Time
24th November 2022 at 16.00 – 17.30 Helsinki time
Place
Microsoft Teams
Registration
The event is free of charge but needs registration by 22nd November 2022. The Teams link will be sent to the registered participants on the 23rd November 2022.
Free trade zones are typically areas within which goods may be manufactured, reconfigured, handled and reexported without any customs. Companies can enjoy different incentives in free trade zones.
Join us and learn more about the free trade zones in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama and what they can offer to Finnish companies.
16.00
Opening of the event
Ms. Anne Hatanpää, Secretary General, Finnish-Latin American Business Council
16.05
Greetings by H.E. Ambassador Ms. Lourdes Victoria-Kruse
16.10
Free Trade Zones in the Dominican Republic
Mr. Raul Hernandez, Counsellor, Embassy of the Dominican Republic
16.25
Free Trade Zones in El Salvador
Mrs. Andrea Gonzales from the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador
16.40
Nearshoring and Coffee
Lic. Miguel Roberto Solis, Commercial Counsellor of Guatemala at the Guatemalan Embassy in Germany, who serves Northern Europe
16.55
Free Trade Zones in Panama
H.E. Mr. Andrés Gregorio NÚÑEZ, Ambassador of Panama to Finland
17.10
Greetings by H.E. Ambassador Ms. Lourdes Victoria-Kruse
17.15
Discussion and closing the event
Ms. Anne Hatanpää, Secretary General, Finnish-Latin American Business Council
17.30
End of the event
Welcome.
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