The Western Free Trade Zone saw 4% growth in customs operations in 2020.

March 20th, 2021

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By: Daniela Morales Soler – dmorales@larepublica.com.co

He announced that they will continue to adapt their operations to attract technology customers and expand their virtual warehouse model.

The free trade zone located in Mosquera reported 3.437 more customs and foreign trade operations in 2020 than in 2019, totaling 72.926 operations for the year.

Likewise, at the end of last year they managed to keep all qualified and active users in their Opefree zonerations, rated 3 startups and 4 users They expanded their operations, creating more than 260 new jobs. and more than $1.200 billion  Your Strategic .

“In 2020, the pandemic changed the way we carried out operations. The first thing we did was invite our clients' customers to meetings to assess how we could help them keep going. We promoted e-commerce , and we broke stereotypes by operating in the free trade zone during quarantine and occupying over 8.000 m2 to execute new projects and respond to the expansion of operations,” said Rosa María Gamarra , general manager of Zona Franca de Occidente.

The Free Trade Zone expects to close the first half of the year with the delivery of at least 30.000 m2 for the development of new projects, following its strategy of personalized sales and transparency.

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