018 2017 2017-2018 Bilater eral al Bi Bi-Lateral l Free Trade Inve nvest stmen ent Trade Agreements treatie ies s Agreements Source: The World Economic Forum - Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018.
Strategic Location Linking Global Markets 60% of the world population within 8 hours flying time Asia, Europe and America just 18 days by ship
Qatar’s Investment in World -Class Infrastructure Provides Best Air/Sea Connectivity Hamad International Airport Hamad Port Hamad port is currently capturing 27% of trade in 230 daily passenger flights the Middle East and aiming and 29 cargo flights to reach 35% in the next two years 5th Best Airport in the World First airport in MENA- region awarded with ISO- certification asset More than 15 direct management standard shipping lines, e.g. to Oman, Pakistan, India, South Korea and Uruguay Large cargo facility with a size of 292 KM Best Airport in the Increased global Middle East connectivity ranking over 70 positions within one Qatar Airways Cargo offers year of beginning fastest global airline operations transfer and flexibility Hamad Port offers direct access to Um Al-houl Free Direct access to Free Zone Zone Best Service staff in Ras Bufontas MENA CONVENIENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUSINESSES 9
FDI Partnership Opportunities with Local Champions
Qatar’s Economy Provides Great Opportunities for Investors Through 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Capitalises Hotel Sector Growth 2022 FIFA World Cup is a Sustainability catalyst for Qatar’s economic Qatar implements green FIFA obliges the host diversification building and modular country to provide 125K structures to construct the hotel rooms and USD 11.4 billion allocated on stadiums, which can be apartments. Qatar has Transportation and infrastructure projects to altered to suit future currently 25,000 hotel improve roads and public transportation demand rooms and apartments USD 6.2 billion allocated to develop and available expand the healthcare with new hospitals and medical facilities Service Sector Construction Sector USD 5.2 billion allocated for new schools, Challenges Flourishes colleges and development of the Education Sector Qatar will be among The average seating the fastest growing USD 2.4 billion of ongoing projects to be capacity in the stadiums completed around Qatar to expand and construction markets is 45,000 seats, while Lusail improve water sector by 2030 globally over the next 5 Stadium, hosting the Qatar National Tourism Sector Strategy set years, as a result of tackling opening and the finals – will a target of 5.6m tourists per annum by the significant infrastructure have a capacity of 92,000 2023 to be achieved with new Hotels, needs seats leisure, and recreation facilities 8 Stadiums 1.2 Million 125,000 $200 Billion Source: ADVANCED CONFERENCES & MEETINGS visitors Hotel Rooms Planned Budget FZ-LLC
Qatar already has a successful track record with foreign investors 2017-2018 2017 35+ 15+ 11+ 12+ Design, testing, Training Center and Focus on R&D and Largest foreign investor maintenance at QSTP projects with Qatar training with over $20B of FDI Airways, Qatar University Engines for Qatar Microsoft IT Academy Pearl GTL, Qatargas 4 and Qatar Armed Forces Airways/ Dolphin
Workforce Availability – International Educational Hub Qatar has 15 universities (4 State, 11 Qatar ranks 5th out of 137 countries for the International Branches) + Various Vocational quality of its education system in the WEF’s Training Centers ensuring excellent education Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018, and of skilled professionals: it leads among GCC states Qatar University Texas A&M Government is working to develop for its Carnegie Mellon nationals, opportunities to acquire necessary College of the North Atlantic Cornell skills applicable to key sectors of the economy Qatar has about 30,000 students Particularly talented young Qatari students are Qatar provides free education at the primary awarded with full scholarships for undergraduate and and secondary level graduate programs in universities around the world International students make up 34% of all students in Qatar
Qata tar ’s Emphasis on on Higher her Educa cati tion on To Rai aise e Local cal Talent nts Ranked 52nd in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018, third in the Arab World
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Logistics
Qatar is positioned in the midst of the Gulf Region with 25 economies located within 3,000 km distance • Tremendous markets and economic power within reach of <3,000 km – >2BN people Kazakhstan – >6TN USD in combined GDP • India and Pakistan offer large populations and domestic markets Uzbekistan Georgia Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan • Qatar is well positioned to serve Iran Turkey Tajikistan Turkmenistan and and help Iraq with rebuild Armenia Syria activities Afghanistan Jordan Iraq • Even markets like Turkey and CIS Qatar Pakistan countries (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Libya Egypt Saudi etc.) are not beyond reach and offer Arabia UAE Oman industries with potential for logistics Western India 1000 km • In the long-term, KSA is another Sudan Yemen potential market so serve – currently Chad Somalia it is not accessible Ethiopia 2000 km • Excellent access to the Eastern Africa market Kenia 3000 km GDP 2016 >300 100 – 300 50 – 100 <50 in USD BN Note: 3,000 km is a range that a typical wide-body cargo plane can fly with a full load without refueling
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