Mauritius welcomes investment and embraces business. Globally recognised as a safe, stable and easy environment to conduct business, Mauritius is a great place to invest, work, live and retire, with future ready infrastructure, global connectivity and world class talent.
Invest in a project of at least Rs 500 million and take advantage of incentives, rebates, exemptions and preferential rates.
Leverage on our unparallel preferential market access to 68% of the world’s population and benefits from a panoply of Free Trade Agreements.
Mauritius’ residence program allows foreign nationals to make a real estate investment into the country and apply for a residence permit to live, work, and retire in Mauritius.
Live and work remotely from Mauritius and experience a long stay or retire in a picture-perfect tropical paradise.
Leverage on our unparallel preferential market access to 68% of the world’s population and benefits from a panoply of Free Trade Agreements.
The Mauritius Freeport was set up in 1992 with the main objective of positioning Mauritius as a regional trading and logistics hub. At its humble beginning the Freeport provided basic warehouse for dry goods of 5,000 m2 that could capture “entrepot trade” only which stood at MUR 715 million and 20,000 tons in terms of value and volume of freeport trade performance. Over the years, it has progressively evolved over 550,000 m2 of declared Freeport zones with superior and modern logistics infrastructure such as customized warehouses, cold rooms, processing units, open air storage and integrated office facilities.
Government is aiming primarily at developing Mauritius as the largest and competitive logistics centre in the Indian Ocean to provide Freeport operators with fully integrated supply chain solutions, in accordance with international standards.
Strategically located, Mauritius is poised to become an integral part of the new economic architecture and shall place the Mauritius Freeport as the ideal logistics and value addition platform for Africa, Europe and Asia.
A freeport operator shall be authorised to carry out any of the freeport activities specified in item 3 as follows:
Building, developing and managing infrastructural facilities, warehouses, cold storage, offices, exhibition centres, processing units and open storage, for rental to a freeport developer or freeport operator to carry out logistics services, marketing activities and holding of exhibitions, trade fairs and other events and the activities referred to in item 3 as per the second Schedule of the Freeport Act.
A Third-Party Freeport Developer can also accommodate space and provide logistics facilities to local company for Manufacturing and Storage of goods as non-freeport activities.
Building, developing and managing by the enterprise of its own infrastructural facilities, warehouses, cold storage, offices, exhibition centres, processing units, open storage, the carrying out of its own logistics services, marketing activities and holding of exhibitions, trade fairs and other events and its own freeport activities referred to in item 3 as per the second schedule Freeport Act.
All Freeport Companies benefit from the below fiscal and non-fiscal incentives:
The Freeport activities of Third Party Freeport Developer as per the provision of item 2 of the Second Schedule of the Freeport Act are as follows:
Build, develop and manage infrastructural facilities, warehouses, cold storage, offices, exhibition centres, processing units and open storage, for rental to a freeport developer or freeport operator to carry out logistics services, marketing activities and holding of exhibitions, trade fairs and other events and the activities referred to in item 3.
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The Freeport activities of Private Freeport Developer as per the provisions of item 1 of the Second Schedule of the Freeport Act is as follows:
Build, develop and manage its own infrastructural facilities, warehouses, cold storage, offices, exhibition centres, processing units, open storage, the carrying out of its own logistics services, marketing activities and holding of exhibitions, trade fairs and other events and its own freeport activities.
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The Freeport activities of Freeport Operator are as the provisions of item 3 of the Second Schedule of the Freeport Act
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Preferential charges are given to Freeport Certificate holders for Freeport containerized or bulk cargo imported by a vessel and exclusively meant for re-export. Preferential charges are also given on re-export of cars, fish and other general goods exclusively meant for re-export.
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Minor processing is defined as mere dilution of water or any other substance, cleaning, applying any preservative or decorative coating, trimming, unloading, testing, alterations or any other finishing operations.
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Vault services is an authorized Freeport activity which has been included in the second schedule of Freeport Act to further develop the Mauritius Freeport and attract new investors to use Mauritius as a logistics platform to the region.
The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance to promoters who wish to conduct activities related to Minting and Refining of precious metals in a freeport zone. It describes the above-mentioned activities to be carried out in a Freeport zone including other authorized activities, fiscal regime and customs procedures as applicable.
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Freeport Communique 2018
Freeport Communique 2019
Freeport Communique 2021
Freeport Communique (Budget 2022/23)
Freeport Communique 2023
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Through a panoply of schemes and unique incentives offered, EDB Mauritius supports the expansion and growth of business operations as a way to enhance substantive and value-added economic activities in Mauritius.
Medew Holdings Ltd
Setting up in Mauritius means joining a long list of world-class businesses that have chosen our country as their regional base of operations. These exceptional businesses include: