The Madeira Free Trade Zone, also called the Madeira International Business Centre, being a tax-privileged economic area, provides an incentive for companies, offering them financial and tax advantages via a whole range of activities exercised in the Industrial Free Zone, the Off-Shore Financial Centre, the International Shipping Register organisation, and the International Service Centre.
Danes levade ne le oskrbujejo z vodo južne dele otoka ampak zagotavljajo tudi vodo hidroelektrarnam.