Free economic zone Minsk has been established in 1998. In this zone 76 enterprises have been operating, of which 55 enterprises with foreign investments (Great Britain, USA, Russia, Germany, The Netherlands, Latvia, Poland, Czech, Finland, Cyprus, etc.).

The territory of FEZ (about 15 sq. km) includes several industrial areas of Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and the service area of the largest airport in the country – the National Minsk Airport.

The city of Minsk (1. 8 million people) is the center of agglomeration with population of about 3 million people. Due to the development of communications the nearby towns such as Borisov, Zaslavl, Dzerzhinsk, Zhodino and some other localities have become its satellite towns.

Important trans-European corridors such as Madrid–Paris–Berlin–Warsaw–Brest–Minsk–Moscow and Riga–Vilnius–Minsk–Lvov pass through Minsk.

Road, rail and air transport ensure convenient and fast connection with CIS countries, Russia, Ukraine, and Asia.

Transport advantages of the country are most appropriately concentrated in Minsk. In the city and nearby the giants of not only national but international machine building are concentrated: automobile plant, tractor plant and heavy truck plant (BelAZ).

The capital of Belarus is a large scientific and cultural center with a plenty of higher educational and research institutions, libraries, exhibition halls, theaters, museums, art galleries, and sports facilities. As admitted by our visitors from abroad, Minsk is among the most beautiful, ordered, well-groomed and comfortable cities in Europe.

This city has high scientific, technical and intellectual capabilities both in conventional industries and in radio electronics, information, biological and nanotechnologies.

The Minsk agglomeration has at its disposal high-skilled labor resources for practically any sector of modern economy.

FEZ Minsk has selected the following priority lines of activity:

• Organization of high-tech export-oriented and import-substituting productions;
• Introduction of new technologies and production of modern building materials;
• Production of power-efficient equipment for various industries, including machine building, medicine, processing, construction, and other industries;
• Development of business and engineering-transport infrastructure of FEZ;
• Domestic and industrial waste recycling and utilization;
• Expansion of export services sector;
• Implementation of large-scale projects of importance for socio-economic development of the Minsk region.

Subject to the development concept and FEZ Minsk General Plan, several large-scale projects will be implemented in the zone:

1. Transport-servicing complex (TSC) “Prilesje” at the cross of highway Е30 (Moscow– Paris) and М4 (Minsk– Mogilev)
   The project provides for setting up an integrated network of up-to-date enterprises for servicing international transit and domestic carriages of cargo, customs warehouses, manufacturing and trading facilities, catering, recreational and communication facilities for drivers and passengers.
   
2. Transport logistic center in the engineering-technical area of the National Minsk Airport
   The project will include a wide range of facilities:
   - Customs terminal complex
   - Logistic information center
   - Business center that includes telecommunication, banking, insurance, forwarding, airline, and travel agencies
   - Hotel and related facilities, etc.
   Total land area up to – до 100 га.
   
3. Construction of a sports and entertainment complex “Yelnitsa”
   Construction of a modern leisure complex for inhabitants of Minsk and the Minsk region, sportsmen, and tourists in the south-east part of the capital that includes an area of active (extreme) rest, amusement park, technopark for youth, sports, ecological, and tourist centers as well as a park area with all requisite infrastructure.
   Total land area up to 75 hectares.
   
4. Ecological Projects
   Recycling industrial rubber and resin waste as well as domestic waste.
   Prerequisite for implementation of these projects is implementation of advanced building, engineering, logistic, information and other technologies for creating highly efficient services of international standard.

Key Enterprises

• JV ALUTEX INCORPORATED LLC (Latvia, Belarus)
  Production of components for rollup shutters.
  
• JV MEBELINK LLC (USA, Belarus)
  Production of office furniture and chairs.
  
• JV BELTELECABEL Close Company (Belarus, Russia)
  Production of cables.
  
• FE BELFLEXOFARB (Cyprus)
  Production of flexographic and gravure printing inks.
  
• FE PRINTTEAM-PACK (England)
  Production of packaging based on offset printing.
  
• TOPISON Close Company (England, Belarus)
  Production of light-duty vehicles LUBLIN-3, spare parts and accessories thereof.