Expo Dubai: Puglia delegation visits Airport freezone

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 20 - On the last day of the Puglia regional government's mission to Expo Dubai 2020, economic development councillor Alessandro Delli Noci met the heads of the Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZA), which supports the institution of companies and the creation of activities.
    DAFZA, a note from the region said, is one of the freezones in the region that is growing fastest, contributing 4.7% of Dubai's GDP.
    It allows international investors to get a business configuration and an execution of services completely free from duties. Covering some 696,000 square metres, it includes 18 buildings and 256 warehouses.
    "One of the goals of this mission," said Delli Noci, "is to try and understand the business models of a country in huge development and to try to build opportunities for cooperation and investment." He said trade over the last 10 years had shown a continually positive balance for Puglia, with exports always surpassing imports.
    "On this premise, we met today with the heads of DAFZA, to whom we presented our airport system closely linked to the port system, offering favourable conditions for businesses wanting to invest in our region, to boost trade ties with the United Arab Emirates and conditions which make Puglia a central hub in the Mediterranean".
    Antonio Vasile, vice president of Aeroporti di Puglia, said: "We came here to offer our four special freezones of Bari, Brindisi, Foggia and Grottaglie, and we also came here to verify the quality of their freezones. Developing partnerships is the goal of the future, you can't do very much on your own". (ANSA).