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In a view to boosting the re-exports of trucks and heavy
equipment.
The new zone will have all facilities needed for the
promotion of heavy equipment and trucks trade like administrative
offices, licensing offices, banks, customs, chamber
of commerce office, etc to serve the needs of the traders
setting up office inside the zone.
Though the exact features of this free zone are yet
to be worked out, Sultan bin Sulayem, chief executive
of Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, said
that the new zone is also being set up in line with
the already existing Dubai Customs, Automobile Zone
(Ducamz) operating from Al Awir.
The new zone will also function under the umbrella
of Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority. A working group has
been set up from the representatives of truck and heavy
equipment trade in order to hold discussions with the
authorities on the future plan of action for the zone.
The new zone will also lease out space for those who
intend to open shop in the zone as is being done in
Ducamz. "However, the period of lease and details
of rate will be announced later," Sulayem informed.
According to Sulayem, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority
has already acquired enough land and the development
of the land is also completed. "We will be able
to accommodate any number of traders in the new zone
and there won't be any constraints on the space front,"
Sulayem said.
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