Sarakhs Special Economic Zone

Description

Sarakhs Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has vital importance due to its distinctive geographical position and location at the gateway to Central Asia on the common border of Iran-Turkmenistan. Some other reasons for this importance are: ✔️Access to consumer markets in CIS countries in the vicinity of the wide and normal gauge of SEZ. ✔️Access to International Corridors like Belt and Road Initiative, CAREC (Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation), TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia) and … ✔️Rail connection with the neighboring countries including Turkey (via Razi border), Azarbaijan (Jolfa), Afghanistan (Shamtigh), Pakistan (Mirjaveh), and Iraq (Shalamcheh), ✔️Access to one of the largest gas reserves in the country, ✔️Connection to the important Persian gulf ports like Shahid Rajaei and Imam Khomeini via rail network. Characteristics and advantages of the region: ☑️1050 hectares Industrial area. ☑️50 km normal and wide internal railway network which eliminates the need to boogie exchange of wagons and reduces overhead costs of transportation. ☑️Access to Sarakhs international airport, ☑️Transit road to zero point of the border. ☑️possibility for international multimodal transportation (Air, rail, and road) ☑️Warehouses with a total capacity of 100000 tons (39000 square meters) including: Public warehouses with a capacity of 5000 tons; Exclusive warehouses with a capacity of 1000 tons; Hangar and platform warehouses with a total capacity of 74000 tons. ☑️Cold storage Dual circuit sub-zero and above zero cold storage with a capacity of 4000 tons. ☑️Dedicated customs in the SEZ. ☑️Large loading/unloading platforms adjacent to wide and normal rails with the possibility of transshipment wagon to wagon/ wagon to truck and vice versa.