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The Puerta del Istmo ZDEEP: investment and jobs

Dossier
Free zones, ZDEEP and industrial parks07-zonas-parques.md
Domain
The ZDEEPs, one by onezdeep
Room
Invest · The industrial parks, one by one/invertir/parques-industriales
Audited
Audited

Puerta del Istmo sits at km 249.5 of the CA-2 West, Pajapita, San Marcos, 1.3 km from the border with Mexico according to Prensa Libre. It is a multi-user park and was the first ZDEEP authorized by ZOLIC and enabled by the tax authority (SAT), although the Prensa Libre headline calls it the 'second development zone' to start operations, which needs reconciling. Investment at start-up was Q51 M (Q25 M executed plus Q26 M for a second phase), with a projection of 400 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs and a stated potential of up to 25,000; these figures were verified against Prensa Libre in the audit of 2026-08-19. The ZOLIC factsheet that carried different figures (Q20.2 M; 1,550 direct / 6,200 indirect) returned a 404 and cannot be re-verified.

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Figures

Inversión al arranquePrensa Libre
Q51 M (Q25 M ejecutados + Q26 M segunda fase)arranque de operaciones (artículo Prensa Libre)
Empleos proyectadosPrensa Libre
400 directos / 1,500 indirectosarranque de operaciones
Potencial de empleo declaradoPrensa Libre
hasta 25,000arranque de operaciones
Distancia a la frontera con MéxicoPrensa Libre
1.3 km—

Caveat

press figure; ZOLIC factsheet inaccessible (404); the 'first/second' ordering needs reconciling

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Puerta del IstmoThe first ZDEEP in Guatemala certified as an Authorized Economic Operator.Special economic development zone
  • Prensa LibreConfirms the 10% capital gains tax (art. 92, Decree 10-2012), the taxable base, the 10-day deadline and SAT form 1321Other

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