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→

1 minuto The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched the beta version of its Sustainable Industrial Park Platform (SIPP), a global knowledge and resource centre for industrial parks and other related area development initiatives. “Also known as special economic zones or industrial districts/corridors, industrial parks are essential to promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization as they help developing countries and economies in transition overcome numerous constraints that hinder industrialization progress.  Such challenges include limited access to information, technology, finance, infrastructure, and weak institutions as well Continue lendo→

1 minuto Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the special economic zones (SEZs) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will play a vital role in the country’s economic development and prosperity. The Pakistani government has been focusing on establishing SEZs across the country which would boost industrialization and exports while generating employment, Sharif said during his visit to the Rashakai SEZ, which is being developed under CPEC in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A total of nine economic zones have Continue lendo→

1 minuto En paralelo, Uruguay y Brasil firmaron otro documento que establece una complementación económica. En definitiva, lo que se pactará es que toda la producción uruguaya realizada en zonas francas pasará a tener un acceso con 0% de arancel en el mercado brasileño. El acuerdo estará vigente por tiempo indeterminado. Desde 1994 la producción que se realizaba en zonas francas no podía comercializarse con preferencia arancelaria en el mercado brasileño. Esto implicaba que todos los proyectos de inversión que se captaban tenían que tener como mercado objetivo Continue lendo→

1 minuto A nova refinaria com investimento planejado para o Ceará, a Refinaria de Petróleo de Pecém (RPP), poderá ter o início das obras já no começo do ano que vem e iniciar as operações ainda em 2025. A projeção foi feita por Gabriel Debellian, diretor de logística na Noxis Energy, empresa investidora do empreendimento, em entrevista exclusiva para a coluna. Esse cenário ainda poderia antecipar, também, o treinamento de pessoal, que deverá começar um ano antes da conclusão do projeto.  Contudo, Debellian explicou que todo o Continue lendo→