The following incentives are offered to companies setting up business in the Antigua and Barbuda
Free Trade and Processing Zone. Companies are:
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Entitled to establish and engage in the industrial or commercial activity specified in the licence
without having to obtain any permit or other licences.
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Exempted from the payment of taxes or levies imposed by the Government in respect of any industrial
and commercial activity being carried on within the Free Trade and Processing Zone.
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Exempted from the payments of taxes and other duties on the importation of machinery, equipment, spare parts,
construction material and other items needed to construct and operate facilities within the Free Trade and Processing Zone.
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Exempted from the payment of taxes and other duties on the importation of raw materials and other goods to be incorporated
in the products produced or assembled within or to be utilized in the performance of services within the
Free Trade and Processing Zone.
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Exempted from the payment of income and other taxes of any kind other than Social Security payments and Medical Benefits
contributions and the Education Levy on the earnings accruing to any person by virtue of employment in any industrial or
commercial activity within the Free Trade and Processing Zone.
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Exempted from the payment of export taxes or levies on the exportation from a Free Trade and Processing Zone to any place
outside Antigua and Barbuda of any goods, articles or things that are produced or manufactured by a licensee within the
Free Trade and Processing Zone.
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Exempted from the payment of taxes of any kind on the repatriation of profits earned in the Free Trade and Processing Zone.