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Hamriyah Free Zone

Operator: HFZA

Hamriyah Free Zone is an industrial free zone on the Sharjah coast, set up by Emiri Decree in 1995. It has its own port and runs sectors for oil and gas, steel and manufacturing, maritime, food and logistics.

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Emirate
Sharjah
Setup
Free zone
Uses
Manufacturing, Heavy industry, Energy, Maritime, Food, Logistics, Warehousing

Best for

  • Heavy manufacturing that needs a large plot on a long lease
  • Steel, pipe and fabrication businesses
  • Marine and offshore work that needs sea access
  • Oil and gas storage and services

Consider elsewhere if

  • You want to own the land: HFZA land is leased, not sold
  • You need a large ready-built warehouse: the pre-built units here are small light industrial units
  • Most of your deliveries go into Dubai every day: the zone is north of Sharjah city

Free zone licensing

You set up a free zone company (FZE or FZC) with full foreign ownership and no customs duty on import, export and re-export, according to HFZA. HFZA describes the zone as a VAT designated zone. Commercial, service and industrial licences are available, and there is a customs office on site.

Tenure. Industrial land is leased from HFZA on 25-year renewable leases. HFZA fixes land rates for at least the first five years and offers a rent holiday during construction (HFZA, viewed October 2026).

Who locates here

  • Steel fabrication and pipe making
  • Oil and gas storage and services
  • Shipbuilding, ship repair and offshore fabrication
  • Food production and packaging
  • Power equipment manufacturing
  • Storage, distribution and freight forwarding

Property

HFZA leases pre-built warehouses, industrial land plots, offices and labour accommodation. Larger tenants build their own plants on leased land.

Formats. Pre-built warehouse units, Industrial land plots, Sea-facing plots, Marine plots with sea access, Offices, Labour accommodation

HFZA lists a 14 metre deep-water port and a 7 metre deep inner harbour. Its pre-built units are 7 or 9 metres high, each with its own loading area and sprinklers, with power options from 20 kW to 150 kW (HFZA, viewed October 2026).

Our view for tenants

Hamriyah suits businesses that need land, a port and room for heavy work. You lease a plot from HFZA, build what you need and use the zone’s own port. The trade-offs are the distance from Dubai and a pre-built stock of small units, so a larger operation will likely need to build.

Our view for investors

Recent HFZA announcements show manufacturers putting their own capital into plants, from ArcelorMittal Projects, Shyam Steel and Eurogulf Transformer. Land is leasehold from the authority, so value sits in the lease and the building, not the land. We have not found a public rent series for the zone, so underwriting relies on private comparisons.

Notable

  • ArcelorMittal Projects. Steel pipe mills and coating lines, with a third plant due to start operating in 2026. hfza.ae
  • Shyam Middle East FZC (Shyam Steel Group). Non-ferrous metal recycling and alloy manufacturing plant, opened in 2026. hfza.ae
  • Eurogulf Transformer FZE. Power and distribution transformer maker, expansion announced in 2026. hfza.ae
  • Ikigai Steel. Steel manufacturing plant opened in 2024. saif-zone.com

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Sources

Reviewed 7 Oct 2026.

Drive times: Valhalla routing on OpenStreetMap data (valhalla1.openstreetmap.de), car, free-flowing traffic, computed 7 Oct 2026.

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