Novos investimentos alimentam expectativas – Ceará

Novos investimentos alimentam expectativas – Ceará

2 minutos Assim como ocorreu com a Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), outros investimentos que chegam ao Ceará trazem consigo a expectativa de mais negócios em cadeia capazes de impulsionar a economia cearense. Ao contrário dos restaurantes e outros pequenos comércios, como ocorreu em Cumbuco, parcerias como a da alemã Fraport AG e da holandesa Porto de Roterdã alimentam a esperança de mais crescimento para o Estado. Segundo Rômulo Alexandre Soares, presidente do Conselho de Relações Internacionais da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Continue lendo

Investissements: Les hauts et les bas des zones franches en Afrique

Investissements: Les hauts et les bas des zones franches en Afrique

1 minuto Ces espaces économiques à régime spécial ont été mis en place dans les années 80-90 pour attirer des investissements, créer des emplois et développer les exportations sur le continent. Aujourd’hui, ils font toujours recette. Du 20 au 22 septembre 2018 s’est tenue à Abidjan, capitale économique de la Côte d’Ivoire, la troisième rencontre annuelle de l’AFZO (Organisation africaine des zones franches). Le thème central était: «Contribution des zones économiques et zones franches dans le développement économique durable en Afrique».  Une trentaine de Continue lendo

Investing in China’s Economic Development Zones

Investing in China’s Economic Development Zones

menos de 1 minuto China’s economic development zones (EDZs) are areas with preferential business policies that differ from those governing the country as a whole. First experimented with in the 1970s, Chinahas created a range of EDZs to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and boost domestic growth. EDZs provide a broad range of FDI incentives, which vary depending on the specific EDZ. Businesses operating in EDZs can expect, among other incentives, a higher level of autonomy over their operations, a variety of tax exemptions, land and building Continue lendo

Complexo Porto do Açu será parceiro estratégico da China e terá ZPE operando em 2021, diz CEO.

Complexo Porto do Açu será parceiro estratégico da China e terá ZPE operando em 2021, diz CEO.

1 minuto O Complexo do Porto do Açu, em operação desde 2014, é um dos destaques da Intermodal South America 2019, o maior evento de logística, transporte de cargas e comércio exterior da Améria Latina, que teve início neta terça-feira (19) e será encerrada amanhã (21), em São Paulo. No estande do Porto do Açu, os visitantes têm informações sobre o maior complexo portuário, industrial e energético do Brasil, localizado em São João da Barra (RJ). Coincidindo com a participação nesse importante evento, o Continue lendo

Coordination meeting of Special Economic Zones Central Committee held in Nay Pyi Taw – Myanmar

Coordination meeting of Special Economic Zones Central Committee held in Nay Pyi Taw – Myanmar

1 minuto Chairman of the Myanmar Special Economic Zones Central Committee (MSEZCC) Vice President U Henry Van Thio addressed the coordination meeting 1/2019 of MSEZCC held at the Ministry of Commerce meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon. The meeting was attended by Union Ministers Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe, U Kyaw Tint Swe, U Thant Sin Maung, U Ohn Win, U Win Khaing, U Thein Swe, U Khin Maung Cho, Dr. Than Myint and U Han Zaw, Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo, Continue lendo

Special economic zone and exports – Rwanda

Special economic zone and exports – Rwanda

menos de 1 minuto Rwanda’s SEZ program is designed to address some of the domestic private sector constraints such as availability of industrial and commercial land, availability and the cost of energy, limited transport linkages, market access and reduced bureaucracy and availability of skills. Designated, serviced land is provided for small and large scale industrial development, as well as reliable, quality infrastructure, competitive fiscal and non-fiscal regulations and streamlined administration procedures. In 2010, the SEZ regulatory framework was developed into the SEZ policy and Continue lendo

Free trade zones transform foreign trade and push economic growth

Free trade zones transform foreign trade and push economic growth

2 minutos There are more than 3,500 free trade zones in 165 countries around the world. The number of people who work in free trade zones exceeds 8 million. A free trade zone refers to a geographical region of a particular country where preferential taxation (such as bonded measures, preferential income tax measures, etc.), special regulatory measures and convenient financial and foreign exchange measures are implemented. The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially established in September 2013. During more than a year Continue lendo

Free trade zones are veritable platforms for economic growth – Nigeria

Free trade zones are veritable platforms for economic growth – Nigeria

menos de 1 minuto As the federal government makes effort to diversify Nigeria’s economy from oil, if well harnessed, revenue generated from free trade zones could surpass what the country currently earns from the hydrocarbon and sustains the economy.  This position was articulated and reinforced by the immediate past Managing Director of the NAHCO Free Trade Zone, Mr. Baba Yusuf, when he speaks with Chinedu Eze. Yusuf, who is a member of and knowledge contributor to the Geneva-based World Free Zones Organization (World FZO), Continue lendo

‘Two Sessions’ sheds light on free trade zone expansion – China

‘Two Sessions’ sheds light on free trade zone expansion – China

3 minutos THE ongoing “Two Sessions,” the annual gathering of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies, have shed light on the expansion of the Shanghai free trade zone pilot area. Answering questions put online, Chen Jingying, a Shanghai delegate to the National People’s Congress, said the expansion wasn’t just an increase in geographical space. Instead, the goal is to better serve significant national development strategies as well as the country’s comprehensive reform and opening-up efforts. Chen’s remarks were in response to heated talk Continue lendo

Trade balance in free, special economic zones hits $80bn in five years – Iran

Trade balance in free, special economic zones hits $80bn in five years – Iran

menos de 1 minuto President’s Adviser and Secretary of Supreme Council of Free Zones Morteza Bank made the remark on Sunday and said, “some $118 billion worth of products were exported from the zone in the past five years. ”In addition, $38 billion worth of products was imported in the zone, registering a significant $80 billion worth of trade balance. Speaking in a meeting of ‘strategies of development of services, products and exports of top Iranian companies’, held at the venue of IRIB Intl. Continue lendo