Economic Zone

Curaçao is ideally located at the crossroads of trade routes between South America, the United States and Europe. In addition, Curaçao is (as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) an associate member of the European Union. As such, many products originating in, or partially processed on the island may enter the European Union duty free. Curinde N.V., a government owned agency, owns and manages two economic zones and the industrial zone.

Curaçao’s first economic zone was established at the end of the 1950’s. The success of the Curaçao Harbor Free Zone and the public policy to further develop Curaçao as a logistics center within the region has resulted in the development of a second economic zone, the Curaçao Airport Economic Zone. At the economic zone you can import, store, package, present and produce goods as well as provide certain services. The highly qualified, multi-lingual (English, Dutch, Spanish and Papiamentu) personnel, the international financial services, the excellent infrastructure and the attractive incentives, make it very appealing for businesses to operate out of the Curaçao Economic Zone.