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Feb 24, 2021
Twenty Percent of Consumer Traffic at CFZ after Reopening
After almost a year of inactivity, the Corozal Free Zone was reopened to business on February first. That’s because a raft of new measures was put in place to ensure that the potential spread of COVID-19 was kept at an extreme minimum. Even with all things in place, however, the customs-free shopping area is still not realizing the profits it once enjoyed before the pandemic struck. In fact, the Corozal Free Zone is not firing on all pistons, with only twenty percent of shoppers crossing over from Mexico on a weekly basis. News Five’s Isani Cayetano visited the northern border today and has a follow up to our initial story on its reopening.
Feb 5, 2021
Corozal Free Zone Successfully Reopens!
Shifting from crime to economic recovery…As we showed you on Monday, the Corozal Free Zone reopened for business after being closed for ten months. Some eight hundred persons were employed, under strict COVID-19 protocols. Minister of Agriculture, Abelardo Mai, who sits on the inter-ministerial committee that plans and reviews COVID-19 protocols for the Corozal Free Zone, says that he has some small concerns. But, he knows that the measures are working. There was mass testing of the employees over the weekend and the results detected four COVID-positive persons.
Abelardo Mai, Minister of Enterprise
Feb 1, 2021
Corozal Free Zone Reopens to Snaking Lines
The Corozal Free Zone reopened for business today following ten months of closure. Discussions about reopening had started soon after the general elections, and there was collaborative planning to ensure area could open for much-needed business in the safest way possible. But when the gates opened today, it was not without its kinks. There were long snaking lines of Belizeans trying to get into the zone for work and lines of Mexicans ready to conduct businesses. News Five’s Duane Moody was there for day-one of business and files this report.
Duane Moody, Reporting