Havana, June 11 (ACN) Esperança Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias, president of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, toured the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) today, as part of her official visit to Cuba.
As reported by the National Assembly of People’s Power on its website, the African leader learned the particularities from Ramón Daniel Galindo, director of Control and Supervision of the ZEDM Office.
The visitor was interested in the tax incentives, the modern container terminal – projected as a transshipment port and regional logistics center -, the progress of the 64 approved businesses and a concessionaire, and the use of renewable energy sources with the operation of five photovoltaic solar parks and 7.05 megawatts of installed power, and the attractions of its geographical location in the area of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Despite the blockade, we can see that Cuba is advancing in its development, said the president of the Parliament of Mozambique.
As part of the tour, the African delegation learned that the ZEDM was created on November 1, 2013 as part of the update of the Cuban economic model and has its own regulatory framework to attract foreign and national investment.
Its objectives include the production of goods and the provision of value-added services, through the use of knowledge and innovation, as well as clean technologies; that contribute to the development of the Cuban economy, while reducing import costs, boosting growth, creating jobs and facilitating foreign direct investment, the explanation added.
It was specified that the ZEDM Office has a Single Window System, which provides information to the investor and facilitates the incorporation of companies and the processing of registrations and licenses.
