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Los dispositivos médicos lideran las exportaciones de ZF – Republica Dominicana

3 minutos De cada 100 dólares que exportan las zonas francas, 25 son del segmento dispositivos médicos y productos farmacéuticos. El segmento dispositivos médicos y productos farmacéuticos exportó el pasado año US$1,659 millones, monto que representó una cuarta parte del valor total exportado por el sector zonas francas. Ese núcleo, el único componente de su sector que labora sin restricción legal, solo con las limitaciones administrativas discrecionales que emanan del “distanciamiento social” mandado por el tema del coronavirus, es la cabeza del nuevo giro de Continue lendo→

Las zonas francas y una oportunidade exportadora tras el coronavirus

2 minutos Muchos especialistas consideran a la pandemia del coronavirus cómo la crisis más difícil desde el fin de la II Guerra Mundial. Además de las 30.000 pérdidas de vidas que se actualizan día a día, la mitad de la población se encuentra confinada en sus hogares, 300 millones de jóvenes en el mundo no asisten a clase, una importante cantidad de industrias y comercios –en su gran mayoría pymes– se encuentran paralizados y las pérdidas de capitalización bursátil para las grandes empresas alcanza Continue lendo→

World FZO Outlook Report 2020

3 minutos 2020 began on a note of cautious optimism, with international institutions predicting an uptick in growth. The reality was starkly different. The Covid-19 virus spread across the world and brought in its wake uncertainty, fear and disruption on a scale not seen for generations. In recent weeks, this global pandemic has affected our entire lives, and more specifically, our livelihoods. Forced to react, governments have taken drastic measures to quell the spread of this disease. Lockdowns, air travel embargos, and emergency stimulus Continue lendo→

Special Economic Zones seek relief package to boost exports, jobs amid coronavirus lockdown

1 minuto Apex body for promotion of special economic zones EPCES has sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an incentive package for the sector, which is facing challenges due to the lockdown on account of Covid-19 outbreak. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Export Promotion Council for SEZs and EOUs Vice Chairman Bhuvnesh Seth said the pandemic has severely impacted the sector with more than 50 per cent loss of export orders. He said that liquidity too is badly hit on Continue lendo→

Leveraging a new generation of industrial parks and zones for inclusive and sustainable development – strategic framework

3 minutos UNIDO was among the first development agencies to define guidelines for the establishment of industrial parks in the 1990s.In the 2000s, several UNIDO publications addressed the issue of industrial parks such as UNIDO Industrial Development Report 2002/2003: Competing through Innovation and Learning and Industrial Development Report 2009: Breaking In and Moving Up: New Industrial Challenges for the Bottom Billion and the Middle- Income Countries. A series of regional conferences on industrial parks were held from 2010 to 2015 in Azerbaijan, Slovenia and Belarus and led Continue lendo→

Over 280 units in SEZs operational to manufacture pharmaceuticals, hospital devices

menos de 1 minuto More than 280 units engaged in manufacturing essential items like pharmaceuticals and hospital devices at special economic zones are operational amid countrywide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the government said. Besides, more than 1,900 IT and IT-enable service units have been facilitated to enable their employees to work from home. “All development commissioners are closely coordinating with the units for their smooth functioning while ensuring that all necessary precautions of workplace safety including social distancing are Continue lendo→

China abrirá novas zonas piloto integradas de e-commerce transfronteiriço para estabilizar comércio exterior e investimento

4 minutos A China estabelecerá 46 novas zonas piloto integradas para o comércio eletrônico transfronteiriço, além de apoiar o comércio do processamento com novos passos e realizar a Feira de Cantão online, para manter estáveis o comércio exterior e o investimento estrangeiro em meio à epidemia, de acordo com a reunião executiva do Conselho de Estado presidida pelo premiê Li Keqiang na terça-feira. As vendas no varejo dos negócios de comércio eletrônico transfronteiriço na China atingiram 186,21 bilhões de yuans (US$ 26,25 bilhões) em Continue lendo→

World Investment Forum 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 06-10 December.

1 minuto The World Investment Forum is a high-level, biennial, multi-stakeholder gathering designed to facilitate dialogue and action on the world’s key emerging investment-related challenges. Its mission is to provide a platform where a debate on “investment for development” can take place and ultimately to promote investment flows that contribute to sustainable and inclusive development. With its ties to UN member States, the World Investment Forum is able to bring together a broad coalition of investment stakeholders at the highest level who can influence Continue lendo→

ZPE Ceará utiliza tecnologia para ajudar no combate ao Covid-19

2 minutos A ZPE Ceará – Companhia Administradora da Zona de Processamento de Exportação do Ceará – integrante do Complexo do Pecém, implementou procedimento mais avançado de acesso aos Gates principais da empresa com identificação e verificação de dados através de smartphones com leitura de QR-Code. A medida foi adotada em função do atual cenário global da Covid-19 e busca evitar a proliferação do vírus no País. Diariamente, transitam pela ZPE Ceará quase 500 caminhões, transportando materiais e pessoas de diversos lugares e o Continue lendo→

China’s ASEAN economic zones in the shadow of the US-China trade war

2 minutos Since China’s “Go-global Initiative” called upon Chinese enterprises in 2002, these enterprises have been ever-more active in expanding their businesses overseas, in which establishing overseas economic zones has been one of the most noticeable phenomena among all types of economic cooperation. This trend was bolstered by the Belt and Road Initiative launched in 2013, as overseas economic zones are perceived as a good platform to deliver tangible benefits to countries within the Silk Road Economic Belt and along the 21st Century Maritime Continue lendo→