Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An assembly plant in Mexico, especially one along the border between the United States and Mexico, to which foreign materials and parts are shipped and from which the finished product is returned to the original market.
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- noun an
assembly plant inMexico near theborder with theUnited States .
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- noun an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After slicing through all of the numerous definitions that cloud this question, the answer is, simply, that a maquiladora is a Mexican Corporation which operates under a maquila program approved for it by the Mexican Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development (SECOFI).
What is a maquiladora? Manufacturing in Mexico: The Mexican in-bond (Maquila) program 2007
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The effect of labor law on a maquiladora is the same as for any other Mexican corporation, and it must be recognized that the impact is significant.
What is a maquiladora? Manufacturing in Mexico: The Mexican in-bond (Maquila) program 2007
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What general tax considerations are involved in maquiladora operations?
What is a maquiladora? Manufacturing in Mexico: The Mexican in-bond (Maquila) program 2007
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What to produce in a maquiladora is dependent on the parent company's business considerations, including available markets and duties assessed on imports into those markets.
What is a maquiladora? Manufacturing in Mexico: The Mexican in-bond (Maquila) program 2007
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There are several benefits available relating to U.S. duties, depending on components and/or type of product the maquiladora is producing.
What is a maquiladora? Manufacturing in Mexico: The Mexican in-bond (Maquila) program 2007
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In addition, a sale of goods to a maquiladora is considered an export and is therefore not subject to the VAT.
Doing business in Mexico: general legal, business & entry issues 2007
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In addition, a sale of goods to a maquiladora is considered an export and is therefore not subject to the VAT.
Doing business in Mexico: general legal, business & entry issues 2007
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The telephones, tv's, and other electronic appliances, are assembled in maquiladora plants along the border, in towns whose industrial pollution is producing abnormally high rates of cancer and birth defects, at the cost of jobs for US workers.
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"With a body count now estimated at some 400, the killings have been called the maquiladora murders because some of the victims worked in the city's factories, which are also known as maquiladoras."
GreenCine Daily 2009
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"With a body count now estimated at some 400, the killings have been called the maquiladora murders because some of the victims worked in the city's factories, which are also known as maquiladoras."
GreenCine Daily 2009
fbharjo commented on the word maquiladora
the miller's portion of the grind
January 14, 2008