Al Mazunah Free Zone
Al Mazunah · Est. 1999 · OPAZ / Madayn
Traders, logistics operators and light manufacturers with real Yemen or East-Africa demand - vehicle/spare-parts exporters, food and fish processors, and border logistics providers who can run a remote site.
Consultants, e-commerce or service businesses targeting Omani/UAE consumers, and anyone seeking a cheap residency-only vehicle - the zone expects genuine operations and cancels leases that miss implementation schedules.
01Capability profile
02Where Al Mazunah FZ sits
Al Mazunah FZ: 77th percentile (AED 6,206) · Licence + registration, AED.
Al Mazunah FZ: 13th percentile (20 days) · Total estimated days from application to operational.
Absolute maximum visa allocation. Values above 500 clipped to the right edge so the bulk of the distribution stays readable.
Al Mazunah FZ: Moderate · Corporate bank account opening difficulty. Each cell is one zone.
03Costs
- Base licence
- AED 3,816
- Registration
- AED 2,390
- 2-year visa cost
- AED 1,910
- Establishment card
- AED 1,000
- Visa renewal
- AED 191
- Visa cancellation
- AED 980
- Dependent / spouse visa
- AED 2,385
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04Visas & workspace
- Family sponsorship
- Not available
- Freelancer permit
- Not available
- Processing time
- ~7 days
- Virtual office
- No
- Flexi-desk
- No
- Dedicated office
- No
- Warehouse
- No
- Industrial unit
- No
05Banking & setup
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Time to account
- ~14 days
- Minimum deposit
- AED 25,000
- UBO filing
- Required
- AML / KYC
- enhanced - Yemen-corridor trade draws enhanced due diligence from banks and customs
- Documents & applicationPassport, visa, business plan — ~3–5 days
- Licence issued~7 business days after submission
- Bank account activeAdditional ~14 days · Moderate banking
- OperationalTypically ~20 days, up to ~45 days
06Jurisdiction & ecosystem
This zone offers physical-office options sufficient for a standard QFZP substance posture, though the bar still applies at the entity level (CTGFZP1).
Al Madina Logistics Services (customs-area/dry-port operator), Shumookh Investment and Services (facility building developer), Fish processing factory investor (RO 1.6M, 2,000 t/yr), Al Najd Farms (MoU to market agricultural products, 2026 pipeline)
QFZP, audit, mainland-permit and substance values are sourced where the zone authority or FTA publishes them, and inferred from published zone characteristics otherwise. How we determine these values.
07Strengths & limitations
- 30-year corporate income-tax exemption with no income-declaration requirement, plus full customs-duty exemption
- 100% foreign ownership with no minimum capital requirement - one of the lowest entry bars in the GCC
- Only Gulf free zone on the Yemen land border: approved dry port, Yemeni customs data accepted, Yemeni staff can work without Omani visas
- Very low occupancy costs: industrial land ~OMR 1.25/sqm/yr (AED ~12), Madayn OMR 1/sqm first-5-years incentive, and 50% rental reduction for 5 years under the Jan-2025 package
- Reduced 20% Omanisation quota and one-stop-shop (Masar Centre) hosting all government services on site
- ["Extremely remote: ~250 km from Salalah and 1
- 000+ km from Muscat
- far from Oman's main consumer market and talent pool"
- 'Commercial case rises and falls with the Yemen corridor - destination-market
- border and security risks are real'
- 'Zone-operator (Madayn) license/administrative tariff is not published; only the OPAZ regulator fee schedule is public - confirm all-in costs with Madayn'
- 'Corporate banking involves enhanced due diligence on Yemen-linked trade; account approval is not guaranteed']
Not ideal for: Consultants, e-commerce or service businesses targeting Omani/UAE consumers, and anyone seeking a cheap residency-only vehicle - the zone expects genuine operations and cancels leases that miss implementation schedules.
08Tax considerations
Will you need audited accounts even if this zone doesn't require them?
FTA corporate-tax filing typically expects audited accounts for revenue above AED 50M, and banks often request them at much lower thresholds.
Do any of your customers, suppliers, or shareholders meet the FTA's related-party definition?
Related-party transactions need transfer-pricing documentation and may push otherwise-qualifying income into the 9% bracket.
These prompts are due-diligence questions, not tax advice. Confirm every answer with a UAE-licensed tax advisor before incorporating.
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10About this data
Al Mazunah FZ data is sourced from official zone authority publications, government fee schedules, and where available, verified against direct communications with the zone. All figures in AED.
- Location
- Al Mazunah
- Established
- 1999
- Authority
- OPAZ / Madayn
- Last verified
- 2026-07-18
- Confidence
- high
- Methodology
- How we score →
- QFZP eligibility (0% corporate tax)Secondary · 2026-07-18Primary source ↗
- Audit requirementSecondary · 2026-07-18Primary source ↗
- Economic substanceSecondary · 2026-07-18Primary source ↗
- Mainland trading permitSecondary · 2026-07-18Primary source ↗
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