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How customs agencies can help special economic zones succeed

3 minutos Customs agencies play a key role in special economic zones (SEZs) by facilitating trade, safeguarding compliance, and (sometimes) collecting revenues. Yet they often struggle to make an impact, perhaps as a result of their relative lack of authority and of idiosyncratic local rules and regulations. A common result is that SEZs fail to reach their potential. SEZs are complex. Many of them are exempt from taxation and have been set up to promote simpler trade, so customs agencies must tailor their approaches. What’s Continue lendo→

ZPE Parnaíba é representada no ABDIB Fórum Infraestrutura Regional com a presença dos governadores do Nordeste

2 minutos A Zona de Processamento de Exportações do Estado do Piauí, a ZPE Parnaíba, esteve representada no ABDIB Fórum Infraestrutura Regional – Edição Nordeste, evento da Associação Brasileira da Infraestrutura e Indústria de Base, realizado nesta quinta-feira, 22 de agosto, no Blue Tree Tower Rio Poty, em Teresina. O presidente da Companhia Administradora da ZPE, Paulo Cardoso, e os diretores Dinarte Porto (técnico), Carlos Teles (Administrativo) e Roger Jacob (Comercial), marcaram presença e participação no evento que contou exposições dos governadores do Nordeste, Continue lendo→

Why start a business in a free trade zone in Latin America?

2 minutos Business today in Latin America is broadening with investors seeking a chance to start businesses in these regions. However, taking the leap and starting investments in a different country can be a difficult decision regardless of extensive independent research. Realistically, some businesses are successful, and some fail due to the lack of knowledge on whether their goods and services impact the market and location. All it takes is a bit of help from an external market specialising in business expansion to new Continue lendo→

ZPE Ceará é premiada pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente

2 minutos A Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) do Ceará recebeu o Selo Verde do Programa Agenda Ambiental na Administração Pública – A3P, concedido pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA) às instituições públicas que aderem e implantam práticas de gestão baseadas em conceitos de sustentabilidade socioambiental. O reconhecimento é referente ao ano de 2018. De acordo com a diretora operacional da ZPE Ceará, Andréa Freitas, a certificação mostra o compromisso da empresa em gerar desenvolvimento para o Estado do Ceará, preservando o bem Continue lendo→

Las zonas económicas especiales y su contribución al desarrollo de los países

4 minutos Las zonas económicas especiales son infraestructuras, en áreas específicas dentro de un país, que tienen condiciones fiscales e incentivos regulatorios. Cuentan con legislación comercial, industrial y empresarial particular para responder a sus objetivos de promover la industrialización, las actividades emprendedoras, la producción de bienes o servicios con orientación exportadora, la modernización tecnológica, así como atraer y facilitar inversión extranjera. En la denominación de zona económica especial se pueden clasificar las zonas de libre comercio, las zonas francas, las zonas de procesamiento de Continue lendo→

China plans to drop all duties at Shanghai Free Trade Zone: sources

1 minuto China is planning a pilot project to drop all duties and ease procedures at its Shanghai Free Trade Zone, three people familiar with the matter said, as Beijing looks to position itself as a leader in promoting free trade amid its grinding trade war with Washington. The plan, which could be announced as soon as this year, was discussed during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Shanghai in late July, and leaders plan to discuss it further at their annual gathering in the seaside Continue lendo→

Global free zones have challenges to contend with

1 minuto Free trade zones have become major growth enablers in emerging economies, and we have seen these concepts powering the UAE economy to a great extent. More than 45 free zones and “economic zones” are contributing to the UAE economy and foreign trade in a much bigger way. According to UAE Federal Customs Authority, trade through these free zones represented Dh592.4 billion — or 36 per cent — of the UAE’s Dh1.63 trillion foreign trade in 2018. This means more than a third Continue lendo→

Un centre d’information sur les zones franches de taxes à Montréal

2 minutos Dans un effort pour accroître le nombre d’entreprises, surtout des PME, actives dans l’importation et l’exportation, la grappe industrielle montréalaise CargoM a été désignée « Centre zone franche » pour le Grand Montréal, hier, par le gouvernement fédéral. Selon le directeur général de CargoM, Mathieu Charbonneau, le rôle de ce Centre zone franche en sera essentiellement un d’information, pour éclairer les entreprises montréalaises sur des programmes fédéraux déjà existants qui leur permettent de transformer leurs installations en zone libre de taxes douanières. Pour une Continue lendo→

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program: Economic Benefits to American Communities

2 minutos Foreign-trade zones (FTZs or zones) provide tariff savings and other benefits to companies that engage in import and export operations in the United States. These benefits were provided by Congress beginning in 1934 to encourage U.S. economic activity in manufacturing and distribution, and employment that might otherwise be performed abroad. Economic analysis of the effects of FTZs is limited, particularly the impact of FTZs on economic activity and jobs in localities with operational zones. To remedy this deficiency, the National Association of Continue lendo→

Latinoamérica apuesta por las zonas especiales para crecer más

4 minutos Las Zonas Económicas Especiales (ZEE) han experimentado un fuerte auge en Latinoamérica y en el mundo y se han convertido en motor para impulsar el desarrollo, el crecimiento y el comercio. Según el último informe anual ‘WIR 2019’ de la Conferencia de la ONU para el Comercio y el Desarrollo (UNCTAD, por sus siglas en inglés), que aconseja su implantación, hay 500 de estas zonas en la región, que alojan a más de 10.000 empresas y emplean a cerca de un millón de personas. La mayor Continue lendo→