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3 minutos When the island of Hainan was designated as China’s 12th free-trade zone by President Xi Jinping in April last year, it came with an ambition to make the area operational by 2020, and reach a “mature” development stage in 2035. But one year on, how far has China’s southernmost province lived up to expectations? From November to March, the Hainan free-trade zone attracted 185.7 billion yuan (US$27.6 billion) of investment in three batches, allocated to 378 construction projects, including infrastructure, a tax-free Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto “Economic Zones” are the vanguard to opening a country’s economic supply chain to the outside world. They provide an environment laced with a liberalised regulatory regime and financial incentives, which help to attract investment, kick-start production, generate quality employment, and give a thrust to trade. Most emerging economies are moving towards adopting this framework and creating ‘specialised’ economic and export hubs that would give them better access to foreign funding and an inexhaustible overseas consumer base. Presently, ‘Special Economic Zones’ Continue lendo→

1 minuto A pesquisa ECSA Conteiner Terminal Report 2019 da Datamar aponta que o potencial de crescimento do Nordeste do Brasil, liderado pelos portos do Pecém (CE) e de Suape (PE), é o maior entre todas as regiões, segundo operadores de terminais portuários. Foram consultados diretores e autoridades de 22 portos brasileiros, seis na Argentina e dois no Uruguai. Entre os entrevistados, o índice de confiança no desenvolvimento da Região é alto. Para eles, a movimentação de contêineres pode crescer em 25% em “curto Continue lendo→