5 minutos Business leaders in Grimsby, in north east Lincolnshire, England, attracted derision late last year when they called for Grimsby docks to be designated a free trade zone. Professor Alex De Ruyter of Birmingham City Business School, the founder of the country’s first Brexit studies centre, said the plan for a “free port” in the town was “pie in the sky thinking”. But others were more positive. “As Britain charts a course for Brexit, the government should give our ports the freedom to recapture Continue lendo→

2 minutos Os países do Oriente deverão ser os principais parceiros do Ceará nos próximos anos, se toda a articulação planejada pelo governo cearense se fizer realidade. Após os coreanos e os chineses, o secretário de Assuntos Internacionais do governo, Antonio Balhmann, revelou que deve empregar esforços em captar investidores japoneses, e o principal atrativo é a Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE). “Sexta-feira, 23, vamos apresentar a ZPE para câmara de comércio do Brasil-Japão, em São Paulo. Vai ser um almoço, e depois Continue lendo→

2 minutos A Receita Federal visitou hoje, 19, pela manhã, a ZPE Ceará para conhecer o projeto conceitual do novo recinto alfandegado da expansão (Setor II) da estatal, no município de Caucaia. A área a ser alfandegada, numa primeira etapa, que está com projeto pronto, conta com 150 hectares para abrigar novas indústrias de setores diversificados, dentre eles granito e energia. A Comissão de Alfandegamento da 3ª Região da Receita Federal (COMALF 03) foi recepcionada pelo Secretário de Assuntos Internacionais do Governo do Estado, Continue lendo→

2 minutos Las zonas francas crean puestos de trabajos y otorgan competitividad a los países anfitriones, en la medida que aumenta la inversión extranjera. República Dominicana es considerada en Latinoamérica como un ejemplo de éxito de este modelo. Los números de la Asociación de Zonas Francas de Las Américas (AZFA) al 2017 muestran el liderazgo: República Dominicana encabeza la lista en países de Latinoamérica con más empleos directos creados (163,147) y más millones de dólares generados en exportación (US$5,494 MM). El país cuenta con Continue lendo→

2 minutos The Executive Secretary of Africa Free Zones Association Mr Chris Ndibe said the Association is geared toward assisting the over 600 Free Zones in the continent to realise their optimal potential with its numerous programmes which it plans to execute fully this year and beyond. Ndibe said this when the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Free Zone Board, Mr Michael Okyere Baafi, Visited him in his office in Abuja recently Mr Baafi visited AFZA office in company of two staff, Mr Ziblim Continue lendo→

3 minutos The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) has announced it has gained final approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to designate Miami International Airport’s entire 3,230-acre land parcel as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) magnet site. The magnet site designation allows existing or prospective airport tenants to operate manufacturing, warehousing and/or distribution centres on airport property, and have their federal tariffs deferred, reduced or eliminated – providing time and cost savings for approved importers and exporters. The new magnet site – an expansion Continue lendo→

2 minutos According to Thepaper.cn, Pengji Information Technology (Shanghai) Ltd. was registered on December 25, 2014. Google Ireland Holdings, Google’s European headquarters, is listed as the firm’s sole shareholder, with William Anthony Farris as its legal representative, the report added. The scope of the company’s business includes web page searching, information technology, computer software, technology transfer consulting and computer system integration. It has a registered capital of 5 million yuan (US$780,000), according to The Paper. “Google keeps a low profile on purpose, and is not Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto China has relaxed restrictions on foreign investment in the country’s 11 free trade zones (FTZs), per a decision released by the State Council, China’s cabinet, on January 9. The Decision on Temporarily Adjusting Relevant Administrative Regulations, State Council Documents and Departmental Rules Approved by the State Council within FTZs (the Decision) updates various administrative regulations to extend to China’s new FTZs, and relaxes investment restrictions in 16 industries. Several of the relaxed rules introduced by the Decision are technically only Continue lendo→

3 minutos La Cámara de Comercio y Producción de Santiago, destacó ayer el papel y aporte de las industrias de zonas francas para la economía de la República Dominicana y en especial para la provincia de Santiago. La entidad empresarial hizo un recuento de estos aportes los cuales incluyen la existencia en dicho sector de más de ciento setenta mil empleos directos y un aporte al producto interno bruto (PIB) cercano al 4%. Además, estableció la entidad empresarial que dirige Marco Cabral  la impactante transferencia Continue lendo→