The World Free Trade Zone Organization will hold the World FZO Summit BA 2019, on April 9 and 10 at La Usina del Arte, in the City of Buenos Aires. It will bring together experts and specialists from different sectors and countries worldwide, with the aim of promoting trade and industrial export activity through cost reduction, tax incentives and the simplification of administrative procedures.
It will feature the participation of WFZO authorities, such as its own CEO Samir Hamrouni, and national government officials, such as Marcelo Scaglione, Undersecretary Representative to the OECD, of the Ministry of Finance.
Among other topics, the need to contribute to technological development will be addressed, as well as the association between free trade zones and scientific research, the comparison with the situation of countries that have advanced in successful models, such as Colombia, Uruguay and Spain, and the relationship of the OECD with free trade zones.
In addition, success stories will be presented, such as 3D Factory Incubator, the first European high-tech printing incubator, from the Barcelona Free Trade Zone Consortium; Port of Houston and Dow Chemical; Oil & Gas, the success stories of Houston and ZF off shore, as well as the success story of the Bogotá free trade zone, which after 20 years of activity has 400 established companies that generate 90.000 direct and indirect jobs.
The analysis of specific topics such as eCommerce, logistics hubs, free trade zones, Disruptive Logistics 4.0 in Free Trade Zones is planned, as well as the possibility of learning about the perspectives of free trade zones as a pillar of the new times in Brazil and the conclusions about the future of free trade zones in South America.
What are Free Trade Zones?
The Free Trade Zone is a tool for foreign trade capable of providing genuine solutions to companies, entrepreneurs, producers, exporters and importers, in a differential business framework with unique characteristics, where the application of a regime with tax benefits makes investment, production, synergy and consequent generation of genuine employment very attractive.
In the country, in 1996, the Law for the Promotion of Free Trade Zones (Law 24.331) was enacted, but, according to the organization, its implementation has not yet achieved the maximum possible development, particularly with regard to the establishment of productive processes and knowledge incubators, which are those that contribute most to the GDP.
#SummitBA2019
9 – 10 APR
??We analyze the #FreeTradeZones and its possibilities in relation to:
✔️E-Commerce
✔️Industry 4.0
✔️OECD
✔️Logistics Hubs@lisandroganuza @juan_opertti @mef_Uruguay @Uy_Logistico @UruguayXXI @SmartTalentUY @ZonaFrancaPDLC @ZonamericaUY @SILBARCELONA pic.twitter.com/NJzciw2Hou— Regional Office Latam WFZO (@Latam_WFZO) February 26th 2019
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