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Investment in Qatar

• The law has banned foreign capitals to invest in national banks and insurance companies and
trade agencies or possession of real estate. The law has identified investment incentives by allow-
ing to allot the required plot of land to the foreign investor to establish his investment project via
long lease of no more than 50 years renewable.

• The law has exempted the foreign investor’s capital from income tax for no more than 10 years
since the day the investment project operates. It also has allowed customs exemption on the
imports of the project’s equipment necessary to operation. The foreign investor in the field of
industry is exempted from customs fees on imports of raw materials or half manufactured goods
necessary for production and not available in the local market.

General exemptions include :

• The foreign investor has the right to import for his investment project what is necessary for the
establishment, operation or expansion.
• The invested foreign capital is exempted from tax income for no more than ten years from the
day the project was operated.
• Customs exemptions on the project’s imports of machinery and equipment necessary for its
establishment.
• Customs exemption on industrial project on its imports of raw materials or half manufactured
goods necessary for production and not available in the local market.

Incentives offered :

• Allow investment opportunity and prepare primary studies for industrial projects.
• Prepare economic and technical feasibility studies, provide technical advisory to the private
sector willing to invest.
• Start appropriate sites for industrial investments on the allocated plots of land in the industrial
zone at suitable lease for long periods
• Assist licensed industrial projects to obtain loans from bank of industrial development and
other financial organizations.
• Provide assistance to investors based on information, data and studies available about the se-
lected projects for investment.
• Provide the project with power, petroleum, water and natural gas at competitive prices.

Other privileges :

• An industrial area fully equipped with required services for various industrial purposes.
• Finance medium and small scale industrial projects given by Qatar Development Bank at
• encouraging interest rate and for suitable term
• Flexible procedures to bring industrial workforce
• Flexible work laws that ensure rights of all parties concerned about investment and workforce.
• Health services at reasonable rates.
• Flexible regulations and procedures to register trade and industrial facilities.
• Easy access to government officials to work on and resolve problems that face investments.
• Investment disputes are resolved via commercial arbitration, courts or Shari’a courts in the
state according to jurisdiction.
• Independent judicial system.

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