A maquiladora, or maquila, is a company that allows factories to be largely duty free and tariff-free. These factories take raw materials and assemble, manufacture, or process them and export the finished product.
In Mexico<span>, a </span>maquiladora<span> </span>or maquila <span>a </span>manufacturing<span> operation, where </span>factories <span>import certain material and equipment on a </span>duty-free<span> and </span>tariff-free <span>basis for assembly, processing, or manufacturing and then export the assembled, processed and/or manufactured products, sometimes back to the raw materials' country of origin. They are an example of </span>special economic zones<span> as seen in many countries.</span>
