Jamaica’s transition from free zone status must wrap up by December 2019.

Jamaica’s transition from free zone status must wrap up by December 2019.

1 minuto The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) is urging companies operating under a free zone regime to transition towards a newly established special economic zone (SEZ) regime.  The transition has to wrap up by December, the JSEZA wrote in an ad published on the Sunday Gleaner newspaper on April 7.  The measure follows up on the Special Economic Zones Act passed in 2016, which replaced a previous free zone law that had to be phased out to comply with international rules against exports subsidies.  Free Continue lendo

Continuidad de las Zonas Económicas Especiales, fundamental para disminuir la desigualdade – Mexico

Continuidad de las Zonas Económicas Especiales, fundamental para disminuir la desigualdade – Mexico

2 minutos La Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) considera prioritario preservar el proyecto de las Zonas Económicas Especiales, con el fin de inducir un crecimiento homogéneo en distintas regiones del país para generar nuevas oportunidades de empleo en las regiones con menos niveles de desarrollo. Actualmente existen Decretos de Declaratoria para las Zonas Económicas Especiales de Puerto Chiapas, Lázaro Cárdenas–La Unión, Coatzacoalcos, Salina Cruz, Progreso, Tabasco y Campeche.   México no debe perder inversiones comprometidas por seis empresas que ya solicitaron un Continue lendo

Développement économique : Des zones pour booster la croissance – Cameroun

Développement économique : Des zones pour booster la croissance – Cameroun

2 minutos Jeudi 25 avril dernier, le président de la République a signé un décret portant modalités de création et de gestion des zones économiques au Cameroun. Parmi les secteurs d’activités qui rentrent dans ce canevas défini par le chef de l’Etat : les zones agricoles, les zones artisanales, les zones commerciales, les zones franches, les zones industrielles, les agropoles, les technopoles, les pôles scientifiques, les pôles de compétitivité, les complexes touristiques, etc. Le texte présidentiel indique également qu’on peut retrouver plusieurs activités sur Continue lendo

Polo Multimodal Pecém se beneficia da tecnologia blockchain para a construção da primeira Smart Chain City da América Latina

Polo Multimodal Pecém se beneficia da tecnologia blockchain para a construção da primeira Smart Chain City da América Latina

4 minutos Tornar as empresas competitivas através de uma infraestrutura moderna em uma localização estratégica. É com essa premissa que o Polo Multimoldal Pecém, se apresenta para o mercado.  Localizado nas proximidades do Porto do Pecém, no Município de São Gonçalo do Amarante, Estado do Ceará e com mais de mais de 20 milhões de m² de área de propriedade, o Polo Multimodal Pecém foi projetado pelo arquiteto e urbanista Alcindo Dell’Agnese dentro dos mais modernos padrões internacionais em termos de infraestrutura, tecnologia e sustentabilidade. Continue lendo

World Free & Special Economic Zones Summit in Monaco, on 13th – 15thNovember 2019

World Free & Special Economic Zones Summit in Monaco, on 13th – 15thNovember 2019

2 minutos Message from the President of FEMOZA Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am proud to announce that in partnership with UNIDO and with the full support of many International institutions, FEMOZA will be organizing the SU-MEET: World Free & Special Economic Zones Summit in Monaco, on 13th – 15thNovember 2019. Over recent decades and in many countries, FDI investment projects have increasingly chosen to locate within Free & Special Economic Zones as the prime choice, because these zones offer technical comfort and security, along with the infrastructure, Continue lendo

Governo de MT determina estudo de viabilidade para decidir sobre retomada de obras de ZPE e VLT

Governo de MT determina estudo de viabilidade para decidir sobre retomada de obras de ZPE e VLT

1 minuto O governador Mauro Mendes (DEM) declarou, na segunda-feira (29), que determinou um estudo de viabilidade para decidir se dará continuidade às obras da Zona de Processamento e Exportação (ZPE), localizada em Cáceres, a 220 km de Cuiabá, e do Veículo Leve sobre Trilhos, na capital e em Várzea Grande, região metropolitana.  De acordo com o governador é preciso que o dinheiro público seja investido em obras que tragam retorno financeiro para o estado. “Temos tão pouco dinheiro nos cofres públicos ultimamente, que o Continue lendo

Governador Camilo Santana discute parcerias com maior empresa de infraestrutura da China

Governador Camilo Santana discute parcerias com maior empresa de infraestrutura da China

3 minutos No penúltimo dia da viagem à China, onde mantém contatos para atrair novos investimentos para o Ceará, o governador Camilo Santana teve reunião com Sun Ziyu, vice-presidente da China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), maior empresa de infraestutura do país e uma das maiores do mundo, com faturamento global de US$ 70 bilhões. Durante o encontro, que teve a presença de outros diretores da CCCC e do assessor especial de Assuntos Internacionais, César Ribeiro, foram discutidos possíveis acordos entre a empresa e o Continue lendo

Free Trade Zones in Germany

Free Trade Zones in Germany

4 minutos Free trade zones in Germany are special areas within the customs territory of the country. Goods placed inside these areas are free of import duties, VAT and other import charges. When the goods are stored in a free trade zone, no import declaration has to be lodged.  Free trade zones in Germany are established and operated under the provisions of the commercial law in Germany and EU laws. They are located in areas with geographic advantages for trade like major seaports, international airports and national frontiers. Detailed presentations about the Continue lendo

Overseas trade zones serve as model to boost economy

Overseas trade zones serve as model to boost economy

2 minutos China could share its successful experience of the past 40 years with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative by running industrial zones in these countries, a senior United Nations official said. In late 1990s, China started to build economic and trade zones overseas, and had 113 such zones by last November. They have attracted a total of $42.14 billion in investment and paid $3.24 billion in taxes to host countries. A total of 302,000 jobs have been created in these Continue lendo

AMLO cancels Special Economic Zones: ‘they were of no benefit’

AMLO cancels Special Economic Zones: ‘they were of no benefit’

2 minutos President López Obrador confirmed today that his government will eliminate the country’s seven Special Economic Zones (SEZs), declaring that they were of “no benefit” to the economy. The president responded bluntly to a reporter who asked at his morning press conference whether the SEZs are going to disappear. “Yes, completely,” López Obrador said. “They were supposed to help but they never did anything to help. They [the former government] did business, they bought land, they squandered resources [but] there was no benefit Continue lendo