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Davao del Sur

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecommunications
  • Pilipino Telephone Corp. with a total of 4,962 connections
  • Cellular services provided by Globe Telecom, Smart Communications and Mobiline
  • 4 internet service providers
  • 12 cyber cafés

• Seaports
  • 6 ports (limited to seacrafts and fishing boats)

• Existing Industrial Estates/Economic zones
  • Ayala Agri-industrial Estate of Ayala Corp.
  • Davao Port and Industrial Estate of Tan Kim Kee
  • Malalag Bay Area Provincial Agri-Industrial Center
  • Sta. Cruz Industrial Estate of San Miguel Corp.
  • Tubalan Special Economic Zone

Cost of doing business

• Power

  DASURECO rates (in US$)

  • Residential/Government: 0.07/kwh
  • Commercial: 0.07/kwh
  • Industrial: 0.30/kwh
  • Energy charge: 0.05/kwh

• Water
  • Domestic

    Category	Rates (in US$)
    Service charge for 0-10 cu.m.	1.76
    Commodity charge for 41 cu.m. and up	0.20 for 11-20 cu.m. to 0.37

  • Commercial

    (Double domestic rates)

• Salaries/wages

  Industry/Sector	Rates (in US$)
  Non-agriculture	3.36
  Agriculture
  Plantation	3.16
  Non-plantation	2.74
  Retail Services
  Employing more than 10 workers	3.36
  Employing not more than 10 workers	2.74

  (Plus P25 Cost of Living Allowance)

Potential investment areas

• Commercial and office building
• Dry docking and shipbuilding
• Feeds and fertilizer manufacturing
• Furniture and fixtures
• Gifts, toys and houseware
• Housing development
• Mango and other tropical fruits processing
• Packing and packaging
• Port development
• Post harvest facilities (hot water treatment facility, refrigerated vans, vapor heat treatment facility)
• Transportation services
• Water supply system development

Incentives

• Davao del Sur Investment Incentives Code of 2002
  • Exemption from Provincial tax impositions for three years
• Malalag Investment Incentives Code of 1995.
  • Exemption from Mayor's Permit fees for 2 years.
  • Exemption from real property tax as imposed by Sangguniang Panlalawigan graduated for 10 years.
• Sta. Cruz Investment Incentives Code of 1995
  • Exemption from business taxes and other local fees for five years except building permit fees and real property tax.
• Local tax holidays on local fees and charges and basic real property tax for those putting up new enterprise, expanding or diversifying existing businesses.

Major tourist attractions

• White-water tubing along the rapids of pristine and crystal clear waters of Sibulan River.
• Trek to Mt. Apo via the Sibulan Trail passing along Todaya Falls. Towering at 100 meters, the first successful climb was made in year 1880.
• Kapatagan Area provides a Baguio-like climate and a scenery of winding road. It has plantations of exotic fruits, vegetables and rootcrops.