Type of users

Operator (grantee)

Legal person authorized to manage, administer, supervise, promote and develop one (1) or several free trade zones, as well as for rating its users. Therefore, the Operator User will monitor, control merchandise under customs control, and will authorize entrance and exit operations, without prejudice of customs regulations’ compliance.

The Operator User shall guarantee the corporate object’s development and income-generating activity are exclusively originated by activities executed as Operator User.
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Companies that are installed in the Free Zone are called "users" and are classified according to the activity performed:
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Industrial Good Users

Legal person exclusively installed in one (1) or several free trade zones, authorized to manufacture, transform or assemble goods through processing of raw materials or semi-manufactured products. These can act both as Industrial Users of Goods and Services

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Industrial Service Users

Legal person authorized to develop exclusively, in one (1) or several free trade zones. These can act both as Industrial Users of Goods and Services. Following are the activities of Industrial Users of Services:

  1. Logistics, transportation, handling, distribution, packaging, re-packaging, bottling, labeling or classification;
  2. Telecommunications, IT systems for the capture, processing, storage and transmission of data, and organization, management or operation of databases.
  3. Scientific and technological research.
  4. Medical, dental and general health assistance.
  5. Tourism
  6. Repair, cleaning or quality tests of assets.
  7. Technical support, maintenance, and repair of equipment, vessels, aircraft or machinery.
  8. Auditing, management, brokerage, consulting, etc.
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Commercial Users

Legal person authorized to develop marketing, commercialization, storage or conservation activities of assets in one (1) or several free trade zones.