Definition of "maquiladora" [maquiladora]

• An assembly plant in Mexico, especially one along the border between the United States and Mexico, to which foreign materials and parts are shipped and from which the finished product is returned to the original market. (noun)

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• "After slicing through all of the numerous definitions that cloud this question, the answer is, simply, that a maquiladora is a Mexican Corporation which operates under a maquila program approved for it by the Mexican Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development (SECOFI)."
• "The effect of labor law on a maquiladora is the same as for any other Mexican corporation, and it must be recognized that the impact is significant."
• "In addition, a sale of goods to a maquiladora is considered an export and is therefore not subject to the VAT."