Twenty Percent of Consumer Traffic at CFZ after Reopening

For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ 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.

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