Companies approuved for the Benin Free Processing Zone until now: AFOKANTAN BENIN CASHEW SA (29-09-05); POWER ON MANUFACTURE SA (02-03-06) ; CRUSTAMER SARL (28-04-06) ; ALPHA BENIN SA (30-06-06) ; SHUNFENG SA (25-07-07) ; JUPITER IMPEX Sarl (12-09-07) ; YULIN Sarl (14-02-08) ; AFRICA FOOD PROCESS Sarl(14-02-07) ; REDDY INVESTMENTS Sarl (14-02-08)
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Power

Providing average voltage from 15 to 20 KV for industries:
  1. CFA 56 per Kwh with total cut and fixed premium
  2. CFA 56 per Kwh without cut and CFA 5,315 per KV.
Water

Costs : 2 instalments
  1. instalment 1 : 1 to 05 m3/month : 198 CFA/m3
  2. Instalment 2: the remaining consumption: CFA 415.
Telecommunication
  1. urban : 22 CFA/mn (66/3mn)
  2. International : WAEMU:                         300 F CFA/mn
Nigeria:                          356 F CFA/mn
France:                          600 F CFA/mn
Germany:                      1331 F CFA/mm
Other countries – Europe:    1584 F CFA/mn
United States:                      845 F CFA/mn
Asia:                            1901 F FCFA/mn

Labour

Industries workers average salaries (chemical and food) - In CFA


Category

Minimum monthly Salaries

Conventional medium monthly salaries 

Workers and staff

39.634

91.243

Skilled workers

87.925

200.469

Senior executives

130.916

288.015


The above data represent minimum and conventional salaries average of chemical and food industries.
One must note that the legal lowest salary is CFA 27,500.


Land
Open land for industrial purposes:
Urban area: 500 CFA/m2
Non-serviced rural area: 30 CFA/ m2


Average purchase costs: out of the Free Processing Zone and serviced Industrial Zone. In CFA

Departement

Non-serviced urban zone
Average costs/ m2

Rural Zone
Average costs/ m2

Atlantique & Littoral

6.000 à 120.000

800 à 2.000

Zou & Collines

2.000 à 15.000

8 à 60

Ouémé & Plateau

1.700 à 10.000

6 à 170

Mono & Couffo

500 à 6.500

10 à 250

Atacora & Donga

1.300 à 1.500

100 à 300

Borgou & Alibori

1.100à 1.500

100 à 400

 

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