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APPENDIX A:
List of Promoted Activities and Products - GENERAL

A. General
List of Promoted Activities and Products which are Eligible for Consideration of Pioneer Status
and Investment Tax Allowance under The Promotion of Investments Act 1986.
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I. Agricultural production
  1. Cultivation of tea
  2. Cultivation of fruits
  3. Cultivation of vegetables, tubers or roots
  4. Cultivation of rice or maize
  5. Cultivation of herbs or spices
  6. Cultivation of essential oil crops
  7. Production of planting materials
  8. Cultivation of crops for animal feed
  9. Floriculture
  10. Apiculture
  11. Livestock farming (excluding rearing of chickens, ducks or pigs)
  12. Production of breeder stock
  13. Spawning, breeding and culturing of aquatic products
  14. Off-shore fishing
  15. Cultivation of medicinal plants



II.
Processing of agricultural produce
  1. Chocolate and chocolate confectionery
  2. Fruits
  3. Vegetables, tubers or roots
  4. Essential oils
  5. Livestock products
  6. Aquatic products
  7. Agricultural waste or agricultural by-products
  8. Aquaculture feed
  9. Plant extracts for pharmaceutical, perfumery, cosmetic or food industries
  10. High fructose syrup
  11. Cocoa and cocoa products



III.
Forestry and forestry products
  1. Cultivation of timber, bamboo or cane
  2. Cane products
  3. Bamboo products


IV
Manufacture of rubber products
  1. Earthmover tyres, agricultural tyres, industrial tyres, commercial vehicle tyres, motorcycle tyres, aircraft tyres or solid tyres
  2. Precured tread liners
  3. Retreading of aircraft tyres
  4. Latex products:
    a. Surgical gloves
    b. Safety/special function gloves
    c. Condoms
    d. Catheters
    e. Rubber (elastomeric) specialty coatings
    f. Rubberised fabrics
  5. Dry rubber products:
    a. Beltings
    b. Hoses, pipes and tubings
    c. Rubber profiles
    d. Inflatable rubber products
    e. Industrial and office equipment rollers
    f. Seals, gaskets, washers, packings and rings
    g. Anti-vibration, damping and sound insulation products
    h. Rubber linings
    i. Rubber floorings
    j. Rubber moulds
    k. Modified natural rubber
  6. Reclaimed rubber
  7. Rubber support


V.
Manufacture of palm and palm kernel oil products and their derivatives
  1. Oleochemicals or oleochemical derivatives or preparations
  2. Margarine, vanaspati, shortening or other manufactured fat products
  3. Fatty acid distillate derivatives
  4. Cocoa butter replacers, cocoa butter substitutes, cocoa butter equivalent, palm mid fraction or special olein


VI.
Manufacture of chemicals and petrochemicals
  1. Chemical derivatives from organic or inorganic sources
  2. Fine chemicals
  3. Basic manufacture of pesticides
  4. Petrochemical products
  5. Epoxy encapsulation moulding compounds
  6. Cable compounds (excluding PVC cable compound)
  7. Titanium dioxide pigment
  8. Barium sulphate pigment
  9. Iron dioxide pigment
  10. Metallic pigment
  11. Recycling of chemicals
  12. Anti-tack solutions


VII.
Manufacture of pharmaceutical and related products
  1. Pharmaceuticals goods
  2. Clinical diagnostic reagents
  3. Gelatine or gelatine products
  4. Intravenous, dialysis or irrigating solutions
  5. Vaccines
  6. Medicaments


VIII.
Manufacture of wood and wood products
  1. Reconstituted wood-based panel boards or products
  2. Wooden solid or other specialised function doors or wooden solid windows
  3. Multi-ply parquet
  4. Wooden furniture or parts
  5. Insulation for cryogenic vessels

 

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IX.
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard
  1. Pulp
  2. Newsprint
  3. Security paper
  4. Resin impregnated paper and products thereof
  5. Printing and writing paper
  6. Corrugated medium paper, testliner or kraftliner
  7. Kraft paper
  8. Paperboard
  9. Moulded paper
  10. Specialty paper


X.
Manufacture of textiles and textile products
  1. Natural or man-made fibres
  2. Yarn of natural or man-made fibres
  3. Woven fabrics
  4. Finished knitted fabrics
  5. Finishing of fabrics such as bleaching, dyeing and printing
  6. Knitwear
  7. Skiwear or winter outerwear
  8. Non-woven products
  9. Elastic webbings
  10. Textile hose piping


XI.
Manufacture of clay-based, sand-based and other non-metallic mineral products

  1. High alumina or basic refractories
  2. Kiln furniture
  3. Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares
  4. Artware, ornaments or articles for adornment of ceramic or glass
  5. Glassware
  6. High tension electrical glass insulators
  7. Glass components or parts for electrical, electronic or industrial use
  8. Glass fibre in all forms produced from basic raw materials
  9. Finished woven fabrics of glass fibre
  10. Optical glass blanks
  11. Alumino-silicate ceramics fibres
  12. Ceramic components or parts for electrical, electronic or industrial uses
  13. Fritz, zirconium silicate powder, glaze or glaze stains
  14. Silicon dioxide fillers
  15. Rockwool
  16. Synthetic industrial diamonds
  17. Processed ball clay
  18. Articles of pressed or moulded glass such as bricks, tiles, slabs, pellets, paving blocks and squares
  19. Tableware
  20. Coated glass
  21. Integrated cement projects
  22. Absorbent mineral clay
  23. Marble and granite products
  24. Gypsum plaster board
  25. Panels, boards, tiles, blocks or similar articles of vegetable fibre, woodshavings or wood wastes, agglomerated with cement, plaster or withother mineral binding substance
  26. Quicklime and hydrated lime

XII.
Manufacture of iron and steel
  1. Blooms or slabs of steel
  2. Shapes or sections of steel of height more than 200 mm
  3. Plates, sheets, coils, hoops or strips of steel
    a. Hot rolled plates, sheets, coils, hoops or strips
    b. Cold rolled/cold reduced plates, sheets, coils, hoops or strips
  4. Seamless steel pipes
  5. Seamless high pressure gas cylinders
  6. Steel tyre cord and high pressure reinforced hose wire
  7. Ferromanganese, silicon manganese or ferrosilicon
  8. Electrolytic galvanised steel sheet in coil


XIII.
Manufacture of non-ferrous metals and their products
  1. Dressing and/or smelting of non-ferrous metals other than tin metals
  2. Primary ingots, billets or slabs of non-ferrous metals
  3. Bars, rods, shapes or sections of non-ferrous metals except EC copper rods
  4. Plates, sheets, coils, hoops or strips of non-ferrous metals
  5. Pipes or tubes of non-ferrous metals
  6. Copper clad laminates and products from in-house copper clad laminates
  7. Powder, cream or paste of non-ferrous metals



XIV.
Manufacture of machinery and machinery components
  1. Specialised/process machinery or equipment associated with specific industry including:
    a. Agricultural machinery or equipment
    b. Mining or mineral extraction/processing machinery or equipment
    c. Construction machinery or equipment
    d. Waste water/sewage treatment equipment
    e. Industrial sewing machines
  2. Supporting services machinery or equipment including power
  3. Material handling machinery or equipment including elevators or escalators
  4. Hand tools or power tools
  5. Machinery and industrial parts/components including:
    a. Printing rolls or embossing rolls
    b. Dicing blades, accessories for silicon wafers or ceramic substrates
    c. Offset printing plates
    d. Industrial seals or seal materials
    e. Industrial sewing machines
  6. Machine tools (metalworking, woodworking and others) including welding/soldering equipment
  7. Packaging machinery
  8. Machinery or equipment for the services sector including:
    a. Fire fighting equipment
    b. Hand labellers
  9. Reconditioning of heavy machinery and equipment
    a. Automobile air conditioning compressors
  10. Servicing and upgrading of machinery and equipment


XV.
Manufacture of transport equipment, components and accessories
  1. Bicycles
  2. Bicycles parts:


    a. Drive set (chain wheel and crank)
    b. Brake set
    c. Speed change set
    d. Hub
  3. Two-wheeler motorised vehicle
  4. Motor vehicles
  5. Specialty cars
  6. Engines
  7. Engine parts:
    a. Cylinder block, cylinder head, rocker cover, flywheel or pulley
    b. Crank shaft, connecting rod, cam shaft, rocker, rocker shaft, engine valve, sprocket, piston pin or piston ring
    c. Intake manifold or exhaust manifold
    d. Oil pan, oil pump, oil pump gear shaft, fuel pump, water pump or oil seal
    e. Timing belt, timing chain, carburettor, ignition coil or distributor
    f. Fuel injection mechanism (injector, pump, tubing, valves, regulator, sensors, electronic control modules)
    g. High tension cables
    h. Engine bracket
    i. Magneto
    j. Capacitor discharge unit
  8. Transmissions
  9. Transmission parts:
    a. Transmission shift lever and fork
    b. Transmission control linkages
    c. Speedometer pinion
    d. Clutch
    e. Torque converter
    f. Drive shaft
  10. Axle, wheel, wheel hub or knuckle
  11. Disc brake, drum brake, brake cylinder, brake master cylinder, brake booster, anti-lock braking mechanism, clutch master cyclinder or clutch operating cyclinder.
  12. Steering wheel, steering column, steering gear box, power steering pump, rack tubes for hydraulic/electric power steering and feed pipes for hydraulic power steering,steering linkages, tie rod or constant velocity joints
  13. Stabilizer bar, suspension arm or suspension arm shaft and member
  14. Body panels, chassis frame, fuel tank, window regulator, locks and keys or hinges
  15. Head lights, indicating/signalling lights, meters, gauges, switches or horns
  16. Weather strips, control cables, speedometer cables, metalic tubings or hoses
  17. Catalytic converter
  18. Vehicle safety air bag
  19. Navigational system
  20. Automotive electronic module/component or sensor
  21. Seat mechanism including seat adjuster or locking mechanism or seat recliner
  22. System integrator:
    a. Front corner module
    b. Rear corner module
    c. Instrument panel module
    d. Strut and absorbers and spring assembly module
    e. Bumper assembly
    f. Front cross member module
    g. Function integrated door module
    h. Fuel tank module
    i. Seat assembly
    j. Pedal assembly
    k. Door trim assembly
    l. Floor console assembly
    m. Tyre and wheel assembly
    n. Brake system
    o. Wiper system
    p. Exhaust system
    q. Audio system
    r. HVAC (Heater Ventilation Air-conditioning system)
    s. Airbag system
    t. Power and signal distribution system
    u. Alarm system
    v. Seat belt system
    w. Exterior lighting system
    x. Body in white assembly
  23. Gear
  24. Cooling equipment, air-inlet equipment or exhaust equipment, compressor and expansion valve for automotive air-conditioning
  25. Aerospace industry:
    a. Manufacture and assembly or aircraft
    b. Manufacture of aircraft equipment, components, accessories or parts thereof
    c. Ground support equipment for aerospace industry
  26. Pleasure crafts, hydrofoils or hovercrafts
  27. Maintenance, repair, overhaul or service of aircraft, aircraft components or accessories or testing and repairing of avionics
  28. Manufacture of train and related equipment:
    a. Construction of locomotive, rail car
    b. Coach, wagon, bogie
    c. Electric multiple unit and power generating car
    d. Railway signalling and communication system
XVI.
Supporting products / activities
  1. Metal castings
  2. Metal forgings
  3. Metal surface treatment/finishing
  4. Machining
  5. Moulds, tools and dies
  6. Powder metallurgical parts (sintering of metal parts)
  7. Heat treatment
  8. Mould texturing
  9. Irradiation service
  10. Gas sterillisation service
  11. Overhaul, repair, reconditioning, modification or servicing and testing of turbine engines, components or sub-assemblies
  12. Advanced composite materials
  13. Moulddesigning


XVII.
Manufacture of electrical and electronic products and components and parts thereof
  1. Digital television receivers
  2. Colour television receiver parts:
    a. Cathode ray tubes
    b. Electron guns
    c. Polished glass panels or glass funnels for colour picture tubes
  3. Digital audio video recorders/players and parts:
    a. Digital audio video recorders/players
    b. Digital tape mechanisms
    c. Digital disc mechanisms
    d. Optical pick-up units
    e. Magnetic heads
  4. Computers, parts and peripherals:
    a. Computers (excluding detached peripherals not manufactured in-house)
    b. Monitors
    c. Computer printers (including printer mechanism)
    d. Printer heads
    e. Computer scanners
    f. Drive units
    g. Head gimbal assemblies / head carriage assemblies
    h. Headstack assemblies
    i. Computer magnetic heads
    j. Data storage media
    k. Voice coil motors
    l. Actuators
    m. Electronic games equipment including photodetector joysticks
    n. Disk substrates or disk blanks
    o. Re-manufacturing of computer drives
  5. Electronic components:
    a. Quartz crystals
    b. Motors
    c. Printed circuit boards (excluding rigid single sided circuit boards)
    d. Cables or wires for electronic devices including flat cables
    e. Hermetic seals
    f. Electrical/electronic components moulded with magnets
    g. Heat shrinkable cable joints and terminations
    h. Thermistors
    i. Connectors with or without wires or cables
    j. Bonding wires
    k. Lead-frames
    l. Magnets or ferrite cores
    m. Displays-electroluminescent, plasma or liquid crystal
    n. Membrane switches
    o. Surface mount components
    p. Optical fibres or optical fibre products
    q. SMT chipholders on lead-frames
    r. Solar cells
    s. Magnetron
    t. Fabrication of light emitting diodes (LED)
  6. Recorded and unrecorded media:
    a. Compact discs
    b. Magnetic webs or pancakes
  7. Electronic machines and equipment/devices:
    a. Teller machines
    b. Office equipment
    c. Alarm equipment/systems or devices
    d. Ultrasonic cleaners
    e. Computing scales
    f. Cash registers
    g. Demagnetisers
    h. Industrial controllers
    i. Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) or Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) equipment
    j. Robots or robotics
    k. Multimedia integrated controller
  8. Wafer fabrication:
    a. Semiconductor wafer fabrication
    b. Reclaimed silicon wafers
  9. Electrical products:
    a. Uninterruptible power supplies
    b. Batteries excluding manganese dioxide, dry cells and lead acid batteries
    c. Solar panels
    d. Discharge tubes
  10. Telecommunication:
    a. Telecommunication equipment including multi feature mobile phones but excluding fixed line telephone sets
    b. Antennae for communication equipment
    c. Voice/pattern/vision recognition or synthesis equipment
    d. Data terminal displays
    e. Global positioning system
    f. Electronic navigational aid
    g. Electronic tracking aid
  11. Software developmnet and production
  12. Discharge tubes and products thereof
  13. Air sterilizer



XVIII.
Manufacture of professional, medical, scientific and measuring devices/parts
  1. Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary devices/equipment
  2. Gauges or measuring apparatus
  3. Surveying, hydrographic, navigational, meteorological, hydrological or geophysical instruments
  4. Testing equipment
  5. Clocks or watches
  6. Stainless steel cannulae or tubes for needles


XIX.
Manufacture of photographic, cinematographic, video and optical goods
  1. Cameras
  2. Lenses
  3. Binoculars, telescopes, magnifying glasses or microscopes
  4. Cinematographic or video equipment


XX.
Manufacture of plastic products
  1. Inflatable plastic products
  2. Specialised plastic films/sheets
  3. Geosystems products [Cellular Confinement System (CCS) and Porous Pavement System (PPS)]
  4. Plastic products for engineering use
  5. Precision engineering plastic products
  6. Multiwall pipes


XXI.
Miscellaneous
  1. Musical instruments
  2. Furniture hardware
  3. Souvenirs, handicrafts or giftware
  4. Electronic toys
  5. Sports goods or equipment
  6. Spectacles or spectacle frames
  7. Accessories for the textile industry
  8. Cutlery
  9. Lock sets or lock cylinder mechanisms
  10. Jewellery of precious metal
  11. Costume jewellery
  12. Designing and printing of decorative surfaces for commercial applications
  13. Integrated exhibits
  14. Microbials and probiotics
  15. Bank notes
  16. Thermi containers and parts thereof
  17. Biodegradable disposable packaging and household wares
  18. Fall protection equipment
  19. Ball pen tips
  20. Bio-ceramic embedded textile products


XXII.
Hotel business and tourist industry - Not applicable in PKFZ

XXIII.
Film industry

  1. Film or video production
  2. Post production for film or video