Tablas Economic Zone is a

special economic zone A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...

located in

Tablas Island Tablas is the largest of the islands that comprise the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The name of the island was of Spanish origin. Before the colonization of the Philippines, Tablas was known as the Island of ''Osigan''. At the time of ...

Romblon Romblon ( , ), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa Regions of the Philippines, region. Its main islands include Tablas Island, Tablas, the large ...

, Philippines. It was established in 2015 and being managed by Tablas Economic Zone Inc. (TEZI) under the umbrella of the

Philippine Economic Zone Authority Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is a government agency in the Philippines attached to the Department of Trade and Industry created to help promote investments in the export-oriented manufacturing industry into the country by assisting ...

(PEZA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Agricultural resources include

pili nuts ''Canarium ovatum'', the pili (Central Bikol and Filipino: ''pili'', ;), is a species of tropical tree belonging to the genus '' Canarium''. It is one of approximately 600 species in the family Burseraceae. ''C. ovatum'' are native to the P ...

, rice, guyabano, coconuts and cashews. It also has aquatic resources like fish, lobsters and seaweeds and mineral deposits of

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...

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{{Philippines-geo-stub Buildings and structures in Romblon Special economic zones Industrial parks in the Philippines