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Comparator Matrix
Indicators
Size
Distance
from
Port
Distance
from
Airport
Organisation /
Operator
Characteristics
Cost of
Power
($ per
kWh)1
Cost of
Water
(per
m 3)2
Competitive
Advantage
Firms
/ Ha
Jobs /
Ha
Year
Established
Jebel Ali Free
Zone (JAFZA)
12,500 0 5 Private 0.12 2.44
Warehousing,
logistics and
re/exports
26.32 465.59 1985
Ras Al Khaimah Free
Trade Zone
223 3 21 Private 0.13 2.08
Metals
manufacturing,
warehousing and
services
32.39 n/a 2000
Source; BuroHappold Analysis 2017
1. Average cost of power (per kWh) has been based on national averages in the absence of information available for the individual economic zone.
2. Average cost of water (per cubic metre) has been based on national averages in the absence of information available for the individual economic zone.
n/a = information not currently available