If they are not a panacea capable of avoiding any negative impact on other nations introduced by the various measures in the reports introduced by Donald Trump's second presidency, the Simplified Logistics Zones and Customs Free Zones - included those envisaged in Genoa - could at least mitigate the effect of the tariffs announced by the US president. It is convinced the lawyer Maurizio D'Amico, who recently joined the part of the Steering Committee of the Simplified Logistics Zone "Port and Inland Port of Genoa", and it is the same was the general director of the association of Genoese freight forwarders, Giampaolo Botta.

D'Amico listed the main benefits that are linked to to the Customs Free Zone closed, starting from the "warehouse without time constraint, during which there is an exemption from the payment of customs duties for the period of stay of the goods in the zones and, therefore, the deferral of the payment of duties and VAT by destination at the time of release for consumption of goods imported into the domestic market. And again - he added - the non-existence of duties on goods that have deteriorated, destroyed or that have technical drops, the right to re-export goods of foreign origin without the payment of customs duties and that of transfer goods between different free zones or within the zone without being subject to customs debts". Furthermore - he explained - "through inward processing, in the case of processing or transformation of foreign inputs resulting in a semi-finished or finished product, the choice of the importer may be to carry out the payment of the lowest duty applied to the raw material or foreign component and on the final product. Deferral of duties - he pointed out - for companies it has beneficial effects with regard to the cash flow management, but also for flexibility operational and supply chains".

D'Amico then underlined that the ZDF is a "driver optimal for stimulating international trade and development of a territory and with indirect favorable implications also on the areas immediately surrounding the areas included in the Zone. Without forgetting that the ZDF plays a role of catalyst, in particular for investments by large international companies and/or multinationals. For the Port and Inland Area of Genoa - specified the lawyer - the mix of ZDF benefits with the beneficial effects of the ZLS will be able to project the territories involved towards scenarios economic development dynamics with dimensions and characteristics European and international elections".

In this regard, Botta, referring to the opportunities offered by the Genoese Simplified Logistics Zone, starting with the Closed Customs Free Zone for which the Committee d'Indirizzo has recently issued the public notice for the expression of interest, recalled how much Spediporto has spent over the years for the full operation of the Genoa ZLS and highlighted how the Customs Free Zone can "really be a useful tool to free ourselves, in the future, from difficult and complicated situations such as those related to political duties".

Encouraging companies to join the expression of interest for settlement in the Customs Free Zone, with a deadline set for next 30 July, the general manager of Spediporto remarked that "the ZDF allows our territory to return to occupy an important role in the production and Italian manufacturing" and which represents "a a fact of great importance because, in cascade, it has positive in terms of employment, development, business community. As an association - he concluded - we are ready to support in their needs the companies that want to respond positively to the public notice".