Notícias

1 minuto While the world is dotted with free-trade and special economic zones, few are on the scale of Hainan, China’s most populous island, covering an area only slightly smaller than Taiwan, and home to more than 9 million people. Beijing’s latest attempt to reinvent the sleepy tropical island as a massive free-trade port have drawn suggestions that it is trying to replace Hong Kong as the trading entrepôt for multinational companies trying to tap the mainland’s manufacturing base or consumer market. As a World Trade Continue lendo→

2 minutos Covid-19 has become a pandemic that has reverberated across the globe. Its associated detrimental impact on economies has been felt far and wide, with serious disruptions in global value-chains and international trade being evidenced on a daily basis. In the South African context, Covid-19 is threatening to exacerbate the already entrenched socio-economic challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality that epitomised the country before the virus affected the world.  The Covid-19 pandemic will adversely affect the manufacturing industry in South Africa. No one Continue lendo→

1 minuto Khmer Times’ Sok Chan spoke to Hiroshi Uematsu, chief executive officer of Phnom Penh SEZ, on the role of the special economic zone to attract investment, especially from the manufacturing sector. We focused from creating decent jobs and promoting technical transfers to boosting exports into and out of the Kingdom; especially, exports amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. KT: How important are the roles of special economic zones (SEZs) in promoting Cambodia’s export processing industry? Uematsu: Special economic zones can play a Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto A Medida Provisória 973/20 dispensa as empresas instaladas em zonas de processamento de exportação (ZPEs) de cumprir, em 2020, o requisito legal de ter pelo menos 80% da receita bruta atrelado a vendas ao exterior. A MP entrou em vigor nesta quinta-feira (28). ZPEs são distritos industriais, cujas empresas são beneficiadas com a suspensão de impostos para exportar, entre outros benefícios. Em contrapartida, no mínimo 80% da receita bruta total deve ser oriunda de exportações, regra criada pela Lei 11.508/07. O Continue lendo→

1 minuto A China é o país mais populoso do mundo e tem uma economia crescente. E Mato Grosso tem potencial para fornecer diversos produtos para os chineses, assim como eles têm interesse em investir no Estado. Nesta quinta-feira (14.05), foi realizada uma videoconferência para entender melhor essa dinâmica e planejar ações de marketing para os mercados chineses. O objetivo foi a troca de ideias e experiências entre o secretário de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Mato Grosso, César Miranda, o presidente do Instituto Mato-grossense da Carne Continue lendo→