Island Foreign Trade Zone Designation Explained at VIEA Summit
A significant step towards balancing and diversifying our Island economy. The designation of Vancouver Island as an official Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ-VI), a project championed by...
State of the Island Summit has a Full Slate
How will Vancouver Island’s new Foreign Trade Zone designation work and what will it do for industry? And what will the new trade agreement with the...
“Island Good” Makes It Easy for Islanders to Shop Local
The Challenge: Eating Local If you were to prepare a meal using only food products grown, produced, or manufactured in your region, what would you include?...
New Island Good Program a Raging Success
Island Good expands at Island Economic Summit It started as an experiment in March of this year and six months later, the Island Good initiative is...
Vancouver Island Receives Foreign Trade Zone Designation
News release Foreign Trade Zone status will help businesses facilitate exports and create jobs for the middle class September 24, 2018 – Vancouver Island, British Columbia...
Vancouver Island Designated a Foreign Trade Zone Point
Vancouver Island has been designated as a Foreign Trade Zone, the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance and the federal government announced Monday. The designation allows for tariff...
Island Winemakers Excited About New Foreign Trade Deal
Pickers started on the harvest for Cowichan Bay’s Rocky Creek Vineyards Tuesday and owner Linda Holford is enjoying the buzz of all the possibilities it’s bringing....
Vancouver Island Designated as Foreign Trade Zone
Companies now have a guy who knows a guy, so to speak, when it comes to importing and exporting goods to and from Vancouver Island and...