Risk Factors

Please assess which of the below best applies to the FTZ you are assessing and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) There are no credible reports of widespread illicit trade in the FTZ or the country. (2) There are reports of widespread…

Preferred method: Please convert your organisation’s existing country financial crime risk rating on the scale of 1 (low) to 3 (high). Alternative method: Please refer to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index and convert the country score (as opposed to country rank) using the following scale: 75-100 → 1 (low…

Please assess which of the below best applies to the level of beneficial ownership transparency in the FTZ you are assessing and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) The information on beneficial owners of companies and other similar legal arrangements (trusts, partnerships…

Please assess which of the below best applies to the extent of transhipment activities in the FTZ you are assessing and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) Little significant transhipment activity. (2) The FTZ is a regional transhipment hub. (3) The FTZ…

Please assess which of the below best applies to the FTZ you are assessing and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) Is neither a sanctioned country, nor in geographic proximity to a sanctioned country, nor are there credible reports of widespread sanctions…

Please rate the extent to which tax residents in the FTZ you are assessing benefit from lesser taxation compared to the rest of the country’s territory and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) No reduced taxation. (2) Minor tax incentives. (3) Significant…

Please assess which of the below best applies to the FTZ you are assessing and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) Goods coming into the FTZ are scrutinised as carefully as elsewhere in the country’s territory and the country’s customs controls are…

Please assess which of the below best applies to the publication of law enforcement statistics related to the FTZ you are assessing, including on arrests and seizures of goods and select the appropriate 1,2,3 rating on the right hand side of the tool: (1) Regular and comprehensive enforcement statistics are published.…

Please rate which of the below best characterises physical security arrangements in the FTZs: (1) FTZ not delineated and/or physically secured e.g. with a fence. (2) FTZ delineated and secured but there are credible reports of goods going in and out illegally. (3) FTZ physically secure with effective controls on…

Please rate the extent and nature of manufacturing and processing in the FTZ: (1) No to limited manufacturing or processing of goods. (2) Manufacturing or processing of goods takes place but does not involve goods that are often counterfeited or high-value goods. (3)  Widespread manufacturing or processing of goods that…