novembro 2024

Zona Franca Santafesina inaugura novo porto em Villa Constitución

Zona Franca Santafesina inaugura novo porto em Villa Constitución

1 minuto A Zona Franca Santafesina (ZFS) inaugurou oficialmente seu porto multipropósito em Villa Constitución. A cerimônia, organizada pelo PTP Group e Nitron Group, principais acionistas da ZFS, contou com o tradicional corte de fita, visitas guiadas às instalações e uma jornada de networking para líderes de diversos setores e autoridades nacionais e provinciais, entre elas o chefe de Gabinete de Ministros da Nação, Guillermo Francos. Este novo terminal portuário, cuja construção levou quatro anos e envolveu um investimento de US$ 40 milhões, representa Continue lendo

Special Economic Zones in India: Catalysts for Economic Growth and Global Competitiveness

Special Economic Zones in India: Catalysts for Economic Growth and Global Competitiveness

6 minutos Special economic zones (SEZ) are special areas within a country that offer incentives to business and trade regulations operating in those areas. The main objectives of the SEZ are generating additional economic activity, promoting exports of goods and services from the country, promoting foreign and domestic investment and creating more employment opportunities beside the development of infrastructure facilities. The category ‘SEZ’ covers a broad range of zone types, few of which are free zones (FZs), industrial estates (IEs), and free ports, free trade zones (FTZs), export processing zones (EPZs). In Continue lendo

One year into free-trade zone, Xinjiang embraces further opening up

One year into free-trade zone, Xinjiang embraces further opening up

5 minutos Edil Mohammed, who commutes daily for about an hour by bus from Yarkent, Kazakhstan, to Horgos, China, has adapted to the lifestyle of cross-border work. As the head of a branch of Kazakhstan’s Bank CenterCredit, which is located in the China-Kazakhstan International Border Cooperation Center in Horgos, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, he is part of a pioneering group of foreign banks that entered Xinjiang following the establishment of the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in November 2023. A Continue lendo

2024 Top Free Trade Zones

2024 Top Free Trade Zones

23 minutos ver 90 years after the Foreign Trade Zone Act of 1934 was first established and subsequently introduced the nation’s first FTZ in Staten Island, New York, in 1936, a robust network of activity continues to flourish. In August 2024, the 85th Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to Congress of the United States was released, showing that Texas, Louisiana, California, South Carolina and Tennessee remained firm in their respective top five ranks for overall FTZ economic impact since 2022. Fresh data Continue lendo