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Hamriyah Free Zone

هيئة المنطقة الحرة بالحمرية

Hamriyah Free Zone does not publish package prices on its own channels (checked 2026-10-24).

Hamriyah Free Zone is a free zone in Sharjah, licensed by Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA).

Official sources onlyOfficial site ↗Online portal ↗

Key facts

Solo, no visa · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. One founder, no residence visa, no office beyond a desk or virtual address, one activity.
Founder + 1 visa · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. One founder with one residence visa, flexi-desk or virtual office.
Team, 3 visas · year 1
Not published
No package prices published. Three residence visas, flexi-desk or small office.
Lowest package, any size
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Licence fee from
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Largest visa quota
Not published
No package states a quota
Minimum office
Not published
Incorporation
—
Min. share capital
Not published
General trading
Not published
VAT Designated Zone
Yes
FTA list
Annual audit
Not published

Verified on 2026-10-24 from tax.gov.ae.

Figures as published by the zone. “Not published” means no official source states it. Scenario prices are the published package closest to each set-up: solo, no visa = one founder, no residence visa, no office beyond a desk or virtual address, one activity; founder + 1 visa = one founder with one residence visa, flexi-desk or virtual office; team, 3 visas = three residence visas, flexi-desk or small office.

Identity and legal basis

Official name (Arabic)
هيئة المنطقة الحرة بالحمرية ↗
Former, merged or alternative names
Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZ) ↗
Licensing / regulating authority
Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) ↗
Parent group / government body
Sharjah Seaports, Customs & Free Zones Authority (SSCFZA), Government of Sharjah ↗
Official website
hfza.ae ↗
Online application portal
eportal.hfza.ae ↗
Listed on the Ministry of Economy and Tourism register of free-zone company registrars
Yes ↗

Verified on 2026-10-24 from moet.gov.ae, hfza.ae, tax.gov.ae and 1 more official source.

Market access and customs

Physical operations on the mainland allowed without an extra licence
No ↗
  • Can open mainland branch: yes. [1]
  • Rules for selling/shipping to UAE consumers: Selling to UAE mainland consumers generally requires a licensed mainland distributor or a mainland branch/company; goods moved into the mainland become subject to UAE customs duty. [1]
  • GCC / re-export notes: Sharjah Customs levies 5% duty on goods imported from abroad, excluding goods in transit to GCC countries; GCC-origin goods (at least 40% GCC raw materials) are treated as UAE local goods. [2]
  • Customs duty in the zone: Goods imported into the free zone: 0% customs duty; UAE customs duty (generally 5% per the Sharjah Customs tariff) applies only when goods are moved into the mainland market. [1]
  • Customs duty exemption details: No customs duty on goods imported into the zone, stored, or re-exported; duty applies when goods enter the UAE mainland. [1]
  1. [1] u.ae · opened 2026-10-24
  2. [2] sharjahcustoms.gov.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from u.ae, sharjahcustoms.gov.ae.

Tax status

VAT Designated Zone (per the FTA list)
Yes ↗
  • Which areas of zone are designated: Listed as 'Hamriyah Free Zone' (whole zone name, no sub-areas delineated) in the FTA designated-zones list, effective 1 January 2018. [1]
  1. [1] tax.gov.ae · opened 2026-10-24

Verified on 2026-10-24 from tax.gov.ae.

Activity fit (our view)

Not assessed: Hamriyah Free Zone does not publish its licence types on its own channels. Check its official activity list or ask the zone.

Our assessment from the zone's published licence types. Always confirm your exact activity on the zone's official activity list.

Notes and history

  1. Legal basis · 2020-07-27

    Sharjah Decree-Law No. 5 of 2020, announced by the Ruler of Sharjah's office on 27 July 2020, created the Sharjah Seaports, Customs and Free Zones Authority and placed Hamriyah Free Zone under it, together with Sharjah Customs and Sharjah Airport International Free Zone. Companies in the zone are licensed by the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, which the Ministry of Economy and Tourism lists among Sharjah's free-zone company registrars. [source 1][source 2]

  2. Good to know · 2025-01-20

    The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority and SAIF Zone share one director, Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, and publish some results jointly. In a joint January 2025 release the two authorities reported that Hamriyah Free Zone attracted 900 companies in 2024. [source]

  3. Good to know · 2026-10

    In October 2026 the authority's main website, hfza.ae, showed a maintenance page that linked only to its online services: the HFZA ePortal for licensed companies, one-day gate pass applications and service-provider registration. [source]

Verified on 2026-10-24 from sheikhdrsultan.ae, moet.gov.ae, saif-zone.com and 1 more official source.

Questions worth asking

Is Hamriyah Free Zone a VAT Designated Zone?

Hamriyah Free Zone appears on the Federal Tax Authority's list of VAT Designated Zones. Often only some areas of a zone are designated; see the tax section and confirm with the zone.

About this data

Every fact comes from Hamriyah Free Zone's own channels or a UAE government source, linked next to it. Last checked 2026-10-24. Information collected from free-zone authorities and UAE government sources on the dates shown. Fees and rules change; the zone's current schedule prevails. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

Rules for every zone

Explained in the guides on corporate tax, VAT Designated Zones and mainland access.

How we check

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