CentrePort Canada Inc.

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CentrePort Canada:
Canada’s First Foreign Trade
Zone and Tri-Modal Inland Port
Diane Gray, President and CEO, CentrePort Canada Inc.
June 26, 2013
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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
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Creation of CentrePort Canada Inc.
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A unique partnership among governments, business, labour and the
community created the vision of development.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Trans-Shipment Distribution
24-Hour Coverage from Winnipeg
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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
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CentrePort Canada:
Where Business Can Thrive
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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.
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20,000 acres of prime industrial
land. Development occurring
on a phased-in basis.
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In just two years, over 150
acres have been sold to over
27 new companies in 2
business parks at CentrePort.
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Rail System in Winnipeg
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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.
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Intermodal terminals for transfers
between rail and road modes.
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Planning has begun to develop an on-site
common use rail facility to enhance rail
access.
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Air Cargo in Winnipeg
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James Armstrong Richardson
International Airport is #1 in
Canada for dedicated freighter
aircraft movements and operates
24 / 7.
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Award winning,
LEED-certified
terminal
opened in
October 2011.
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CentrePort Canada Way / Trucking
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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.
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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
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One-Stop Shop for
Business Decisions and Incentives
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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.
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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
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Canada’s Foreign Trade Zone
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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.
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Companies importing goods from countries where
Canada does not have a free trade agreement
may be eligible for:
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Duty Deferral – duties are waived up front, or
rebated later.
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Sales Tax Relief – exemption from federal and
provincial sales tax.
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Customs Bonded Warehouse
– sales tax and duty-free
storage/distribution facilities.
• These programs defer taxes and
duties till a product is moved to
market.
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Opening Up New Market Opportunities
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Securing cargo with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to
monitor/ secure products and ensure high value exports from Canadian
markets.
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Pilot shipment of Manitoba freshwater fish
currently underway to Shanghai, utilizing
RFID tags.
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Seeking partners interested
in working with CentrePort
on balance of trade
opportunities, including
back-haul shipments of
containerized agricultural
products to China.
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CentrePort Canada:
Canada’s Centre for
Global Trade
Contact: Diane Gray
Diane.Gray@CentrePortCanada.ca
204-784-1300
www.centreportcanada.ca