Baguio City Economic Zone is a manufacturing special economic zone (MSEZ) located in the city of Baguio in the Cordillera Administrative Region. It is operated by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), an agency in charge of developing and operating special economic zones in the Philippines. It has a total area of and 31 locators as of February 2024. As of 2021, the zone's biggest exports were radio, television and communication equipment; and transport equipment.
The zone was established in 1979 as the Baguio Export Processing Zone by President Ferdinand Marcos through Proclamation No. 1825. It initially had an area of .Proclamation No. 1825, s. 1979. Reserving For Export Processing Zone Purposes A Certain Parcel Of Land Of The Public Domain Situated In The City Of Baguio, Island Of Luzon Its first and prime locator is the American semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments. In 2006, the plant accounted for 40% of the company's global sales and employed 2,200 people in Baguio.
In 2007, PEZA and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority through its subsidiary, John Hay Management Corporation, signed a 25-year lease agreement wherein the former would develop a area of Camp John Hay owned by the latter. By 2010, 4.8 hectares of that were leased to Moog Controls Corporation.
In 2008, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 1561 which expanded the zone to include a portion of Camp John Hay.Proclamation No. 1561, s. 2008. Creating and designating a parcel of land situated within the Camp John Hay Military Reservation, Barangay Kadaclan, Baguio City as an inclusion to the existing Baguio City Economic Zone pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7916 as amended by Republic Act No. 8748
As of 2022, there are plants to install a 10-megawatt solar facility within the economic zone.
See also Cagayan Special Economic Zone Cavite Economic Zone
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