And while the cattle exports are going to Mexico - and Mexican shippers coming here for Christmas? As we've reported there is a push for the Free Zone to open - in spite of the COVID realties.
Well, cautious critics be damned, it is not too late for that goal to be reached. Today, the Minister of Enterprise, Jose Mai updated us on the process.
We previously reported that Minister Mai met with the management of the Free Zone, who in turn needed to meet with their members. According to Mai, they are expecting the answer from that meeting today.
Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture
"Yesterday I understand that the business community, the chamber in freezone met to decide precisely the plan that we had develop. There is a cost to the plan, so that's what they were discussing yesterday. I am certain that by now they should have come up with a response if they will buy into the plan and if they will agree to open the freezone. I suspect that they will, that's my belief, but again it is they who have that decision. But by the end of today we will know."
The Free Zone has been closed for almost nine months, and it is the Ministry's hope that reopening it will allow for foreign exchange and revenue to circulate within the country.
