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Ceará a salvo da barreira ao aço pela União Europeia

Ceará a salvo da barreira ao aço pela União Europeia

menos de 1 minuto Países da União Europeia (UE) impuseram ontem, ao mercado internacional, novas barreiras de importação ao aço. Com exportação de placas pela Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), o Ceará ficou a salvo da medida, pois o material não consta da lista de impedimentos. Porém, o impacto nas siderúrgicas do Brasil deve chegar a mais de US$ 100 milhões por ano. Leia mais

Novo cenário para atrair mais investimentos

Novo cenário para atrair mais investimentos

menos de 1 minuto Embora a perspectiva seja positiva para 2019, ainda há incerteza se o momento é favorável para investimentos privados. A aposta da virada do ano é no setor de serviços para o Estado.  Mas, no Ceará, o cenário que se desenha com o hub aéreo, parceira com a holandesa Port of Rotterdam e expansão para receber novas empresas na Zona de Processamento de Exportação do Ceará (ZPE-CE), no Complexo Industrial e Portuário do Pecém (Cipp), confirmam ambiência para novas empresas e negócios. Continue lendo

Chinese-built industrial parks, free trade zones provide new industrialization momentum across Africa

Chinese-built industrial parks, free trade zones provide new industrialization momentum across Africa

5 minutos As African countries pursue industrialization, the Chinese-built industrial parks and free trade zones have been gaining momentum in the socio-economic drive of the continent, some significantly accelerating the process of industrialization and job creation.  Mastewal Tsegaye, a graduate of the Arba Minch University in Ethiopia, is among the many young Ethiopians working for Chinese companies in Ethiopia’s industrial parks. After failing to find a job related to her major for more than a year, Tsegaye was finally employed by the Huajian Shoe Continue lendo

Government to launch three special economic zones in 2019 – Indonesia

Government to launch three special economic zones in 2019 – Indonesia

1 minuto The government will prepare for the launch of three Special Economic Zones (KEK) in 2019, a KEK official stated in Jakarta on Thursday. “It can be launched next year if already completed. (The KEKs) are Sungai Liat and Tanjung Gunung in Bangka Belitung and Singosari in East Java,” Enoh Suharto Pranoto, secretary of the National KEK Council, stated in Jakarta, Thursday. Pranoto noted that the government continues to pursue the inauguration of the three KEKs in a short time, as preparation of Continue lendo

2019 budget: FG to spend N42bn on special economic zones – Nigeria

2019 budget: FG to spend N42bn on special economic zones – Nigeria

1 minuto The Federal Government is planning to spend about N42bn for the rehabilitation of special economic zones in the 2019 fiscal period. The amount is contained in the 2019 budget proposal, which was presented to the National Assembly last Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The 2019 budget has an estimate of N8.83tn, made up of N4.04tn for recurrent expenditure, N2.03tn for capital expenditure and N2.14tn for debt servicing, among others. The economic zones are being established by the government to drive manufacturing and Continue lendo