Are excluded from the benefit of the status of free zone:

• mining companies;
• cotton ginning enterprises;
• international trading and brokerage firms;
• telecommunications companies;
• storage, packaging and repackaging companies, except storage and agricultural input companies. (Law No. 2011-018 establishing the Industrial Free Zone Status of 24 June 2011, Article 7)

The typology of companies already in activity is very varied:

• food industry and agri-business, horticulture;
• the wood industry, metal engineering industry and the plastic industry;
• clothing industry synthetic hair (hair pieces and wigs), leathercraft( shoes )
• fishing and sea food processing
• jewelry and motorcycle assembling ;
• the pharmaceutical industry, the cosmetic industry, etc .;
• services: development of computer software, design and production of advertising objects, etc.