menos de 1 minuto India was one of the first in Asia to recognize the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) model in promoting exports, with Asia’s first EPZ set up in Kandla in 1965. With a view to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances; absence of world-class infrastructure, and an unstable fiscal regime and with a view to attract larger foreign investments in India, the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced in April 2000. Continue lendo→

2 minutos President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, seemingly frustrated by the long issue of legal uncertainty in Batam, near Singapore, decided last Wednesday to end the 17-year-long dualism of authorities on that island by putting the Batam Development Authority entirely under the Batam administration. This decision will pave the way for the long-delayed political and bureaucratic process of turning Batam, now a free trade zone, into a special economic zone (SEZ). During Soeharto’s authoritarian and centralised administration until the late 1990s, Batam had thrived as Continue lendo→

3 minutos Foi um ano de ouro este 2018 para a Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Complexo Industrial e Portuário do Pecém (CIPP). Para começar, a usina siderúrgica da CSP alcançou a sua plena capacidade de produção – de 3 milhões de toneladas de placas de aço. E, como joia da coroa, a estatal cearense abriu 30% de seu capital para a entrada de um importante sócio europeu, o Porto de Roterdã, que já injetou na empresa 75 milhões de euros, algo equivalente a R$ Continue lendo→

1 minuto A cidade de Shenzhen é o símbolo das reformas transformadoras lançadas pela China há 40 anos: um apanhado de antigas vilas de pescadores se transformou em um centro global de manufatura. Hoje, Shenzhen está no coração de uma nova política que visa transformar a China em uma potência de alta tecnologia para apagar a reputação de ser apenas linha de montagem para empresas estrangeiras — ou, pior: de imitadora. Shenzhen vivia da pesca e dos arrozais até se tornar campo de testes para Continue lendo→

2 minutos Prestes a entrar em 2019 na sua segunda fase de ampliação, a Zona de Processamento e Exportação do Ceará (ZPE Ceará) conta com o interesse de pelo menos duas empresas asiáticas que foram prospectadas durante a última missão do governo do Estado ao continente. Durante evento, na manhã de ontem (14), na Federação das Indústrias do Ceará (Fiec), o titular da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (SDE), César Ribeiro, revelou que “duas ou três empresas prospectadas na Ásia assinaram o protocolo de intenção Continue lendo→

2 minutos Costa Rica is a strategic destination for the operation of multinational companies in sectors such as services, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and light manufacturing. To date, more than 250 leading companies worldwide have chosen the country as a place to expand their operations. Encouraging foreign investment, commercial exchange and employment generation is the main reason for the Free Trade Zone Regime (RZF) in Costa Rica, a measure that can be taken by national and foreign companies wishing to develop their operations in the country. The Continue lendo→

2 minutos China is expanding its pilot free trade zones as President Xi Jinping raises the banner of deregulation to lure more foreign capital while the U.S. trade war continues unabated. Xi recently touted plans to expand the Shanghai free trade zone, citing its important role in the country’s more open economy. The government will “support bold and creative steps by Shanghai to advance investment and trade liberalization … so that more of its successful practices may be replicated in other parts of China,” Xi Continue lendo→

1 minuto Hainan Free Trade Zone this week launched 100 construction projects with a total investment of 29.8 billion yuan ($4.29 billion) from local governments and enterprises in and outside of Hainan. A grand ceremony was held in Haikou, the capital city of China’s southernmost Hainan province, on November 28 to mark the commencement of these projects. Located in major cities and counties around the tropical island, the projects include major infrastructure work such as the second-phase Haixiu expressway and the international convention and exhibition Continue lendo→

3 minutos The Creative Economic Council of the Philippines (CECP) wants creative industry clusters to be designated as special economic zones to allow companies to benefit from fiscal incentives. At Tuesday’s Arangkada forum held in Makati City, CECP Founder and President Paolo A. Mercado said the group is pushing for the identification of creative clusters as special economic zones (SEZs) as part of its road map. The CECP is targeting to have one to five creative cluster SEZs established between 2016 to 2020; five to Continue lendo→