Government Bodies Cádiz Free Zone
Advantages and services
What is Free Zone?
The Free Trade Zone of Cádiz is part of the territory of the State where a special customs regime is applied, considering that the goods are outside the customs territory of the EU, where they are not subject to import duties and the application of policy measures. commercial.
This makes the Cádiz Free Trade Zone an ideal place to carry out and promote international trade.
The Free Trade Zone of Cádiz is governed by the provisions of the Community Customs Code (EU Delegated Rto 952/2013), (UE Delegated Rto 2446/2015) and (UE Execution Rto 2015/2447) in relation to the free zones of the European Union.
Law 37/1992 VAT
Ley 38/1992 II.EE
MEH Order 2 December 1992
Who can operate in the Free Zone?
Companies from all sectors, national and foreign (with national NIF or through representatives), that need to export or import merchandise or engaged in international trade. Operations carried out between the EU and third countries benefit, also for intra-community trade between two member states.
Types of operations
Any authorized industrial, commercial or service provision activity. Usual manipulations can be carried out which, according to the Customs Code, are those carried out on merchandise to guarantee their conservation, improve their presentation or commercial quality or prepare their distribution or resale.
How to operate
As an operator, through leasing you obtain the use of a facility where you intend to carry out the activity. The Customs Department will authorize, upon request, stock accounting, which is the instrument by which foreign trade operations carried out within the Precinct are controlled.
Advantages
- Customs
- Non-Community goods introduced are not subject to the payment of import duties as long as they are not released for Free Circulation (*) or Consumption (**).
- They are not subject to trade measures (restrictions or quotas).
- Unlimited period of stay in time.
- Manipulations can be carried out on them in order to prepare their presentation (loading, unloading, packaging, labeling, cleaning, labeling, assembly, packaging, etc.).
- Possibility of making partial shipments, according to logistical or commercial needs (you will only pay taxes for these partial shipments upon departure).
- The constitution of a customs guarantee is not necessary.
- Advance payment of refunds on Community agricultural goods destined for export.
- Prosecutors
- As long as it is not released for consumption, the obligation to pay VAT on import does not arise.
- Importation with VAT exemption for shipment to another EU member country.
- Possibility of release into Free Practice and connection to the Non-Customs Warehousing Regime (***), this allows exemption from VAT, and successive sales can also be made while maintaining the exemption.
Upon departure, after abandoning the Regime, the VAT assimilated to the import will be settled by the last owner, which has a neutral effect as it is deductible at the same time.
Defers the settlement of VAT to the corresponding periods according to the activity.
- Introduction of community goods benefiting from VAT exemption.
- Storage for 6 years under suspensive regime of goods subject to II.EE. destined for export without the need to use the fiscal warehouse figure.
Direct link to the highway that connects with the main transport networks, Jerez airport, Seville, Bahía de Algeciras.
Services
Advice
- Support and advice for the internationalization of companies:
- Advice on exit projects to foreign markets (study of the target market in relation to the product to be exported, analysis of competitiveness, costs, marketing and distribution systems, search for possible partners or clients), technical support for export operations.
- Advice on supply projects in foreign markets (study of the target market in relation to the product to be imported, cost analysis, search for possible partners or suppliers), technical support for import operations.
- Advice on foreign investment projects, study of sectors, search for partners and subsidies.
- Advice on tax and customs matters.
- Marketing and technical assistance of tax and customs computer programs. Operators of exempt areas (both customs warehouses and free zones and warehouses) as well as fiscal warehouse managers are required to maintain a merchandise inventory accounting program, indicating the customs and fiscal situation as well as the documentation that protects her. The Cádiz Free Zone Consortium has created a CEDOP computer program that allows, through the Internet, not only to comply with these obligations with Customs but also to obtain a series of statistical and control data. The fully operational CEDOP program is being used by multiple companies, which are given access following a transfer of use contract.
- Organization of conferences, fairs, trade missions and business meetings related to trade and foreign investments, highlighting Coopeco's status as a member of the Al-Invest Program of the European Union.
- Promotion of the products and services of companies in the area of influence of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone through participation in fairs and direct and reverse trade missions.
Security
- Enclosures closed and monitored 24 hours a day with electronic systems and video cameras.
Equipment and facilities
- Total surface area of 286,343 m², warehouses from 100 m² to 2,000 m², with discounted rates for companies dedicated to foreign trade, 60 MT scale, machinery, tools and qualified personnel, it has the facilities of the free zone port inside. See more information
- Just 4 km from the port of Cádiz.
(*) Dispatch for Free Practice: Consists of the payment of Tariffs, confers community character to the merchandise.
(**) Dispatch for Consumer: In addition to Tariffs, VAT is settled on import and, if applicable, also Special Taxes, conferring the character of national merchandise, ready for use or consumption.
(***) Non-Customs Warehouse DDA: Allows the stay of national or community merchandise benefiting from the VAT exemption.
