Investment Incentives

Incentives to invest in Swaziland include:

- The ongoing expansion of the Matsapha industrial Estate and other estates, and the upgrading of the country's infrastructure.

- An Export Finance Scheme enabling exporters to maintain a competitive edge on world markets.

- The imminent establishment of an investment Promotion Centre enabling ready access to information and assistance while precluding the need to move between ministries in order to obtain necessary permits and documentation.

- The policy of free enterprise with commitment to a free market economy and private ownership.

-Nationalisation and the forced taking of property are illegal, so investment security is assured.

- Financial motivations include the tax holiday presently under review, various tax allowances and easy repatriation of profits and dividends subject only to a withholding tax. - Forming a new business involves minimal red tape and the Swaziland Government genuinely welcomes new investors.

- Swaziland is politically and socially stable.

- Access to export markets is expedited through excellent road, air and rail links and the Matsapha inland clearance depot further ease the way for importers and exporters. Professional services through the commercial banks and specialised agents ensure that procedures are correctly implemented.

- Membership of several regional and international economic groupings give Swaziland's export commodities preferential access to many markets.

-All the commodities support services and professional people required to operate efficiently are readily available within the country.

- Well established industrial infrastructure as well as a trainable and highly motivated labour force.


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