A spokesman for the Santiago industrial free zones is forecasting that 2014 will be a good year for manufacturing for export. He said that prospects are that exports could surpass the US$5 billion exported in 2014. Luis Jose Bonilla Bojos, president of the Association of Free Zones of Santiago, told Hoy that production should increase in footwear, cigars, medical equipment, and at call centers, all areas where they are seeing much demand. He commented that the sector is hoping that a new free zone bill will pass in Congress with new incentives for the sustainability of the sector.