SUBIC BAY

Subic Bay Freeport

A strategic and competitive gateway to your market

The Subic Bay Freeport, also known as the Subic Special Economic Zone, is the first free port in the Philippines, created under Republic Act No. 7227.

Accessible by land, sea and air, Subic Bay Freeport strategically places your business right in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region.

In fact, Subic Bay's strategic location has become its strongest link to world trade, being at the center of Asia's fastest growing commerce. Its strategic importance has become the most sought point for trading of goods, services and technology, especially for its Asian neighbors.

Subic Bay Freeport is also strategically located in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines, allowing investors to source their manpower needs from the region's wide manpower pool of 3.5 million, which is the third largest in the country.

As manager and administrator of the Freeport, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) also assists investors in sourcing out their labor requirements. In addition, the SBMA through its own Labor Center secures and maintains industrial peace within the Freeport, which in its 20 year-long history has had no record of labor strikes or unrest.

Business and investment opportunities abound in this premiere Philippine free port - ranging from port logistics, general aviation and maritime to information communication technology, manufacturing, tourism, land development and many others.

What's more, a package of attractive business incentives further sharpens its competitive edge as an investment site.

Also within Subic Bay Freeport are two (2) complementing world-class infrastructures - the Subic Bay International Airport and the Port of Subic - both of which can support a wide range of businesses and industries, including yours. These well-planned facilities not only provide your business with multiple access to your market through sea and air logistics services. These also boost your capabilities to manage your inbound or outbound linkages with your supply chain.

Other support infrastructures in Subic Bay Freeport provide investors with highly dependable public utility services that are essential to their day-to-day business activities, as well as their commercial and industrial operations. These utility services are designed to handle business, commercial and industrial expansion projects as well.

Subic Bay Freeport likewise boasts of having one of the highest levels of security found in any Philippine economic zone, making it a most safe and secure place for your business or industry. Unlike other investment destinations, it is enclosed by a Freeport-wide perimeter fence and has its own 900-strong Law Enforcement Department whose police officers control and man all entry and exit points, as well as monitor business and housing areas, on a 24/7 basis.

Another unique feature of Subic Bay Freeport as an investment haven is its highly protected and impressive natural environment, which adds a truly distinct backdrop to doing business in Subic Bay.

So when you think of investment, think Subic Bay Freeport. It has everything you want and need not only as a one-stop investment hub but also as a place to live, work and play.