Special Economic Zone

Ukraine

Special Economic Zones existed in Ukraine until March 31, 2005. The first created was the Nouth-Crimean Experimental Economic Zone Syvash (since 1996). From 1998 to 2000 11 new zones were created.

Name	Location	Area	Established	Time limit*
NCEEZ Syvash	Autonomous Republic of Crimea		1996	5 years
Slavutych	Slavutych, Kiev Oblast	2,000 ha	30.06.1998	until 01.01.2020
Azov	Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast	315 ha	21.07.1998	60 years
Donetsk	Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast	466 ha	21.07.1998	60 years
Zakarpattia	Uzhhorodskyi Raion and Mukachivskyi Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast	737 ha	09.01.1999	30 years
Yavoriv	Yavorivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast	116,000 ha	17.02.1999	until 01.01.2020
Interport Kovel	Kovel, Volyn Oblast	57 ha	01.01.2000	20 years
Kurortopolis Truskavets	Truskavets, Lviv Oblast	774 ha	01.01.2000	20 years
Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, shipyard territory, and adjoining area	865 ha	01.01.2000	30 years
Port Krym	Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea	27 ha	01.01.2000	30 years
Porto-Franco	Odessa, part of Odessa Trade Sea Port's territory	32 ha	01.01.2000	25 years
Reni	Reni, Odessa Oblast	94 ha	17.05.2000	30 years
* Initially planned time of operation given. All zones were shut down on March 31, 2005. NCEEZ — Nouth-Crimean Experimental Economic Zone. Sources: and Пехник А.В., Іноземні інвестиції в економіку України. Навчальний посібник, Вид. «Знання», Київ 2007, pages: 49, 310–319