NEW FREE ZONE IN THOR - 3,000 DIRECT JOBS
(Haiti Libre) -
Last Friday an agreement for the creation of a Free Zone in Thor was signed between the Haitian government, represented by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Wilson Laleau and the President of the Société Zone Franche des Palmiers, S.A., Alain Villard. This project of $8 million will permit the creation of 3,000 direct jobs in the textile industry.
Luc Especa, Deputy Director General to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Haiti, stated that by the signed agreement, "the Haitian government gave to the Société Zone Franche des Palmiers, S.A. many advantages to help it to build a free zone. The project itself will cost $8 million.
.... The State seeks to create jobs. The President of the Republic said he wants to create 500,000 jobs during his tenure. To create jobs investments are needed, and entrepreneurs [...] That's why the State is searching, and this is why the State gives incentives. The Free Zone of des Palmiers, S.A. will create 3,000 direct jobs direct and 9,000 indirect jobs.
[...] this is a beginning; there will be other conventions that Minister Laleau and the President of the National Free Zone will sign on behalf of the Haitian State with other entrepreneurs.
This demonstrates that the government is beginning to provide a response to the problem of unemployment that has been afflicting the Haitian people for a long time. This zone will make textile products, clothes etc. ...] Before the coup of '91 there were over 120,000 jobs in the garment industry, in electronics and baseballs... We have a number of Haitians who have appropriate knowledge in these areas. Those who lack the skills, companies will train them [...] Primarily, it will be the people who will find employment by making these products..."
He added that the project will begin immediately "...the agreement is signed, the Haitian government has given them the right to receive all the equipment. Now they will start soon."
Learn more about this new Free Zone:
The project whose total cost amounts to U.S. $8 million consists of the establishment of an Industrial Park on an area of 3.4 carreaux of land. It will consist of two modular industrial buildings with metal roofs, one of 7,000 square meters, and another of 7,400 square meters with integrated individual service areas. Independent amenities will be installed across the different structures. That is to say, sanitary, administrative offices, machine rooms, the offices of the General Administration of Customs, and those of the Directorate of Free Zones. The concept also includes a dining hall, a clinic and a sports center.
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