Businesses in the provinces of Latina and Frosinone have until October 7, 2026, to apply for establishment in the future landlocked Customs Free Zones of lower Lazio. With the Determination of July 7, 2026, from the Directorate of Economic Planning, European Funds, and Natural Heritage, published in the Burl on July 9, the Lazio Region has indeed decided to reopen the terms after the expiration of the public notice last April. The initiative, which came after extensive participation following the first published determination, confirms the productive system’s interest in a tool designed to strengthen the territory’s competitiveness and attract new investments.
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Further expressions of interest
The Determination clarifies that the reopening of terms is aimed at allowing the submission of further expressions of interest, while simultaneously confirming the full validity of all those already regularly acquired by the regional administration. The president of the 5th Senate Budget and Economic Planning Committee, Nicola Calandrini, expresses satisfaction: «The adherence and interest shown by businesses confirm the validity of a measure in which we have believed from the beginning – states Calandrini – The amendment I presented to the 2026 Budget Law allowed for the introduction of the regulatory provision for the establishment of Customs Free Zones in the territories of the provinces of Frosinone and Latina. This is an important tool to support development, attract investments, and strengthen the competitiveness of the productive system of Lower Lazio. I also wish to thank the President of the Lazio Region, Francesco Rocca, and the regional councilor for Budget, Economic Planning, Agricultural Policies, Hunting, Fishing, Parks and Forests, Giancarlo Righini, for the synergistic institutional activity carried out on this path».
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The benefits
The interest shown by the business community confirms how Customs Free Zones represent a tool capable of meeting the needs of companies operating in international markets, thanks to the benefits deriving from the suspension of customs duties, VAT, excise duties, and other taxes related to import operations until the goods are released for consumption, the possibility of carrying out industrial processing, transformations, assembly, packaging, and logistics activities under a special customs regime, as well as the simplification of operations and greater attractiveness for manufacturing, logistics, and commercial investments.
The internationalization of businesses
«For Lower Lazio, this is a strategic perspective aimed at enhancing the port of Gaeta, the hinterland areas, industrial settlements, and the entire logistics system of the territory, strengthening its role as a natural platform for trade in the Mediterranean» explains Senator Calandrini. The outcome of the Notice represents a significant step in the process of establishing the Customs Free Zones of Lower Lazio, demonstrating that the business community has grasped the potential of a tool designed to strengthen the internationalization of businesses, foster new productive investments, and increase the attractiveness of the territory, laying solid foundations for the subsequent phase of institution and development of these commercial development acceleration tools which constitute an economic infrastructure destined to represent one of the main development factors for the years to come for the entire southern Lazio.
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