menos de 1 minuto The creation of special economic zones (SEZs) in Venezuela will promote the transfer of technology and create specialized jobs, Ramon Lobo, president of the National Assembly’s finance subcommittee, said on Wednesday. In addition to attracting national and international investment, the SEZs will raise the “possibility of expanding production” along the country’s northern coast, Lobo, a member of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, said on state-run television. On July 20, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro enacted the Organic Law of Continue lendo→

1 minuto O Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro suspendeu, nesta  quarta-feira (20), a Licitação – Seleção Pública de Administradora da Zona de Processamento de Exportação do Açu, elaborada pela Companhia de Desenvolvimento Industrial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – CODIN. A decisão é do conselheiro Marcelo Verdini Maia, e a Representação que culminou na suspensão é do Secretário Geral de Controle Externo – SGE do próprio tribunal.  O certame tem como objeto a seleção de empresa ou consórcio que Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto Uzbekistan has decided to exempt investors in special economic zones from paying income tax for up to ten years, the Uzbek Justice Ministry said. Under a presidential decree signed earlier this week, companies investing 15 million U.S. dollars or more will be exempted from paying income tax for 10 years, those with investments from 5 million to 15 million dollars will be exempted for five years, while those with investments from 3 million to 5 million dollars will be exempted Continue lendo→

1 minuto  Special economic zones (SEZs) in Indonesia have attracted a combined investment of 60 trillion rupiah (4 billion USD) following the approval of the Omnibus Act on job creation, an official from the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs has said. Elen Setiadi, an expert on regulation, law enforcement and economic resilience at the ministry said the act has partially changed the SEZ Law. According to Setiadi, after the approval of the Omnibus Act on job creation, four new SEZs were established, including Gresik SEZ in East Java province, Lido SEZ Continue lendo→

2 minutos The Venezuelan National Assembly approved legislation establishing “Special Economic Zones” (SEZ) in the Caribbean country. The 35-article bill is the latest effort by the Maduro administration to attract foreign investment to drive economic recovery as the country remains targeted by wide-reaching US sanctions. Following two parliamentary sessions, the new law was endorsed by the pro-government United Socialist Party (PSUV) legislative super majority, as well as right-wing opposition deputies, on Thursday. Óscar Figuera, the lone deputy from the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV), was the only Continue lendo→

3 minutos Para discutir a implantação da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) no município de Barcarena, foi realizada reunião de trabalho, na sede da Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Pará (Fiepa), na sexta-feira (1º). O evento, conduzido em parceria com o Conselho Temático de Infraestrutura da Fiepa (Coinfra) e o Centro das Indústrias do Pará (CIP), contou uma palestra do economista Antônio de Pádua Rodrigues Filho, diretor de Estratégia e Relações Institucionais da Companhia de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Pará (Codec), responsável pela Continue lendo→

2 minutos Uruguay y Brasil firmaron, el lunes 20, el acuerdo con los protocolos para que la producción de mercaderías en zonas francas nacionales ingrese con arancel cero al mercado brasileño. También fue firmado el documento para facilitar la entrada de yerba mate a territorio nacional. “Hoy se protocoliza el acuerdo, a partir de ahora trabajamos para la internalización”, indicó el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Francisco Bustillo. El acuerdo fue firmado, en la sede de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (Aladi), entre los representantes Continue lendo→