Incentives offered to foreign investor by the Government of Republic Indonesia as follows:

• Being Indonesia's FTZ island, Batam is exempted from Import Duty & Value Added Tax (VAT) an excise for capital goods & raw materials imported into the island.
• No VAT for all transaction within the Island.
• Right to establish company with up to 99% foreign ownership.
• Streamlined process for foreign investment through Batam's one-stop service policy.
  
• Double Taxation Avoidance agreement with 59 countries.
• Tax Exemption or Reduction Facility (Tax Holiday) for new investment in certain business sector.
• Fast Immigration clearance via the electronic passport (Smart Card) for Jakarta & Riau Island Province.

In addition to its FTZ status, KIIE offers additional advantages to investors, such as :

• Competitive land cost.
• Large size land plot to construct over-weight and over-sized steel structures or equipment for oil and gas industry.
• Being established as a hub to energy related industries, our tenants enjoy the synergies of sub-contracting work within the estate at competitive costs, faster response time and timely deliveries.
• International Cargo Port within the Industrial estate ensures safe efficient movement of tenant's cargo to and from Batam.
• Skilled workers can be sourced directly from Batam at competitive labor costs.
• Well developed and modern infrastructure built to meet the oil & gas industry's HSE requirements.