Panama: Three More Companies Operate in Free Zone

Two companies in the food industry and one assembler of electrical panels have invested $11 million to start operating under the free zone regime in the country.

Monday, November 7, 2016

The companies are Caribbean International Foods, Inc., which is engaged in the preparation of bakery products, Industrias Romanina, S.A., which produces tomato sauces, and Quadrotek, S.A., which assembles electrical panels. The companies were founded with Spanish, Argentine and Jamaican capital.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Nestor Gonzalez, told Prensa.com that "... With these new investments, the total number of companies established in free zones amounts to 163, with an accumulated investment so far this year, of $55.95 million."

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