economic zone type government owned industry multi product industrial park genre infrastructure service provider founded 1984 headquarters kochi india owner government of india number of employees 15 000 website www.csez.com the cochin special economic zone csez is a multi product special economic zone located at kochi kerala . it is established in an area of 41.7 hectares 103.0 acres in the kakkanad area under the thrikkakara municipality . it is a multi product zone with industrial units operating in electronics hardware engineering gem & jewellery it & ites agro & food processing textile & garments plastic & rubber etc. currently it has around 160 units operating employing more than 15 000 people . 1 in fy2011 12 the total exports from the zone stood at 29 961 crore recording a 63 % rise in exports compared to the previous financial year . 2 for the current financial year 2012 13 as on 30 september 2012 the total exports from csez stand at 16 306 crore ranking it the third among sezs in the country . 3 csez was originally started as one of the first export processing zone in india and was later converted into a special economic zone in 2003 when that system was introduced . 4 it is operated by the government of india ministry of commerce under the csez authority and headed by a development commissioner . it is the first integrated industrial park in kerala . the land area of the existing zone in kochi has been fully utilized . 5 as part of expansion of csez a proposal to set up phase ii of the zone in 125 acres of land adjacent to the infopark in cherthala has been mooted . 6 contents 1 facilities 2 history 3 units in csez 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links facilities edit csez offers standard design factory floors and plots of land for building custom buildings . there is a dedicated building for it ites units built with private participation . power distribution telephone connectivity water supply and sewage processing are managed by the zone authority . there is on site customs facilities for easy processing of import and export . most of the procedures for starting a unit is handled by the zone authority except a few regulatory approvals from the government . 7 the central board of excise and customs have an office dedicated for the units in the csez on the premises and all the customs procedures for import and export can be done in the unit itself . consignments are inspected and sealed on premises and doesn t require customs processing at the port entry exit points . the zone operates a 25mva 110kv electrical substation exclusively for the use within the zone . this is fed from the main grid of the kerala state electricity board . 8 the zone is a licensee of power distribution and supplies power to the units via the network of underground cables . the zone is exempt from the power cuts normally applied to the consumers at the time of shortages . bsnl have established a 1000 line 5ess telephone exchange exclusively for the zone . it supports all the facilities available to pstn isdn and dsl customers . the cellular operators have base stations on site and the private telecom operators also provide telephone and high speed internet services . the international gateway of vsnl is located very close to the zone and have established an access centre on the premises of the zone . the csez authority have established an opticel fiber network that serve all the buildings where the units can avail the connectivity for data and internet access . 9 the zone has also set up a video conferencing facility that could be availed by the units . the zone has its own integrated water supply system . water is drawn from the kadamprayar river and treated at a facility within the zone . the system capacity is 1.5 million litres per day . a common effluent treatment facility of one million litre per day capacity is established to process all the sewage and effluents let out from units . zone units are required to send all their sewage and effluent to this treatment plant . 10 units are encouraged to undergo iso 14000 certification . there is a warehouse admeasuring an area of 24000 sq.ft . for the temporary storage requirements of csez units . the zone has an efficient drainage network and an incinerator for disposal of solid waste within the zone . the zone also has a 35m3 capacity bio gas plant to treat vegetable seafood waste . the muthoot technopolis is an it park building within the zone . history edit construction started on 1 may 1985 with an estimated cost of 15 crores . the official notification for the establishment happened on 26 august 1986 . 11 the first board meeting to consider the applications for setting up units was held on 7 june 1986 . m s d. v. deo a manufacturer of essential oils and oleoresins conducted the first export in october 1986 . the zone is originally envisaged to support industries operating in the fileds of electronics computer software readymade garments spices glass products wood products leather products rubber products coir based products food processing pharmaceuticals light engineering goods sports goods printing gems and jewellery electrical applicances hand tools aautomobile parts etc. there was a minimum stipulated value addition of 30 % with an option to reduce it to 20 % for deserving cases . units in csez edit csez currently have 160 units functioning within employing around 15 000 people . 1 a few of the major units are listed below 12 sl no unit product 1 hindustan lever ltd hot soluble ready to drink rtd tea coffee premix 2 hll lifecare ltd latex products 3 k mohan & company exports pvt. ltd. textiles 4 magnum aviation pvt. ltd. aircraft engines 5 nest information technologies pvt. ltd. software 6 sfo technologies pvt. ltd. electronics hardware 7 suraj diamonds & jewellery ltd gems and jewellery 8 sutherland global services pvt. ltd. software 9 tata ceramics ltd. bone china 10 tyco electronics tools pvt. ltd. tools 11 smart engineering & design solutions ship design 12 datamate infosolutions pvt. ltd. software 13 cyberfox infosolutions pvt. ltd. software see also edit special economic zone free trade zone list of sezs in india references edit a b csez ibnlive cochin sez beats recession exports from sezs established by central government notification no. 48 2003 customs n.t. . govt of india . retrieved 2010 11 18 . economic review 2009 chapter 8 pdf . kerala planning board . retrieved 2010 11 20 . cochin sez to help set up new zones how to apply . cochin special economic zone . retrieved 2010 11 20 . power . cochin special economic zone . retrieved 2010 11 20 . bandwidth . cochin special economic zone . retrieved 2010 11 20 . water and effluents . cochin special economic zone . retrieved 2010 11 20 . notification no. 397 86 c.e. dated 26 8 1986 . . govt of india . retrieved 2010 11 18 . list of units . cochin special economic zone . retrieved 2010 11 20 . further reading edit manoharan v m sankaranarayanan k c 1996 1 . an evaluation of the working of the export processing zones in india a case study with reference to the cochin export processing zone cochin university of science and technology chapter iv external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to economy of kochi kerala . official site csez authority coordinates 10 00 18 n 76 20 38 e 10.005 n 76.344 e 10.005 ; 76.344 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cochin special economic zone & oldid 728794142 categories economy of kochispecial economic zones of indiahidden categories use dmy dates from september 2013use indian english from september 2013all wikipedia articles written in indian englishpages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link different than on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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