Located in Chennai (formerly Madras), the Zone is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries and caters to the needs of both units in the Special Economic Zone as well as of 100% EOUs located in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar islands.  The Zone is headed by Development Commissioner. The Zone was converted into a Special Economic Zone on 1.1.2003.

MEPZ SEZ is a multi-product Zone housing 101 functional units. Another 8 units are under various stages of implementation. The export turnover for the year 2004-2005 was Rs.1376 crores. Garments, software and engineering products contributed more than 50% of export value. Recent growth has been in engineering sector with special reference to automobile ancillaries.

The statuses of units of sez are as follows: