CentrePort Canada Inc.
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CentrePort Canada Inc.
1 CentrePort Canada: Canada’s First Foreign Trade Zone and Tri-Modal Inland Port Diane Gray, President and CEO, CentrePort Canada Inc. June 26, 2013 2 3 What is an Inland Port? “A physical site located away from traditional coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international trade through strategic investment in multimodal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.” Center for Transportation Research, The University of Texas at Austin Alliance Texas Dallas Logistics Hub 4 Creation of CentrePort Canada Inc. • A unique partnership among governments, business, labour and the community created the vision of development. • Province of Manitoba passed legislation in 2008 creating a private sector, for profit, non-share capital corporation called CentrePort Canada Inc. with a Board of 15 Directors. • CentrePort Canada Inc.’s mandate is to: – Manage development of the inland port; – Market the inland port; – Act as a one-stop shop for investment activity. 5 CentrePort: Canada’s Centre for Global Trade CentrePort Canada offers 20,000 acres of high-quality industrial land, adjacent to a major urban centre and the Canada-US border, with on-site access to tri-modal transportation options. CentrePort Canada Inc. is a business, logistics and development facilitator. 6 At the Hub of Key Trade Gateways CentrePort Canada is connected to important global markets: • Asia Pacific Gateway – Trans Canada Corridor – Northwest Corridor • Quebec-Ontario Gateway – Trans Canada Corridor – Windsor/Detroit • NAFTA Gateway – Mid-Continent Corridor – Eastern USA Seaboard – Mexico • Atlantic Gateway – Halifax Port • Arctic Gateway – Air Polar Routes – Marine Polar Routes4 7 Trans-Shipment Distribution 24-Hour Coverage from Winnipeg 8 CentrePort Canada’s Location • Located in the northwest quadrant of Winnipeg and in the R.M. of Rosser. • Close to Lake Winnipeg and its environs. • One-hour from Canada-U.S. border. • Operational since November 2009. LEGEND CentrePort Canada CentrePort Canada Way Industrial Areas Railway Yards 9 CentrePort Canada: Where Business Can Thrive • CentrePort Canada is focused on attracting trade oriented business in the areas of manufacturing and assembly, distribution and warehousing, food processing and agricultural commodities and transportation and related logistic and services industries. • 20,000 acres of prime industrial land. Development occurring on a phased-in basis. • In just two years, over 150 acres have been sold to over 27 new companies in 2 business parks at CentrePort. 10 Rail System in Winnipeg • Winnipeg is the only major Canadian city on the prairies that is served by three continental class 1 railways: CN, CP and BNSF. All three have access to CentrePort. • Intermodal terminals for transfers between rail and road modes. • Planning has begun to develop an on-site common use rail facility to enhance rail access. 11 Air Cargo in Winnipeg • James Armstrong Richardson International Airport is #1 in Canada for dedicated freighter aircraft movements and operates 24 / 7. • Award winning, LEED-certified terminal opened in October 2011. 12 CentrePort Canada Way / Trucking • CentrePort is a significant trucking centre. $212.4 million in federal-provincial funding has been committed to build CentrePort Canada Way expected to be complete in 2013. • Only one hour from Canada-U.S. border crossing. In 2011, two-way truck traffic at the Emerson-Pembina border crossing totaled $17 billion – the busiest in Western Canada. Source: John Woods for The Globe and Mail 13 One-Stop Shop for Business Decisions and Incentives • Single Planning Area / Master Development Plan: Transparent development requirements and charges, zoning, and decision-making processes. Industry leading timelines for development approvals and investment decisions. • Tax Increment Financing (TIF): Helps finance infrastructure needs with the recovery of financing captured through the property and education taxes realized through additional development. Source: John Woods for The Globe and Mail 14 Canada’s Foreign Trade Zone • CentrePort provides single access to federal FTZ programs. Supports the import, storing and re-exporting of goods without paying duties and taxes until point of sale. Provides companies with cash-flow management support. • Companies importing goods from countries where Canada does not have a free trade agreement may be eligible for: – Duty Deferral – duties are waived up front, or rebated later. – Sales Tax Relief – exemption from federal and provincial sales tax. – Customs Bonded Warehouse – sales tax and duty-free storage/distribution facilities. • These programs defer taxes and duties till a product is moved to market. 15 Opening Up New Market Opportunities • Securing cargo with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to monitor/ secure products and ensure high value exports from Canadian markets. • Pilot shipment of Manitoba freshwater fish currently underway to Shanghai, utilizing RFID tags. • Seeking partners interested in working with CentrePort on balance of trade opportunities, including back-haul shipments of containerized agricultural products to China. 16 CentrePort Canada: Canada’s Centre for Global Trade Contact: Diane Gray [email protected] 204-784-1300 www.centreportcanada.ca
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