The Aegean Free Zone provides unique advantages for companies with its focus on manufacturing, which generates employment and increases trade volume.

The most significant advantages are offered to manufacturing companies. The benefits for companies investing in the Zone are as follows:

• 100% Corporate Tax Exemption for manufacturing companies. (Trading companies pay corporate tax at the end of the financial year from their profits. The corporate tax rate is 25%.)
• 100% Income Tax Exemption on employees' salaries for manufacturing companies that export 85% or more of their products. (Trading companies pay income tax for their personnel. The income tax rate ranges between 15%–35% depending on salary levels. Please see the detailed explanation example below.)
• No Customs Duties for goods, equipment, and machinery brought into the Zone.
• Opportunity to purchase Turkish products at export prices without Sales Tax or Value Added Tax.