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geographical borders of an industrial free zone aiming the running the activities to encourage, manage and administer the zone. - The developer: It is the corporation or a branch of any foreign company, which is dedicated to the construction and development of the service infrastructure, within the geographical borders of one or more industrial free zones. - Industrial manufacturing user, It is a corporation or a branch of any foreign company set to operate exclusively within the geographical borders of an industrial free zone, to manufacture, assemble and transform industrial products to be sold overseas. - Industrial services user. It is a corporation or a branch of a foreign company set to operate exclusively within the geographical borders of an industrial free zone offering services primarily to foreign markets. The users of the industrial manufacturing and industrial services should sign a contract with the operator stating the terms and conditions of their agreement. The status of a free industrial zone benefits both foreign and local companies not only in terms of the savings relating to licences, payment delays, non-payment of tariffs, avoidance of the quota limits, but also in terms of lower production cost of the industrial products. A country that has free zones has a competitive advantage over other countries that produce the same products at higher costs. For the planners of an economy with a fixed orientation such as the case of our country, the removal of custom duties would be, at first sight, absurd. Looking at the experience of one of the newly of 74
industrialised Southeast Asian countries, we follow with a commentary explanation. In one of the islands, occupying an area 1/3 that of the actual Albania, the central government decided to increase investments because it was a region with a back warded population and economy. After the establishment of the customs system by the state, the real value of the revenues from custom duties in the first year as prescribed by law added up to $ 200 million. In the following years, this amount decreased to $ 50 million, which related to the corruption “philosophy” in the customs. From the data collected, there was an estimated sum of $ 50 million stolen by customs officers, another sum of $ 50 million were “donated” to the high administration and another $ 50 million disappeared mysteriously. To avoid fiscal evasions, the government decided to increase the effectiveness and perfect the intelligent supervision. Nothing happen ed; on the contrary, the losses increased, since this time the government had to spend more to keep the new personnel. To rectify this uncontrollable situation, the government found it reasonable to announce the free zone all over the country. The results were very positive. Besides the quick realisation of the economic development through an extraordinary attraction of foreign investments, the govern ment, although it collected no revenues from the customs, did manage to make higher profits through the 15-30% tax on the returns of numerous enterprises (of manufacturing productions), factories, plants. These profits were made only after the application of this economic strategy (that of the free zone). It is estimated that only from the revenues coming from the income tax on investments, which reduce the unemployment in a country by 10%, the state generates 55-60% higher revenues than those coming from customs. We gave this simple explanation, relying on Singapore's 75
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Ferid R. Hoti The Basic Strategy of
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TOWARDS THE LOSS OF THE ECONOMIC AU
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(a status similar to that of today
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deepen the river-bed and deviate th
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of resistance, in April the city to
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Detachment of international forces
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Italian warship in Shkoder, 1914 19
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implement it the general command de
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The war of Koplik - 1920. A group o
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The Commander of French Garrison, B
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