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Learning from Experience
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above indicates that the majority of FTZs within OIC Member Countries are contained
within the United Arab Emirates (31% of total FTZs) and Turkey (21% of total FTZs). Egypt also
accounts for approximately 8% of FTZs within OIC Member Countries illustrating that FTZs are
most commonly located within the MENA region.
In contrast it can be seen that EPZs are most commonly located within Asia, with Bangladesh
(14% of EPZs), Pakistan (14% of EPZs) and Indonesia (9% of EPZs) accounting for over one
third of total EPZs within OIC Member Countries. EPZs are also observed to be the most common
form of zone within Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with Togo (7% of EPZs), Mozambique (7% of
EPZs) and Nigeria (5% of EPZs) accounting for approximately 19% of EPZs within OIC Member
Countries.
Hybrid EPZs are observed to be almost wholly locatedwithin theMENA regionwith Saudi Arabia
(49% of Hybrid EPZs) and Oman (20% of Hybrid EPZs) accounting for over two thirds of Hybrid
EPZs within this region.
4.2 SEZ Benchmarking within OIC Member Countries
As outlined above there are a large number of SEZs within OIC Member Countries. Given there
is insufficient data readily available to enable effective benchmarking across all OIC SEZs, we
have selected a total of 23 zones to analyse in more detail and to draw insights and lessons from,
These zone are listed below in nd are representative of SEZs from within the Asia,
Arab and African OIC regions. These case studies have been selected based on the quality of
information available for comparative and competitive benchmarking.