{"id":4466,"date":"2026-05-25T17:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:02:38","slug":"great-stone-industrial-park-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Great Stone Industrial Park in Belarus: The Special Economic Zone Foreign Manufacturers Should Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/div>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#What_Great_Stone_actually_is\" >What Great Stone actually is<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#The_tax_incentive_stack_%E2%80%94_what_residency_actually_buys\" >The tax incentive stack \u2014 what residency actually buys<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Corporate_income_tax_holiday\" >Corporate income tax holiday<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Property_tax_and_land_tax\" >Property tax and land tax<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Personal_income_tax_for_employees\" >Personal income tax for employees<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Dividend_tax\" >Dividend tax<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#VAT_and_customs\" >VAT and customs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Land_use_rights\" >Land use rights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Construction_standards\" >Construction standards<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Grandfather_clause\" >Grandfather clause<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Iskra_programme\" >Iskra programme<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Qualifying_activities_%E2%80%94_what_fits_and_what_doesnt\" >Qualifying activities \u2014 what fits and what doesn&#8217;t<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#The_application_process_%E2%80%94_what_becoming_a_resident_actually_requires\" >The application process \u2014 what becoming a resident actually requires<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Great_Stone_vs_HTP_%E2%80%94_choosing_the_right_preferential_regime\" >Great Stone vs HTP \u2014 choosing the right preferential regime<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Choose_Great_Stone_when\" >Choose Great Stone when<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Choose_HTP_when\" >Choose HTP when<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Choose_the_standard_regime_when\" >Choose the standard regime when<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Practical_considerations_and_honest_tradeoffs\" >Practical considerations and honest tradeoffs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Real_advantages\" >Real advantages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Honest_considerations\" >Honest considerations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Two_scenarios_from_practice\" >Two scenarios from practice<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Scenario_A_The_German_precision_manufacturer_that_chose_Great_Stone_for_EAEU_market_access\" >Scenario A. The German precision manufacturer that chose Great Stone for EAEU market access<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Scenario_B_The_Singapore_biopharmaceutical_company_that_combined_Great_Stone_with_HTP\" >Scenario B. The Singapore biopharmaceutical company that combined Great Stone with HTP<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#Frequently_asked_questions\" >Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/great-stone-industrial-park-belarus\/#The_third_preferential_regime_path_%E2%80%94_and_the_one_for_foreign_manufacturers\" >The third preferential regime path \u2014 and the one for foreign manufacturers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When foreign founders consider Belarus, most hear about the High-Tech Park first. The IT, software, and crypto path that has been the country&#8217;s flagship preferential regime since 2005. Fewer hear about the second major preferential regime \u2014 the one that sits 25 km from Minsk, between the international airport and the Berlin-Moscow highway, on roughly 112 square kilometres of dedicated industrial territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The China-Belarus Industrial Park, commonly called Great Stone, is a special economic zone designed for foreign manufacturers, logistics operators, biopharmaceutical companies, and industrial businesses that don&#8217;t fit the HTP technology profile but want comparably generous tax and customs benefits. Despite the China-Belarus framing in the name, the resident base is multinational \u2014 140-plus companies from 15-16 countries as of 2025, including the US, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Singapore, UAE. The tax incentive package runs through 2062. A planning horizon longer than most jurisdictions offer for anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article is the honest map of how Great Stone actually works for foreign investors in 2026. What the tax incentive stack adds up to. What qualifies. What the application process looks like. How Great Stone compares to HTP and the standard Belarusian regime \u2014 and when each one is the right structural choice. Two scenarios from practice showing different ways foreign businesses have actually used the park. Worth knowing the full picture before defaulting to HTP because HTP is the regime most foreign founders hear about first. For manufacturing, industrial operations, logistics, biopharma, and R&amp;D-heavy businesses, Great Stone is the structurally better answer more often than the existing content surface suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Great_Stone_actually_is\"><\/span><strong>What Great Stone actually is<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with the structural definition. Clean, factual, no marketing varnish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The China-Belarus Industrial Park \u201cGreat Stone\u201d is Belarus&#8217;s largest special economic zone by area. Established by Decree No. 253 of June 5, 2012. Current regulatory framework primarily governed by Decree No. 166 of May 12, 2017, which expanded incentives and gave Great Stone what is widely regarded as one of the most generous business regimes in the Eurasian Economic Union. Total area: approximately 112 square kilometres, developed in phases \u2014 first phase of 850 hectares already operational with industrial, residential, and recreational zones, infrastructure, modern roads, innovation and financial centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location matters here more than the area number suggests. 25 km from Minsk in the Smolevichi district, sitting between the Petrovichi reservoir and Minsk National Airport (MSQ \u2014 the airport itself is included in the park territory). Adjacent to the Berlin-Moscow transnational highway (M1\/E30 \u2014 connecting Western Europe through Belarus to Russia). International railway lines run through. For any operation that moves physical goods across the Eurasian Economic Union, the geography is close to optimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status: special economic zone with free customs zone designation, special legal regime, one-stop-shop administration through the State Institution \u201cAdministration of China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone.\u201d Current resident base as of 2025: 140-plus companies from 15-16 countries. Among the recognised residents: China Merchants Group, MAZ-Weichai, Zoomlion, Huawei, ZTE, plus US, German, Austrian, Israeli, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Swiss, Singaporean and UAE-based companies. International recognition includes Financial Times fDi Global Free Zones of the Year for 2019 and 2020, Asiamoney&#8217;s best BRI Central\/Eastern Europe project 2019, EuropaProperty Eastern European Industrial Project of the Year 2019, FEMOZA Awards 2019 fastest-growing SEZ. The awards aren&#8217;t the point. They&#8217;re a signal that the regime is taken seriously internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_tax_incentive_stack_%E2%80%94_what_residency_actually_buys\"><\/span><strong>The tax incentive stack \u2014 what residency actually buys<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The structural core of the article. Most online descriptions list the incentives piecemeal. The package adds up to something specific, and it&#8217;s worth seeing the whole package laid out at once before evaluating any individual line item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Corporate_income_tax_holiday\"><\/span><strong>Corporate income tax holiday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten-year holiday on corporate income tax from the date of first profit \u2014 not from registration. The distinction matters. A capital-intensive industrial operation that takes three years to reach profitability gets ten years of holiday starting from year four, not year one. After the ten-year holiday, the rate drops to 50% of the national rate. Both apply through 2062. Effective horizon: 36 years from 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Property_tax_and_land_tax\"><\/span><strong>Property tax and land tax<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifty-year holiday on real estate (property) tax and land tax from registration. Running through 2062. One of the longest property and land tax holidays of any special economic zone globally \u2014 most SEZ jurisdictions offer 10-20 years; Great Stone offers 50. Material for any operation building substantial physical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Personal_income_tax_for_employees\"><\/span><strong>Personal income tax for employees<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine percent rate for resident employees, versus the standard 13% Belarusian rate. Currently confirmed through 2027. Foreign workers employed by Great Stone residents: zero personal income tax under the 2023 amendments. For operations bringing senior international staff to Belarus, the differential is material on compensation packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dividend_tax\"><\/span><strong>Dividend tax<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zero percent on dividends for the first five years from the date of profit. Meaningful for foreign parent companies repatriating earnings from the Belarusian operation in the early years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VAT_and_customs\"><\/span><strong>VAT and customs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VAT and customs duty exemptions on imported equipment and machinery. Free customs zone status \u2014 no customs duties on goods circulating within the park territory. Exemption from VAT on goods placed under customs procedure for domestic consumption when manufactured from foreign goods that came in under free customs zone procedure. Tariff-free entry to the Eurasian Economic Union market \u2014 approximately 183 million customers across Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus itself. For any operation moving physical goods across EAEU borders, this is the structural advantage that often dominates the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Land_use_rights\"><\/span><strong>Land use rights<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Land plots in the park can be purchased or leased for up to 99 years. Materially longer than most jurisdictions offer for industrial land use, and long enough to fully match the planning horizon of any real industrial commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Construction_standards\"><\/span><strong>Construction standards<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction can use foreign standards without adapting the project to Belarusian standards, or under a simplified procedure. For international companies bringing established production processes, this avoids the standard retrofit costs \u2014 German machinery built to German specifications can be installed without re-engineering to local requirements. Time saving and capital saving both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grandfather_clause\"><\/span><strong>Grandfather clause<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guarantee of unchanged business environment for the duration of the special legal regime. Protection against regulatory drift over the multi-decade horizon. Not unique to Great Stone globally, but unusual in the strength of its formulation and the length of its applicability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iskra_programme\"><\/span><strong>Iskra programme<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special financing programme to support promising projects within the park. Adds to the package for projects that fit the qualifying criteria \u2014 investment support on top of the tax and customs benefits already described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole package together. Ten years of profit tax holiday from first profit. Fifty years of property and land tax holiday. Nine percent personal income tax (zero for foreign workers). Zero dividend tax for five years. VAT and customs exemptions on equipment. Free customs zone with EAEU market access. 99-year land use rights. Foreign construction standards permitted. Grandfather clause. Financing support through Iskra. All running through 2062 \u2014 a 36-year planning horizon from 2026. The package isn&#8217;t subtle. It&#8217;s one of the most generous SEZ offerings globally, structured for foreign industrial investors who can commit to a real operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Qualifying_activities_%E2%80%94_what_fits_and_what_doesnt\"><\/span><strong>Qualifying activities \u2014 what fits and what doesn&#8217;t<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision-framing section. Honest about which businesses fit Great Stone versus HTP versus the standard regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities that qualify for Great Stone residency cover a broad set of high-tech industrial and infrastructure-heavy operations. Mechanical engineering. Electronics and telecommunications. Fine chemistry. Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (including biopharmaceuticals and Chinese medicine). New materials. Logistics. E-commerce and big data. Production of medical products and medical services. R&amp;D combined with industrial production. Socio-cultural activities. 5G technologies. The list is not closed \u2014 any innovative manufacturing with high export potential is in scope, and the Park Administration treats qualifying activity on a substantive rather than narrowly-listed basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The honest framing. Great Stone is for tangible production, industrial operations, logistics, and physical-infrastructure-heavy businesses. The <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/crypto-blockchain-token-businesses-belarus-legal-status-htp-path-2026\/\">High-Tech Park is for software, IT services, and (since 2017) crypto and blockchain<\/a>. Pure trading, retail, and services without industrial component generally don&#8217;t fit Great Stone. The \u201chigh-tech industrial\u201d framing is the operational test \u2014 if you&#8217;re producing something tangible or running infrastructure-heavy operations with export potential, Great Stone is in scope. If you&#8217;re running pure software or digital services, HTP is the path. If you&#8217;re doing neither, the standard Belarusian regime applies and the firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/pages\/open-company-in-belarus\">main Open Company in Belarus guide<\/a> covers the standard route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/office-laptop-business-financial-document-chart-graph-wooden-table-with-coffee-cup-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_application_process_%E2%80%94_what_becoming_a_resident_actually_requires\"><\/span><strong>The application process \u2014 what becoming a resident actually requires<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practical section. Direct and concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Application for resident status is submitted to the Park Administration. Required documents: application form, justification of the investment project (business plan, technological description, financial projections, employment plans), draft agreement on conditions of activity in the industrial park, copies of certificate of state registration and underlying application documents. The Administration reviews the application substantively \u2014 this isn&#8217;t a rubber-stamp process. The review covers technological capacity, financial soundness, alignment with qualifying activities, and demonstrated capacity to actually operate the proposed business in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timeline: typically one to three months from application to resident-status decision, depending on the complexity of the proposed operation and the depth of the supporting materials. Underlying company registration runs separately \u2014 three to five business days for foreign founders with properly prepared documents through the standard procedure. Total elapsed time from initial engagement to operational Great Stone resident: typically four to fifteen weeks for the regulatory side, with facility setup and operational launch adding more depending on the capital project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minimum investment thresholds have been reduced from original levels to improve accessibility \u2014 Great Stone now offers among the most accessible investment thresholds in the EAEU, while maintaining the substantial-operation requirement. The Administration expects real activity, not paper presence. Shell entities don&#8217;t survive the application review or the ongoing oversight. The one-stop-shop principle handles everything after initial residency: state authority coordination, administrative procedures, ongoing compliance support, infrastructure access, employee registration. Comprehensive Service Center has been operational on the park territory since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Great_Stone_vs_HTP_%E2%80%94_choosing_the_right_preferential_regime\"><\/span><strong>Great Stone vs HTP \u2014 choosing the right preferential regime<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision-framework section. Direct comparison for foreign founders deciding between Belarus&#8217;s preferential regimes. The article&#8217;s strategic value sits in this section \u2014 most online content presents Great Stone in isolation, without the comparative context that founders actually need when making the structural choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choose_Great_Stone_when\"><\/span><strong>Choose Great Stone when<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Industrial or manufacturing operation producing tangible goods. The tax holidays and customs exemptions are calibrated for capital-intensive industrial setups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logistics operation requiring physical infrastructure near Minsk or the airport. The location and free customs zone status combine into a meaningful logistical advantage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biopharmaceutical or medical-device manufacturing. Specifically named as qualifying activity, and the long property-tax horizon matches the timeline of pharmaceutical capital investment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R&amp;D combined with industrial production. The qualifying-activity framework treats this combination naturally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equipment-heavy operation that benefits from VAT and customs exemptions on machinery. For German engineering, Japanese precision equipment, or Chinese production lines, the import-side savings can be material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EAEU market entry strategy where free customs zone status and tariff-free EAEU access dominate the decision. 183 million customers without tariffs is the structural advantage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Need for very long planning horizon \u2014 50-year property\/land tax holiday and 10-year profit tax holiday from first profit, running through 2062.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choose_HTP_when\"><\/span><strong>Choose HTP when<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Software development, IT services, digital products without physical infrastructure component.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crypto, blockchain, token issuance. Covered in detail in the firm&#8217;s recent article on crypto and blockchain businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pure services or digital-only operations where the qualifying-activity test favours the HTP framework.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI, autonomous systems, esports, and the broader set of activities the HTP regime expanded to cover in the December 2017 framework refresh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choose_the_standard_regime_when\"><\/span><strong>Choose the standard regime when<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activity doesn&#8217;t fit either preferential regime&#8217;s qualifying criteria. Operation is pure trading or retail without manufacturing component. Small-scale operation where the SEZ or HTP administrative overhead exceeds the tax benefit. Or the structural choice question (single-founder vs multi-founder, LLC vs unitary enterprise) is more important than the tax incentive question \u2014 which is exactly what the firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/private-unitary-enterprise-belarus-single-owner-vehicle-foreigners-miss\/\">recent PUE article<\/a> addresses for foreign single-founder operations that don&#8217;t fit either preferential regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Practical_considerations_and_honest_tradeoffs\"><\/span><strong>Practical considerations and honest tradeoffs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The credibility section. Honest about both sides of the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Real_advantages\"><\/span><strong>Real advantages<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The package itself is the advantage. Ten-year profit tax holiday from first profit (not registration) \u2014 substantial for businesses with capital-intensive setup that takes years to reach profitability. Fifty-year property and land tax holiday running to 2062 \u2014 unmatched planning horizon in any comparable jurisdiction. Free customs zone status \u2014 material for any operation moving goods across borders. EAEU market access at zero tariff \u2014 the single most quantifiable benefit for distribution-focused operations. One-stop-shop administration \u2014 meaningful reduction in administrative overhead compared to standard regime. Grandfather clause \u2014 protection against regulatory drift over the multi-decade horizon. The construction-standards provision \u2014 allowing operations to build to international standards without retrofitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Honest_considerations\"><\/span><strong>Honest considerations<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geographic constraint. Twenty-five kilometres from Minsk is convenient for some operations and inconvenient for others. Industrial operations generally fit well; operations that need to be in the capital city for client meetings, regulatory liaison, or talent access can find the distance friction. The airport-adjacency offsets some of that, but the geography is what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The China-Belarus framing despite multinational participation. Some Western investors face geopolitical considerations independent of the regulatory framework \u2014 sanctions exposure, EU-relations complications, perception management with home-market stakeholders. The legal regime is open to all countries and 15-16 currently use it, but the framing has practical reputational implications that founders should factor in honestly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The qualifying-activity scope. Pure trading, retail, or service operations generally don&#8217;t fit. The Administration reviews actual operation and rejects paper-presence applications. Real investment commitment is expected \u2014 Great Stone isn&#8217;t a structure for nominal registration without operational substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EU sanctions exposure considerations for some Western-market operations. Similar to the broader Belarus picture rather than specific to Great Stone, but worth flagging because the geographic location of operations affects sanctions interaction in some specific cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2062 horizon is long but not infinite. Beyond 2062, the regime as currently structured ends and the operation transitions to whatever Belarusian tax framework applies at that point. For 2026-vintage planning, this is still a 36-year horizon \u2014 longer than most jurisdictions offer for anything \u2014 but it&#8217;s not perpetual. Worth being clear-eyed about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Two_scenarios_from_practice\"><\/span><strong>Two scenarios from practice<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scenario_A_The_German_precision_manufacturer_that_chose_Great_Stone_for_EAEU_market_access\"><\/span><strong>Scenario A. The German precision manufacturer that chose Great Stone for EAEU market access<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A German precision-machining company wanting to expand into the Eurasian Economic Union market without setting up multiple country-specific facilities. They needed manufacturing infrastructure, access to skilled engineering labour, customs and tax efficiency for moving precision components across EAEU borders, and a regulatory framework with a long enough horizon to justify a \u20ac15-20 million capital investment in facility setup. They evaluated three structural options. EU-side production with EAEU export through customs procedures \u2014 manageable but high tariff exposure and limited local market presence. Russian manufacturing setup \u2014 operational complexity, regulatory unpredictability, currency and sanctions considerations. Belarus through Great Stone \u2014 the option that fit cleanest on the structural facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great Stone fit cleanly. Ten-year corporate income tax holiday from first profit, which mattered given their multi-year ramp-up before they expected to reach profitability. Fifty-year property and land tax holiday, which matched the timeframe of their facility investment and the depreciation profile of their machinery. VAT and customs exemptions on imported precision-manufacturing equipment, which was substantial for their setup \u2014 German machinery doesn&#8217;t come cheap, and the VAT alone would have been a meaningful capital line item. Free customs zone status, essential for EAEU distribution. The construction-standards provision allowing them to build to German engineering specifications without retrofitting to Belarusian standards \u2014 a real time and cost saving for a company whose competitive advantage sits in precision engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setup took approximately 14 months from initial application to operational facility. The regulatory side ran cleanly through the Administration&#8217;s one-stop-shop. The capital-project side ran on its own timeline \u2014 construction, equipment installation, hiring, certification. They now manufacture precision components for EAEU customers from the Great Stone facility while maintaining their German headquarters for R&amp;D and EU-market operations. Their comment afterwards: the structural decision sat with the comparative analysis, not with the registration. Once the comparison made Great Stone the obvious choice, the execution was procedure. The hard work was on the structural side before any documents got filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scenario_B_The_Singapore_biopharmaceutical_company_that_combined_Great_Stone_with_HTP\"><\/span><strong>Scenario B. The Singapore biopharmaceutical company that combined Great Stone with HTP<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Singapore biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of products spanning small-molecule pharmaceuticals and digital health platforms. The pharmaceutical side needed physical manufacturing infrastructure \u2014 clean rooms, GMP-compliant facilities, equipment imports, regulatory certification. The digital health platform side needed software development capacity, AI capabilities, and the tax-efficient structure for digital products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two different preferential regimes fit different parts of the business cleanly. Great Stone residency for the physical pharmaceutical manufacturing facility \u2014 qualifying activity (biopharmaceuticals, medical products), customs and tax incentives on equipment and raw materials, long-horizon property tax holiday matching the multi-decade nature of pharmaceutical capital investment. Separate HTP-resident entity for the digital health platform development \u2014 qualifying as software and AI, separate tax exemption regime under the HTP framework. The dual-resident structure required two separate applications and two separate administrative relationships, with common ownership but legally distinct operating entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total setup: approximately twelve months for both resident statuses, with the two applications running in parallel rather than sequentially. The structural lesson sits with the combination itself. For foreign businesses with mixed industrial-and-digital operations, the two preferential regimes aren&#8217;t mutually exclusive. They can be combined through separate operating entities under common ownership, with each entity holding the appropriate residency. The Singapore company now operates the Belarusian pharmaceutical manufacturing under Great Stone and the digital health platform under HTP \u2014 same ultimate ownership, two tax-optimised regulatory homes for two genuinely different parts of the same overall business. Cost of running the dual structure: more administrative overhead than a single-regime setup, but materially less tax exposure than running both operations under the standard regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different operations. Different decision frameworks. Same underlying lesson. Great Stone and HTP both exist for substantive reasons, and the right choice depends on what the operation actually does. For industrial and manufacturing operations, Great Stone. For software and digital operations, HTP. For operations that span both, the dual structure is available and used. The wrong choice is choosing on incomplete information about what the regimes actually cover.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"hfaq\">\n    <div class=\"hfaq__container\">\n        <div class=\"hfaq__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t            <h2 class=\"hfaq__title title title-lg\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_asked_questions\"><\/span>Frequently asked questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"hfaq__items\">\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Can a foreign company own 100% of a Great Stone resident?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Yes. The park is open to companies from any country, and the current resident base spans 15-16 countries including the US, Germany, Austria, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Switzerland, Russia, Singapore, and the UAE. Foreign ownership is not restricted at the regime level; the Administration treats applications on the substantive basis of qualifying activity and operational capacity, not on country of ownership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What&#8217;s the minimum investment threshold?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Capital requirements have been reduced from initial levels to improve accessibility. Great Stone now offers among the most accessible investment thresholds in the EAEU. Exact figures vary by activity type and project scope \u2014 the Administration reviews investment commitments as part of the application, calibrated to the operational substance of the proposed business. Worth getting a focused consultation on the threshold applicable to your specific activity before assuming either way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">How long does Great Stone residency take from application to approval?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Typically one to three months from application to resident-status decision, depending on complexity of the proposed operation and depth of the supporting materials. Underlying company registration runs separately on the standard three-to-five-business-days timeline for foreign founders with prepared documents. Total elapsed time from initial engagement to operational Great Stone resident: four to fifteen weeks on the regulatory side, with facility setup adding more depending on the capital project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Does the China-Belarus framing affect my operation if I&#8217;m not Chinese?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Not at the regulatory level. The Administration treats all countries&#8217; applications on the same basis, and current resident base is genuinely multinational with substantial Western and Southeast Asian participation alongside Chinese residents. The framing has practical reputational implications that some foreign investors factor into broader strategic decisions about Belarus generally \u2014 but the regulatory framework itself doesn&#8217;t differentiate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Can I be a Great Stone resident and also an HTP resident?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>Not as the same legal entity. Each regime applies to a specific legal entity that holds that residency. Foreign businesses with mixed operations can establish separate entities under common ownership \u2014 one entity holding Great Stone residency for industrial activity, another holding HTP residency for digital activity. Scenario B above shows exactly this structure in practice. The firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/pages\/subsidiary-registration-in-belarus\">subsidiary registration page<\/a> covers the multiple-entity setup that this kind of dual-regime structure typically uses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What happens after 2062 when the long-horizon tax holidays expire?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p>The standard Belarusian tax regime as it stands at that point applies. For 2026-vintage planning, 2062 is still a 36-year horizon \u2014 longer than most jurisdictions offer for any tax preference. Whether the regime is extended further before 2062 will depend on Belarusian policy decisions over the intervening decades. The Iskra programme, the grandfather clause, and the underlying SEZ framework have proven durable across multiple political and economic cycles since 2012, which suggests something about the regime&#8217;s institutional resilience without guaranteeing the post-2062 picture either way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <script>\n        document.querySelector( '.hfaq__items' ).addEventListener( 'click', function ( e ) {\n            if ( e.target.classList.contains( 'accordion__head' ) ) {\n                let root = e.target.closest( '.accordion' );\n                let body = e.target.nextElementSibling;\n\n                if ( body.style.maxHeight ) {\n                    body.style.maxHeight = null;\n                    root.classList.remove( 'accordion--expanded' );\n                }\n                else {\n                    body.style.maxHeight = body.scrollHeight + 'px';\n                    root.classList.add( 'accordion--expanded' );\n                }\n            }\n        } );\n\n        document.querySelectorAll( '.hfaq' ).forEach( node => node.querySelector( '.accordion__head' ).click() );\n    <\/script>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_third_preferential_regime_path_%E2%80%94_and_the_one_for_foreign_manufacturers\"><\/span><strong>The third preferential regime path \u2014 and the one for foreign manufacturers<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belarus offers foreign investors three distinct preferential regime paths in 2026. The High-Tech Park for technology, software, IT services, and (since 2017) crypto and blockchain. Great Stone for industrial, manufacturing, logistics, biopharmaceutical, and R&amp;D-heavy operations. The standard regime for everything else. Each fits different businesses. The error to avoid is defaulting to whichever regime the surface-level content surfaces first \u2014 for most foreign founders that&#8217;s HTP, and for industrial and manufacturing operations HTP is the wrong answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great Stone runs the tax holiday horizon to 2062. Fifty years on property and land tax. Ten years on profit tax from first profit. Nine percent personal income tax, zero for foreign workers. VAT and customs exemptions on imported machinery. Free customs zone status with EAEU market access. 99-year land use rights. Foreign construction standards. Grandfather clause. Iskra programme financing for projects that fit. The package is one of the most generous SEZ regimes globally, structured for foreign industrial investors willing to commit to real operation rather than nominal presence. For the right kind of business, this is the structural choice that produces the best outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re scoping an industrial, manufacturing, logistics, biopharmaceutical, or R&amp;D operation in Belarus and want to think through whether Great Stone is the right structural choice, <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/\">get in touch<\/a>. Initial consultation in English or Russian, honest comparison across the three preferential regimes, no obligation. We work foreign manufacturers and industrial operators through Great Stone residency regularly, and the right structural choice depends on the specifics of the operation rather than on which regime the standard guides surface first. Reaching us before filing anywhere is meaningfully more useful than reaching us after the structural choice has been locked in by registration documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When foreign founders consider Belarus, most hear about the High-Tech Park first. The IT, software, and crypto path that has been the country&#8217;s flagship preferential regime since 2005. 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