Being the most important commercial and passenger border of the country on land, Bazargan and Poldasht borders are located in Maku Free Zone, in addition passage of the east-west corridor through this zone which connects China to Europe through railways and road transit routes, has turned logistics and transportation industry into the most important business subject in Maku Free Zone. The region has the potential to create added value in regional and international trade flows with an annual trade volume of over $ 1,000 billion.
Being on China-Europe trade route, reduction of cost and time in transiting goods, passage of export gas pipeline and access to cheap energy sources, talented labor force as well as tax and customs exemptions, Maku free zone holds a unique position on regional and international trade and on the global supply and production chain, especially by using the potentials of the 25-year strategic agreement between Iran and China, which makes this region attractive for investment and transit of goods.
Holding the capacity to implement combined transport along with the ongoing Tabriz-Kars railway, besides Maku International Airport, Sardar Soleimani Highway, and the ongoing project of the logistics village of Maku Free Zone, along with a significant number of fleet owners and transport companies have turned Maku Free Zone into a place to become a logistics hub for production and exports.
