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Strategic Distribution Center Logistic platform Due to its excellent location and modern infrastructure Goiás is today one of the main strategic centers of the country. That is the reason why the largest logistic pole of the Center-West is being built here. The enterprise will bring together infrastructure for transportation, storage, and distribution of goods to the whole country and abroad. General Motors of Brazil has already decided to build a Vehicle Distribution Center in the city of Anápolis, at 45 km north of Goiânia. The implementation of this logistic platform will enable Goiás to consolidate its development by conclusively inserting itself in the process of globalization. Multimodal Logistic Platform  - Strategic location: situated in Anápolis, in the central part of the State. This privileged position facilitates the redistribution of merchandise to the main consumer centers. - Close to Goiânia, the capital of Goiás, and also near Brasília, the nation's capital. - Crossed by many important highways. - Starting point of two railways: North-South and Center-Atlantic. - Close to the Dry Port, the Interior Customs Station. - Close to two of the largest poles of the country: wholesale; chemical and pharmaceutical. Easy integration of highway, railway, and air traffic. DRY PORT  Agility in exporting and importing  The companies establishing themselves in Goiás have total flexibility for importing and exporting commodities. Goiás offers a customs station working as a "Dry Port", destined to handle both imports and exports. Because of this port, located in Anápolis, Goiás has become an important storage and distribution center of goods to the whole country and to the international market. Benefits of the Dry Port  - Reduction of operating costs and more flexibility in commercial transactions. - Financing of ICMS (value-added Tax on Sales and Services), as long as customs clearance is done in the state of Goiás. - Customs clearance, warehousing, unloading and maintenance of containers for approximately 30% of the rates currently charged in the ports of Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitória. - Storage of commodities in transit. Processing of paperwork in 24 hours, including clearance. In other ports and airports, it takes around 8 days. News Source> Government of Goiás State