The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), Víctor -Ito- Bisonó, highlighted the leadership of free zone companies in Santiago and La Vega in the generation and recovery of jobs in the Cibao provinces, which demonstrates the strength and growth potential of this economic sector. During an extensive agenda headed by President Luis Abinader, in the province of La Vega during this weekend they gave the groundbreaking for the construction of two new industrial buildings and the expansion of three existing buildings in the Park of Free Zones of this province, there will be 1,500 direct jobs generated with these actions. “There is not a week in this country that does not open or announce an expansion of a company. We have achieved this by working as a team with a single vision and thanks to the confidence and stability that this government has achieved,” Bisonó stressed. The Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, the General Director of Customs, Eduardo -Yayo- Sanz Lovatón, and the Director of ProIndustria, Ulises Rodríguez, also participated in the inauguration of the new operation plants of the Island Farms agro-industrial project in the Dominican Republic. Dominican, which is part of the international company Crystal Valley Foods, one of the 25 most influential in the agricultural sector in the United States. In the city of Santiago, new free zone facilities were also inaugurated in the Víctor Espaillat Mera industrial and textile park, which is constantly renewing its spaces in this city, which constitutes a real example of development, growth and contribution to the national economy. , being an important source of jobs and improving the quality of life of Dominicans. “And although we know it, any moment is propitious to highlight the staggering figures of this sector. In 2021 alone, the free zones exported more than 7,143 million dollars, the highest historical level, and most importantly, they accumulated 183,000 direct jobs, the highest figure in the last 18 years,” Minister Bisonó stressed in the city. heart. He added that 137 companies have been approved in the current government administration, with a projected investment of US$307.8 million, and foreign exchange generation of US$256.6 million. The inaugural act of the new companies in the industrial and textile park of Santiago was also attended by the Vice Minister of Free Zones and Special Regimes, Carlos Guillermo Flaquer; Daniel Liranzo, executive director of the National Council of Export Free Zones; Augusto Reyes and Marco Cabral, Vice President, of the Association of Free Zone Companies of Santiago; José Luis Bonilla Bojas, president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones (Adozona), among others.