SEZ in DONETSK REGION. DESCRIPTION. [ MARIUPOL ]

Mariupol is an area offering two main advantages for inward investments: The Special Economic Zone "Azov", a land site with a total area of 314 ha suitable for "greenfield" investments. Special Economic Zone "Azov" offers many incentives for investors Territory of priority development - the whole area except Special Economic zone within the administrative borders of Mariupol city. An investor will find a number of benefits in locating new businesses or investing in working enterprises Key advantages: Mariupol has one of the largest in the Ukraine seaport fully equipped to undertake exports of many types of goods. Mariupol seaport is an important import-export centre of the region. Mariupol is the capital of metallurgical production in the Ukraine


Mariupol is located in the South of Donetsk Region at the Azov sea coast.
Total area Population Distance from Donetsk	244 sq.km 503.4 thsd 120 km
Nearest seaport The port of Mariupol is one of the largest ports in the Ukraine. The extensive railway network provides direct access to all major enterprises of the region as well as to many other parts of Donetsk Region. Railway connection, full customs facilities, and high quality communication systems make the port an important import-export centre of the region. Mariupol Sea Port handles more than 7 M.tonnes of goods every year where 50% of goods is exports of finished products. Deep sheltered approaches (12.0m in average) allow ships of up to 16 000 tons freight-carrying capacity to berth.
Nearest airport Mariupol has the airport suitable and widely used for cargo transportation. There is also the international airport within 120 km in Donetsk City with full customs facilities for cargo processing.

All major types of distribution systems road, railway, sea and air - are widely used in Mariupol. The infrastructure of Mariupol is thus among the most advantageous not only in Donetsk Region, but in the Ukraine
Roads The main road "Mariupol-Donetsk" provides direct access to the capital of Donetsk region - Donetsk city and convenient access to other places in Donetsk Region. The road "Odessa-Rostov" provides a convenient access to the Odessa Region of Ukraine as well as Rostov-on-Don Region of Russia Mariupol and surrounding areas have an extensive network of high quality petrol and service stations available
Railway Mariupol is a part of "Donetsk-Moscow" rail road and offers direct train routes to the largest Ukrainian cities such as Kiev, Donetsk, Lugansk, Odessa as well as to the Russian cities - Moscow and Rostov. All the largest enterprises have on-site railway connection with a direct access to Mariupol sea port and Donetsk.
Telecommunications there are
Telephone communications provided by UTEL
Mobile and digital communications UMC (NMT-450i, GSM-900/1800), DCC (D-AMPS), Kyivstar GSM (GSM-900).

The Special Mode of Investment Activity in the territories of Priority Development (Article 14 the Law of the Ukraine about Special Economic Zones and Special Mode of Investment Activity in Donetsk Region.)
Availability of land for establishment of new businesses For companies considering establishment of new businesses in Mariupol, the Special Economic Zone "Azov" with a total area of 314 ha offers various advantages and tax incentives (please, see "An Investment Guide: Investing in Donetsk Region") and is the best location for development of production, transportation and export activities.
Rent rates of office	3 - 50 USD 1sq m per month
Rent rates of land	3 - 8 USD 1sq m per month
Workforce	171.8 thsd
Workforce characteristic A highly motivated workforce is available at very competitive cost. Average monthly wage, is 516.81 UAH 55% of the workforce is employed in industry Mariupol has a large labour pool able to fit foreign companies in terms of both quantity and quality

Value of production	10.15 B.UAH in 2001
Types of production Metallurgical industry, machine-building, light industry and food industry
Largest companies Metallurgical centre named after Ilyicha, volume of production in 2001 - 4,78 million tons of pig-iron, 5,76 million tons of teel, 4,09 million tons of eady roll stock on a total sum 4776,4 million UAH. Metallurgical centres "Azovstal", volume of production in 2001 - 3,78 million tons of pig-iron, 4,72 million tons of steel, 4,28 million tons of ready roll stock on a total sum 3963,1 million. UAH. JSC "Azov", volume of production in 2001 - 1352 pieces bulk petrol waggons, 733 coaches. Mariupol State maritime ports has processed above 10,3 million tons of loads. "Azov dockside" in 2001 has manufactured of production on 150,23 million. UAH.
Natural resources	no

To serve population and industry, Mariupol has local branches of leading Ukrainian banks such as Sberbank, Aval Bank, Prominvesbank, Privatbank, First Ukrainian International Bank.

Mariupol has a number of the Ukrainian famous higher education institutes to serve its heavy and light industries as well as the sea port, with its international trade activities: Priazovsky State Technical University Mariupol Institute of Humanitarian Sciences Mariupol Branch of Berdiansk Training Institute Odessa Branch of Odessa Academy of Sea Fleet Mariupol also has a large variety of technical colleges - industrial, mechanical-metallurgical, construction, electrical-mechanical and commerce and eleven vocational schools. Research and Scientific potential Mariupol has nine scientific-research and design-construction organisations. Among them is the famous Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute of Glass that develops and improves production technology of different types of glass.

Many Mariupol companies are investing their own profits to improve production facilities and extend production range. At the same time, with all its competitive advantages, Mariupol has already attracted a number of foreign investors. ( To look through the adopted projects list.)

JSC "MARIUPOL STOKING FACTORY" JSCC FiVo "Feya" Engineering and technological re-equipment(retrofit) of effecting. Investment required - 1,7 M. USD. JSC "Elektrobytpribor" Renovation of work effecting on manufacture of washing machines of "Donbass". Investment required - 1,1 M. USD.