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Chimaltenango as a maquila hub without a free zone

Dossier
Municipal intelligence for siting18-municipios.md
Domain
The country, department by departmentmunicipios
Room
Economy/economia
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Chimaltenango town is a competitive regional center on the Inter-American Highway (CA-1), with yarn, textiles and maquilas, plus food processing; its declared advantage is quick access to the capital. The department grew 4.5% in real terms in 2024, among the most dynamic. It has no free zone and no ZDEEP registered in the municipality (checked against dossier 07): maquila operates there under Decree 29-89 in standalone plants.

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Real growth, Chimaltenango dept.Banguat PIBR 2024
4.5%2024

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