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Suframa, and local politicians, talk of an export boom solving the Zona Franca's problems.
ECONOMIST: Brazil��s industrial policy
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With a few exceptions, such as Honda's giant Manaus plant, which makes motorbikes from scratch, the Zona Franca has failed to get much beyond serving as an assembly line.
ECONOMIST: Brazil��s industrial policy
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To minimise fiddles and allegations of screwdriver plants, Suframa already requires firms to submit detailed plans of exactly which manufacturing processes they will use in their Zona Franca plants.
ECONOMIST: Brazil��s industrial policy