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Incentives

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Cash grants/incentivesMore [+]Less [-]

Foreign investors are granted the same privileges as national investors in Mali. Typically grants/incentives are offered by NGO’s. Most interventions occur in the health, education and agriculture development sectors.
Tax exemptionsMore [+]Less [-]

The Investment Code:

  • SYSTEM A, (for SME) - 3 years of duties and taxes exemption on the importation of material and tools. 5 years of taxes exemption for the industrial and commercial corporate taxes
  • SYSTEM B, (for large enterprises) - 3 years of duties and taxes exemption on the importation of material and tools. 8 years of taxes exemption for the industrial and commercial corporate taxes
  • FREE ZONE SYSTEM, (for export-oriented enterprises) - 30 years of total exemption for all duties and taxes.
Property assistance / other fiscal incentiveMore [+]Less [-]

The Agency gives full assistance in search of property.

  • For industrial zone, the agency links the investor to industrial zone management.
  • For a large property/site for eg) social housing/ big agricultural projects, the agency connects the investor to the proper structure in charge: The Ministry of Land Affairs and Housing and The Ministry of Agriculture (Niger Zone Authority).
  • The Agency willassist the investor in the search for an office and a house/apartment trough a real estate agents.
Training and labor market assistanceMore [+]Less [-]

The Agency offers to foreign investors a direct link with the Ministries in charge of Education, Employment and Training.

  • Two central services, the National Directorate for Employment and the National Directorate for Professional Training, has initiated a 10 year program for employment and professional training development (PRODEFP). In fact 26 224 new jobs were created in 2008.
Loan guarantees, cheap loans or financeMore [+]Less [-]

In addition to several funds available in the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), Mali is setting up a national investment fund and a guarantee fund for Small and Medium Size Enterprises.

Foreigners who make investments or occupy positions in Malian enterprises have the right, subject to compliance with foreign exchange regulations, to transfer, in the currency used at the time of constitution of the said investments, profits, all types of proceeds from the invested capital, proceeds from liquidation or realization of their assets and salaries.
Exemptions from regulationsMore [+]Less [-]

Exemptions from regulations can occur by establishing a convention between the State/Government of Mali and the foreign investor.
Target sectorsMore [+]Less [-]
  1. Agricultural sector
  2. Energy and renewable energy sector
  3. Mining sector
Sectors specific incentivesMore [+]Less [-]

The incentives are granted by the investment code. As for specific sectors incentive, each area has a legislature that regulates its sector:

  • The Agricultural Orientation Law (la Loi d'Orientation Agricole);
  • The energy sector is regulated by the Energy and Water Commission (CREE);
  • The mining sector is regulated by the Mining Code which gives research and prospection titles to applicants who proved their technical and financial capacity. It allows any moral person to undertake research on mineral resources with a maximal State participation of 20 % from which a free 10 % participation. The government guarantees the mining title bearers, the free conversion and transfer of the funds intended to pay the debts in foreign currency to suppliers and non Malian creditors.

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