The Director-General of the Corporation for Industrial Promotion (CFI), José Tomás Pérez, reported yesterday that the nation’s free zones ("zonas francas") will set an export record this year, exporting around US$3.1 billion worth of goods and services despite the production interruption caused by Hurricane Georges. In the 1997 the zones exported US$2.6 billion. Pérez projected zone exports in 1999 of US$4 billion.
