Gateway Industrial Estate

Covering a total area of over 6,500 rais (approximately 2,600 acres or 10.4 million square meters), Gateway City offers many advantages and privileges attracting a variety of major international manufacturers from various industries such as automobile manufacturers (e.g., Toyota, Isuzu), auto-parts suppliers, electronics companies, furniture, food processing manufacturers,……….etc.

As an Industrial Estate developed as a joint cooperation between the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) of Thai Government and MDX Public Co., Ltd., Gateway City offers the following special advantages:
 

• The IEAT office offers speedy, simplified and round-the-clock services including industrial’s permits approval and custom clearance
• Foreign investors can own 100% of freehold land title deed of Gateway City.
• Investors can bring in more foreign skilled workers than otherwise allows by immigration laws.
• Investors in the “Free Zone” of Gateway City are exempted from import and export duties as well as other special fees and related tax

- General Industrial Zone: 612 rai (approx. 241 acres)

- I-EA-T Free Zone: 156 rai (approx. 61 acres)

- Residential/Commercial Zone: 124 rai (approx. 49 acres)

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Incentive

Privilege and facilitation which the Industrial Operator or Trader, or Service Provider in Industrial Estate shall receive, under the Act Governing The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (4 th Edition) B.E. 2550, as Amended

Non-Tax Privilege in General Industrial and I-EA-T Free Zone

1. Both Thai and alien industrial entrepreneur or trader shall be permitted to hold title over land in industrial estates to operate its business for areas which the Board of Director of IEAT deems appropriate, to the extent of exceeding the   limit prescribed by other laws. (Section 44)
2. An industrial entrepreneur or trader shall be permitted to bring in aliens who are skilled persons, expert, their spouses  and dependents, into the Kingdom and live in the Kingdom, for the number and within the periods which the Board of Director of IEAT deems appropriate. (Section 45)
3. An alien skilled person and expert who are permitted to stay in the Kingdom under Section 45are allowed to work in     the position which the Board of Director of IEATapproves, throughout the period permitted to stay in the Kingdom. (Section 46)
4. An industrial entrepreneur or traderwho has domicile outside the Kingdomshall be permitted to remit money in foreign currencies out of the Kingdom only when the said amount is an inward remitted investment, dividends or profit derived from such investment, foreign loan and the money which the operator has obligations in foreign countries. (Section 47)

Tax Privilege and facilitation in I-EA-T Free Zone

1. Tax incentive including exemption from special fees subject to the law of governing investment promotion, import taxes and duties, value-added tax (VAT) and excise taxes on machinery, equipments, tools, components, elements used for production of goods or commerce, or installation to manufacturing and building. Importation of such material is not restricted to only industrial entrepreneur or trader. (Section 48(1))
2. Tax incentive including exemption from special fees subject to the law of governing investment promotion, import taxes and duties, value-added tax (VAT) and excise taxes on raw materials and supplied used for production of goods or trading or service. Importation of such material is not restricted to only industrial entrepreneur or trader. (Section 48(2))
3. Tax incentive including exemption from export duties, value-added tax (VAT) and excise taxes for raw materials and products; including by-products and items derived from such production. (Section 48(3))
4. Industrial entrepreneur or trader in the I-EA-T Free Zone is afforded the privilege of exporting products without any restrictions: and added convenience in bringing merchandise, equipment, components, and raw materials into the I-EA-T Free Zone. (Section 51)
5. Industrial entrepreneur or trader in the I-EA-T Free Zone is afforded the privileges as similar as Free Zone of the Customs Department. (Section 48)
6. Permission, for the production of export goods, to bring supplies or raw materials into the I-EA-T Free Zone for manufacturing, mixing, assembling, packing, or any other operations, without requiring any import permits or particular seals or symbols, and with exemption from standard and quality control requirement under any other laws-except the Customs Law, Nonetheless, importing of such materials, which have an effect on national security or  hygienic or environment have been prohibited by ministerial regulation. (Section 49)
7. Relief of tax burdens for products taken out of the I-EA-T Free Zone for domestic use or consumption, Contrary to the previous Act, its contents or components of raw materials, if produced domestically, shall be entitled to exemption of taxes and duties. (Section 52/1)

thai, Japan etc.Toyota, Isuzu, Kansai Paint, Toyota Boshoku, NHK Spring, KU Nomura, Endo Forging, Temco Autoparts