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→

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→

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→

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→

1 minuto O governador Gladson Cameli pediu o apoio do governo federal para colocar em funcionamento a Zona de Processamento de Exportação do Acre (ZPE), na reunião do Conselho Administrativo da Superintendência (CAS) da Zona Franca de Manaus (Suframa), nesta quinta-feira, 25, em Manaus. Lançada há nove anos como um mecanismo importante para a instalação de empresas com interesse de exportar seus produtos para a Ásia, passando pelo corredor do Acre até os portos peruanos do oceano Pacífico, a ZPE do Acre nunca entrou Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto O Diário Oficial da União (DOU) publica o Decreto 9.933/2019, que dispõe sobre o Conselho Nacional das Zonas de Processamento de Exportação (CNZPE). O texto revoga a regulamentação anterior do tema, prevista em decreto de novembro de 2008.  Antes liderado por ministros, o grupo agora será composto pelo secretário especial de Produtividade, Emprego e Competitividade do Ministério da Economia, como presidente; secretário especial da Receita Federal do Brasil do Ministério da Economia; secretário executivo do Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional; e Continue lendo→

1 minuto The government has made the decision to allow for the development of new special economic zones for industry on Java Island, the nation’s most populous and most industrialized island, in a push to diversify industries and respond to demand from the private sector. The decision was made after a meeting between Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution and Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto on Monday. Darmin said special criteria would be in place to avoid redundancy with the existing industry in Java. “There will be criteria to ensure that [new special economic Continue lendo→

4 minutos Enthusiasm is creeping ahead of reality as Shanghai makes plans to further develop its free-trade zone into a Hong Kong-style free marketplace. And while there is no concrete operating guide to work from, officials, researchers and company executives are in consensus that the city will need to expand the size of the free-trade zone, liberalise yuan capital accounts, loosen customs requirements and grant free visas to business travellers as it edges closer to becoming a global financial and shipping hub. “A free-trade Continue lendo→