{"id":158860,"date":"2018-04-12T20:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T22:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=158860"},"modified":"2018-04-12T20:49:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T22:49:24","slug":"zpes-brasil-querem-atrair-investimentos-arabes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/zpes-brasil-querem-atrair-investimentos-arabes\/","title":{"rendered":"EPZs in Brazil plan on attracting Arab investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil is planning to attract Arab investment into its Export Processing Zones (EPZs), industrial areas which offer advantages to exporters. Plans also include building ties with Arab free zones.<\/p>\n<p>The subject was addressed this Wednesday (11) at a meeting in Bras\u00edlia, headed by the Executive Secretariat of the Council of Export Processing Zones (SE\/CEPZ), and attended by Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce CEO Michel Alaby and by delegates from EPZ Pec\u00e9m \u2013 Cear\u00e1 and EPZ Parna\u00edba \u2013 Piau\u00ed. The Secretariat is an arm of the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services.<\/p>\n<p>CEPZ executive secretary Tha\u00edse Pereira Pessoa Dutra said the Brazilian government is looking to add value to the production chain via EPZs. The goal is to encourage the manufacturing of value-added goods for export. \u201cBrazil is already known for being competitive in foreign trade when it comes to primary chains,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158855\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-158855 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thaise-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thaise-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thaise-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thaise-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tha\u00edse Dutra: investment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tha\u00edse believes the focus of EPZs matches the needs of Arab markets, which are greatly concerned with food security. The idea is to have Arabs invest in EPZs in Brazil and then have the goods exported back into their countries. Tha\u00edse believes the projects in EPZs could even be focused on goods which Arab countries are interested in, like animal protein.<\/p>\n<p>The executive secretary attended the Brazil-Arab Countries Economic Forum, in S\u00e3o Paulo, in early April, and had talks with several Arab delegates, including executives from organizations and free zones. The Forum was also attended by executives from EPZs in Bataguassu (MS), Uberaba (MG) and Pec\u00e9m (CE), all in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The CEPZ will be at the World Free Zones Organization International Conference on April 30 and May 1 in Dubai, UAE, and plans on setting up meetings with local free zones to discuss the cooperation and information sharing. During the Conference, the idea is to speak with free zones in other Arab countries.<\/p>\n<p>Tha\u00edse believes that in order to bring in Arab investors, one must comprehend their culture, investment-wise. She wants to rely on local free zones to this end, and to get help from them in attracting investments from the region to Brazilian EPZs.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, there\u2019s one EPZ active in Brazil \u2013 in Cear\u00e1 \u2013 and 19 are being implemented. Construction of an EPZ in Piau\u00ed is on the verge of completion. The more recent EPZ projects are part of a second generation. Investment in these facilities is prospected for at early stages, instead of shopping for investors after the zone is complete.<\/p>\n<p>These zones are designed for exporting companies, which get a 20-year benefits package, including exemption from taxes including the import tax (IPI), Cofins and PIS\/Cofins, and from licenses unrelated to national security and environment, among other advantages. The benefits apply to companies which export at least 80% of their installed capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Tha\u00edse discusses the impact of EPZ Pec\u00e9m on the state\u2019s economy. Exports from Cear\u00e1 soared by 62.5% last year on the back of the free zone, which is home to Companhia Sider\u00fargica do Pec\u00e9m (CSP), which exports steel sheets. Semi-finished iron and steel exports from the state came out to USD 1.04 billion in 2017, accounting for 50% of total exports from Cear\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-158858\">Press Release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-158855\">Washington Costa\/Mdic<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Secretariat of the Council of Export Processing Zones is working to partner up with free zones in Arab countries and to be targeted by investors from the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1455,"featured_media":158858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1980,1985,137,1984,374,566,1979],"class_list":{"0":"post-158860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ceara","9":"tag-epz","10":"tag-exportacao","11":"tag-free-zone","12":"tag-mdic","13":"tag-michel-alaby","14":"tag-thaise-dutra"},"wps_subtitle":"The Executive Secretariat of the Council of Export Processing Zones is working to partner up with free zones in Arab countries and to be targeted by investors from the region. 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