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English translation: maquila/maquiladora (\"in-bond\" industry)

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Portuguese term or phrase:maquila
English translation:maquila/maquiladora (\"in-bond\" industry)
Entered by: Michel Bruggeman

13:37 Mar 15, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Portuguese term or phrase: maquila
The sentence is "Lei de Fomento e Desenvolvimento da Atividade Exportadora e de Maquila" related to Guatemala. It could come from Spanish too. The document is about investments and fiscal incentives for investing in Guatemala.
Michel Bruggeman
Local time: 16:10
maquila/maquiladora ("in-bond" industry)
Explanation:
Yes, it's a Spanish term, widely used in English (U.S.)

See Wikipedia article.
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 15:10
Grading comment
Obrigado Gilmar! You helped me out again!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3maquila/maquiladora ("in-bond" industry)
Gilmar Fernandes
4foreign investment in manufacturing
Martin Riordan
4Maquila law-related activities (assembling of goods acquired from foreign manufacturers).
Marlene Curtis
4in-bond assembly industry
Mark Robertson


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
maquila/maquiladora ("in-bond" industry)


Explanation:
Yes, it's a Spanish term, widely used in English (U.S.)

See Wikipedia article.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquiladora
Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 15:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Obrigado Gilmar! You helped me out again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt
25 mins
  -> Thanks quandt.
agree  connie leite
1 hr
  -> Thanks Connie.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Indeed. Right across the border from where I live.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Muriel. Yes, that may be one of the reasons why this Spanish word has fully become part of US English. These maquiladora factories are right there a few miles across the border and service the US economy in so many ways (good or bad, is debatable).
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
foreign investment in manufacturing


Explanation:
It´s an unwieldy phrase in English - you may want to abbreviate it. But I think it captures the meaning in this context.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquiladora
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 16:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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Maquila law-related activities (assembling of goods acquired from foreign manufacturers).


Explanation:
Lei de Maquila
Em 2001, o Paraguai lançou a Lei de Maquila. A partir dela, empresas paraguaias são incentivadas a instalar linhas de montagem de mercadorias adquiridas de fabricantes no exterior. Elas recolhem um único imposto, o equivalente a 1% sobre o valor agregado ao produto localmente. Em contra-partida, a produção deve ser direcionada à exportação, podendo ser internado 10% da produção do ano anterior, conforme explica a secretária-executiva da Lei de Maquila, Raquel Ramírez.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=599769

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 72
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in-bond assembly industry


Explanation:
http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/revista/notici...

Mark Robertson
Local time: 20:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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