During the framework of the World Congress of Free Zones (AICE) 2022, which takes place in Jamaica, the Secretary of Economic Development of Quintana Roo (Headquarters), Rosa Elena Lozano Vázquez, participated in the annual meeting of the World Organization of Free Zones Free (WFZO), where the admission of the Industrial Park with Strategic Bonded Warehouse of Chetumal to this organization was announced.

The Head of Headquarters explained that the WFZO is an organization based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 2014, which aims to improve the global contribution of free zones to economic prosperity and social development by promoting best practices, the exchange of industry knowledge in production, services and logistics, as well as support for trade policies, globally recognized certification programs and strong compliance models among its members.

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The World Congress of Free Zones AICE 2022 – which takes place together with the First Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones promoted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – is the most important meeting of the year for those who operate or they want to do it in free zones, logistics, customs and international trade.

The official assured that Quintana Roo is the first entity in the country that has the status of a member of the WFZO, through its Industrial Park with a Strategic Fiscalized Precinct, located in the Free Zone of Chetumal, because of its unique model in the country tax incentives represented a great attraction for this international organization, in which you can only join by invitation.

“In the world there are more than 3,000 free zones, distributed in more than 160 countries, which are home to more than 2 million companies, contributing to a third of world trade and employing more than 100 million people, from now on Quintana Roo is part of them," he added.

"The WFZO aims to reaffirm the leading role of free zones in international trade and also to constitute an entity that can provide its members with services such as technical training, reports, studies and statistics on topics of their specialty," he states.

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Regarding the Industrial Park with Bonded Precinct, the official recalled that they are working at full speed for the opening of 20 industrial warehouses, which will have to be ready before the current administration of Governor Carlos Joaquín González concludes next September.

In addition, a logistics center of the Argentine firm Mercado Libre is in the process of being installed, which will seek to take advantage of the customs and international trade benefits that the park offers investors.

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