Free port

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A free port (porto franco) or free zone (US: Foreign-Trade Zone) is a port or area with relaxed jurisdiction with respect to the country of location. Free economic zones may also be called free ports.

Most commonly a free port is a special customs area with favorable customs regulations (or no customs duties and controls for transshipment). Earlier in history some free ports like Hong Kong enjoyed political autonomy. Many international airports have free ports, though they tend to be called customs areas or customs zones.

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[edit] Free ports and Free Zones by country

[edit] Africa

[edit] Morocco

[edit] Asia

[edit] Bahrain

[edit] Hong Kong, China

[edit] Iran

[edit] Israel

[edit] Japan

[edit] Macao, China

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Singapore

[edit] South Korea

The Incheon Free Economic Zone(IFEZ) is focused on becoming a hub of business in the East Asia region. IFEZ follows the concept promoted by Professor Kusarda of UNC of building new cities focused around major airports. The airport cities(as the theory goes) add a new level of efficiency in the logistics of the global economy. The raison d'etre of this Free Economic Zone is that it's bang in the center of Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan(and only a few kilometers from Seoul). Added to this, the Korean telecom/data infrastructure is second to unparalleled. Vastly outpacing the US and UK, Korea rivals Japan as a "wired nation". Incheon Free Economic Zone, takes advantage of Korea's connectedness as it faces stiff competition from other regional power houses, China and Japan.

[edit] United Arab Emirates

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

[edit] Belarus

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Denmark

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Finland

(part of the European Union)

  • Free zone of Lappeenranta (Lappeenrannan Vapaa-alue)
  • Freeport of Hanko (Hangon Vapaasatama)

[edit] France

(part of the European Union)

  • Free Zone of Verdon - Port de Bordeaux (Zone franche du Verdon — Port de Bordeaux)

[edit] Germany

(part of the European Union)

  • Freeport of Hamburg (Freihafen Hamburg)
  • Freeport of Bremen (Freihafen Bremen)
  • Freeport of Bremerhaven (Freihafen Bremerhaven)
  • Freeport of Emden (Freihafen Emden)
  • Freeport of Kiel (Freihafen Kiel)
  • Freeport of Cuxhaven (Freihafen Cuxhaven)
  • Freeport of Deggendorf (Freihafen Deggendorf)
  • Freeport of Duisburg (Freihafen Duisburg)

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Ireland

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Italy

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Malta

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Greece

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Latvia

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Lithuania

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Portugal

(part of the European Union)

  • Free Zone of Madeira - Caniçal (Zona franca da Madeira - Caniçal)

[edit] Russia

[edit] Spain

(part of the European Union)

  • Free zone of Barcelona (Zona franca de Barcelona)
  • Free zone of Cádiz (Zona franca de Cádiz)
  • Free zone of Vigo (Zona franca de Vigo)
  • Free zone of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Zona franca de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
  • (Ceuta and Melilla are not Free Ports or Free zones because they are parts of Spain, but not part of the European union for customs and excises)

[edit] Sweden

(part of the European Union)

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

(part of the European Union)

[edit] The Americas

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Bermuda

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Chile

[edit] Dominican Republic

  • Mega Port of Punta Caucedo

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr115831e.html http://www.port-technology.com/projects/caucedo/

[edit] Panama

[edit] USA

[edit] Venezuela

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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