UAE Business: Dubai South offers new incentives to firms to sustain momentum

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GCC CONTEXT

Dubai South's incentive programs reflect a broader GCC strategy of competing for foreign direct investment through special economic zones, a model that has historically shaped sectoral allocation and real estate valuations across the emirate's logistics, manufacturing, and trade-dependent sectors. Free zone incentives—including tax holidays, simplified licensing, and infrastructure subsidies—have traditionally influenced capital flows toward export-oriented industries and attracted regional headquarters operations, with spillover effects on port utilization, warehouse demand, and ancillary service sectors. Dubai's positioning as a transhipment hub makes sustained competitiveness in zone-based incentivization material to broader GCC trade finance, logistics equities, and real estate market

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