Economic Zones

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Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) leads the national development efforts of economic zones in Al-Abdali, Al-Wafra, and Al-Na’ayem. This initiative looks to redefine the country’s urban identity by addressing efficient economic and social outcome aligned with the goals of Kuwait’s National Vision and its international commitments.

The Kuwait Economic Zones (KEZs) offer an integrated competitive clusters with robust and sustainable growth potential, lucrative investment opportunities, dynamic innovative solutions, differentiated services, and adequate infrastructure for easy access to local and international markets.

Inviting the Private Sector with a Promising opportunity to Invest, Settle & Expand

KEZs are developed to serve as strategic gateways to trade corridors that connect the international marketplace and link the regional and global value chains.

KEZs aspires to leverage Kuwait unique attributes to attract impact investments that will contribute to increase its productive asset base, broaden the national exports mix, establish a more diversified and sustainable economy with quality infrastructure, green initiatives to mitigate climate change. This will in turn will create jobs for the national youth and nurture their talents and capabilities.

KEZ offer world-class business opportunities in multiple sectors with recognizable comparative advantage, focusing on investments in technology and innovation to generate spin-off economic and commercial activities with creative innovations conducive to advance the industrial and services sectors and ensure higher quality within Kuwait, as well as enhance connectivity within the regional and global value chains.

KEZs is open to local, regional, and international business community that seek to forge long team partnerships yielding mutual benefits that ensure a thriving sustainable, digitalized, and equitable future. KDIPA is here to provide support and needed facilitation for interested investors to capitalize on the opportunities offered at KEZs which is subject to state of the art legal, regulatory, institutional, financial, and operational frameworks that aim to generate a stable favorable ecosystem, dynamic marketing channels, and an enabling business climate.

Kuwait’s Economic Zones Targeted Sectors

Medium and Light Industries

Logistics and Warehousing

Waste Management

Robotics

Food Industries

Scientific Research

Energy Production and Supply

Retail and Trade

Manufacture of Chemicals

Creative Arts & Entertainment

Kuwait’s 3 Economic Zones

“A Northern Gateway for International Trade”

“A Southern Gateway to Cross-Border Economic Growth”

“A Central Location for the Expansion of Core Industries”

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Abdali Economic Zone

“A Northern Gateway for International Trade”

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

Area: 5.02 km2.
Location: Northern Kuwait, approximately 90 km from Kuwait City, and 20 km from the Iraqi border.

VALUE PROPOSITION

Al Abdali Economic Zone is planned to become an Industrial, service, and logistic hub, linking Kuwait to the neighboring countries, into Eastern Europe, Central Asia and beyond.

AEZ attributes include:

Strategic geographic location in the North
Proximity to the major oil fields in the country.
Easy access to the planned Gulf railway line.
Links to major highways across Kuwait.
Links to the upcoming mega Northern Zone Development Project and Mubarak Al Kabeer Port on Boubyan Island.
Links to the cross continents China’s massive Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), in which Kuwait is a signatory.

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL IMPACT

Creates an integrated facilities and diverse activities zone, with all the facilities and services needed.
Utilizes environmentally friendly design and supports sustainable living.
Designed to accommodate a community of around 35,000 residents.
Expected to avail more than 26,000 job opportunities
Planned to build around 22,000 diverse housing units.

SUSTAINABILITY

Al Abdali Economic Zone is committed to responsible business conduct to attain sustainability by incorporating modern technologies and updated applications such as:

A central water treatment plant and rainwater collection tanks.
Sustainable energy sources, including the use of solar panels.
Smart lighting systems.
Centralized solid waste management systems.
District cooling systems.

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Al Wafra Economic Zone

“A Southern Gateway to Cross-Border Economic Growth”

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

Area Size: 7 km2.
Location: Southern Kuwait, 65 km southwest from Kuwait City.

VALUE PROPOSITION

Al Wafra Economic Zone is planned to become an entrepreneurial hub for incubating, launching, and connecting innovative enterprises with vital links into regional and global markets.

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL IMPACT

Creates specialized zone in knowledge-intensive sectors with investment in education and training sectors, as well as incubation facilities.
Designed to accommodates a total capacity of 28,000 residents.
Expected to avail more than 17,000 job opportunities.

SUSTAINABILITY

Al-Wafra Economic Zone is committed to responsible business conduct to attain sustainability by incorporating modern technologies and updated applications such as:
A central water treatment plant and rainwater collection tanks.
Space reservation for electrical trams
Sustainable energy sources, including the use of solar panels.
Smart lighting systems.
Centralized solid waste management systems and recycling plants.
A network of open green spaces and community parks.
District cooling systems.

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Al Na’ayem Economic Zone

“A Central Location for the Expansion of Core Industries”

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

Area: 6 km2
Location: West of Jahra Governate, and approximately 70 km west of Kuwait City.

VALUE PROPOSITION

Al-Na’ayem Economic Zone is planned to become a central hub for the growth of smart industry and renewable energy technologies; a cluster for medium-intensive core industries, expanding activities in specialized sectors such as advanced metal fabrication, polymer production and advanced materials. It benefitted from:

Ideally placed to capitalize on regional opportunities in this growing sector.
Convenient access to the proposed GCC railway line.
Proximity to the Saudi border via Al Salmi Highway.

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL IMPACT

Prioritizes energy production and supply to align with national strategic goals to reduce oil-consumption.
Fosters new technologies within the region.
Designed to accommodate around 23,000 residents.
Expected to avail more than 31,000 job opportunities.
Planned to build around 11,000 residential units.

SUSTAINABILITY

Al-Na’ayem Economic Zone is committed to responsible business conduct to attain sustainability by incorporating modern technologies and updated applications that will ensure undertaking the reduction of energy consumption and environment protection according to national strategies and international commitments.