Free Trade Zone Operator User
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With over 16 years of experience and a focus on excellent service, we have everything you need to be an operating user for your project anywhere in the country.
The numbers speak of Western Free Trade Zone
Why trust Zona Franca Mosquera?
We currently have +99 in the market companies from different sectors
Years operating as a User Operator of the Western Free Trade Zone in Mosquera
2021
In 2021 we were the only Free Trade Zone in Colombia to receive an award. As the best Free Trade Zone in the Americas for SMEs by FDI Intelligence (Financial Times)
Know-how
We offer the Know How for the development of environmentally sustainable programs
The operating user is the legal entity authorized to direct, manage, supervise, promote, and develop one or more free zones, as well as to qualify their users.
Our value proposition as Free Trade Zone Operator User
More competitive rates
Customised customs operation design
INTERCOMEX inventory system
Excellent relationship with government entities
Free training + Webinars
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Frequently Asked Questions Free Trade Zone Operator User
Free Trade Zone Operator User
What is an Operator user?
The Operating User (OU) is the legal entity authorized to direct, manage, supervise, promote and develop one or more Free Zones, as well as to enable their users.
To ensure proper waste management and avoid impacts or damage to the population, production, processing, and transformation industries often require locations away from urban sprawl. These industries, which may include operating users, free users, and other users, must be located exclusively in an area designated as a free zone.
This type of user carries out activities under foreign trade regulations and operates under the primary function of an operator user. These areas, declared free zones, allow the participation of commercial users and other users working in sectors such as telecommunications, storage, and organization.
Additionally, they include the management and execution of activities such as the repair of equipment, ships, aircraft, and others. Industrial user goods and services operating in free trade zones must comply with the information requirements for capture, processing, and the user-operator authorizations necessary to operate efficiently and safely, as well as qualify to operate legally in the free trade zones.
The user operator must also comply with the accounting and tax framework for trade. Finally, industrial service users must operate within the foreign trade tax framework, ensuring strict compliance.
Who are the Users of the Free Trade Zones?
Industrial land is a valuable resource for companies and investors. Its characteristics allow it to be used in different types of activities. However, it is divided according to its use:
Transformation: Designed for industries dedicated to the conversion of raw materials and requiring medium voltage energy.
No Transformation: Designed for industries that require low voltage power, such as assembly plants, warehouses, offices, etc.
Logistics: Designed for industries involved in the storage, distribution, and transportation of goods. Special permanent free trade zones are areas declared as free trade zones, where industrial users of services or goods can carry out industrial, commercial, or service activities.
Temporary free zones are areas declared as free zones where services must be exclusively intended for industrial users of services or free zone users.
These areas allow free zone user types, such as free zone user and industrial free zone user, to carry out the following activities: repackaging, packaging, labeling, as well as data capture, processing, and organization and information management.
In addition, these zones facilitate activities such as data, scientific and technological research, medical assistance, and foreign trade accounting and taxation tasks.
These areas also allow commercial users to carry out various activities related to the operation of free trade zones, among others. Industrial users and operators can carry out tasks such as the repair of equipment, ships, and aircraft, in addition to complying with established regulations.
All users must comply with the accounting and tax regulations established for foreign trade in areas declared as free zones, ensuring accurate information is captured, processed, and qualified before the corresponding authorities with the user operator's authorizations.
What is an Industrial Service User?
Investing in an industrial user service lot is attractive when a company's needs are related to data storage and transmission, production, manufacturing, packaging, repackaging, packaging, or distribution. An industrial user service lot is a necessary requirement for any commercial user, user operator, entrepreneur, director, or manager who wants to increase business efficiency or expand into a handling, distribution, packaging, repackaging, and labeling center. To achieve this, there are some features that are important for your company's growth.
Furthermore, a well-located lot makes it easier to manage, supervise, promote, and develop one or more activities such as raw material processing, storage, technical support, equipment maintenance and repair, and marketing, sales, and storage.
It is also essential for the operator user to have the proper user authorizations to carry out data capture, processing, storage, and transmission, among other key operations.
Size: The site must be large enough to accommodate machinery and equipment, or sufficient space for storage.
Adaptability: Batches must be designed to adapt to all business needs, whether in logistics, production, or commerce.
Functionality: Functionality depends on business needs, but many require industry-appropriate services, such as low and medium voltage, drinking water, and internet.
A well-designed lot provides space for equipment maintenance and repair, as well as support for marketing, sales, distribution, data transmission, and information organization—critical aspects of success for industrial users of real estate and real estate solutions.
In several free trade zones, including the Parque Central free trade zone and the Special Permanent Free Trade Zone, these spaces are optimized for user-operator companies. Real estate companies, user-operators, and established companies also benefit from the infrastructure that controls commercial operations, facilitating the growth of trade, industry, and tourism. Today, free trade zones exist as strategic centers that support both industrialists and operators.
What is an inventory system and what is it used for?
Industrial warehouses are a central part of the logistics of many companies around the world. They are a physical location for maintaining a company's products or goods en route in good condition and are distinguished from a mini-warehouse or self-storage facility by the large volume of goods or merchandise they handle. In the context of operations in permanent free trade zones and special permanent free trade zones, industrial warehouses are essential for industrial users of services or goods who need to keep their products in optimal condition.
These areas are designated as free trade zones and offer specific advantages for industrial users of goods and those operating within them. The different types of users in various free trade zones range from those involved in administration, brokerage, and consulting, to those engaged in logistics, transportation, handling, distribution, telecommunications, and technology systems.
In addition, these zones allow for marketing activities, quality testing of goods, database operations, and scientific and technological research. In contrast, temporary free trade zones are areas declared as free trade zones where services must be exclusively intended for industrial users of services or free trade zone users.
Permitted activities range from auditing, administration, and brokerage to medical and dental assistance and scientific and technological assistance. These users must comply with the user-operator authorizations issued by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN) to operate within the legal framework of foreign trade and the accounting and tax regulations in the designated free zones.