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, customs zones, or
international zones.
Free ports and Free Zones by country
===
Africa
Morocco
★
Tangier Exportation Free Zone
Mauritius
★
Port Louis Free Port
===
Asia
Bahrain
★
Manama
Hong Kong, China
★
Hong Kong
Iran
★
Qeshm
★
Chabahar
★
Kish
★
PSEEZ
Israel
★
Eilat
Japan
★
Nagasaki
★
Niigata
Macao, China
★
Macao (Ka-Ho)
Malaysia
★
Penang Until 1969
Pakistan
★
Gwadar
Philippines
★ The former
United States Navy base of
Subic Bay
★
Zamboanga Economic Zone and Freeport
★
Clark Air Base and Freeport
Singapore
★
Singapore
South Korea
★
Incheon
★
Busan
★
Gwangyang Bay
United Arab Emirates
★
Fujairah Creative City
★
Dubai Internet City
★
Dubai Media City
★
Dubai Studio City
★
International Media and Production Zone
★
Dubai Knowledge Village
★
Dubai Healthcare City
★
Dubai International Financial Center
★
DuBiotech
★
Dubai Outsource Zone
★
Jebel Ali Free Zone
★
RAK Media City
★
RAK IT Park
★
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone
===
Europe
Austria
(part of the
European Union)
★
Linz ''(port on river
Danube)''
★
Vienna ''(port on river
Danube)''
Belarus
★
Brest FEZ
★
Grodno FEZ
Croatia
★
Rijeka,
1723
Denmark
(part of the
European Union)
★ Freeport of
Copenhagen (''Københavns Frihavn'')
Finland
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free zone of
Lappeenranta (''Lappeenrannan Vapaa-alue'')
★ Freeport of
Hanko (''Hangon Vapaasatama'')
France
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free Zone of
Verdon - Port de
Bordeaux (''Zone franche du Verdon — Port de Bordeaux'')
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'')
Georgia
★
Ajaria autonomous republic
★
★
Batumi,
1878-
1886 (then
Russia)
Ireland
(part of the
European Union)
★
Ringaskiddy Free Port
★
Shannon Free Zone
Italy
(part of the
European Union)
★
Livorno,
1675-
1860
★ Free Zone of
Trieste (''Porto franco di Trieste'')
★ Free Zone of
Venice (''Porto franco di Venezia'')
Malta
(part of the
European Union)
★
Malta Freeport
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Greece
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free zone of
Piraeus
★ Free zone of
Thessaloniki
★ Free zone of
Heraclion
Latvia
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free port of
Riga
★
Free port of Ventspils
Lithuania
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free
Port of Klaipėda
Portugal
(part of the
European Union)
★ Free Zone of
Madeira - Caniçal (''Zona franca da Madeira - Caniçal'')
Russia
★
Nakhodka
★
Vladivostok,
1861-
1909
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)
Sweden
(part of the
European Union)
★
Marstrand,
17th century
★
Saint-Barthélemy,
1785-
1878
Ukraine
★ free port and free economic zone
Odessa
★
★
1819-
1858
★
★ Trade sea port of
Odessa, January 1,
2000 for 25 years
United Kingdom
(part of the
European Union)
★
Liverpool Free Zone
★
Prestwick Airport Free Zone
★ Ronaldsway Airport (Ballasala,
Isle of Man)
★
Southampton Free Zone
★
Tilbury Free Zone
★ Port of
Sheerness Free Zone
★
Humberside Free Zone
★
London Docklands
===
The Americas
Argentina
★ Zona Franca
La Plata
Bermuda
★ Free port of Hamilton Harbour,
Hamilton, Bermuda
Brazil
★ Zona Franca de
Manaus
Chile
★
Iquique
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/
Nicaragua
★
Managua Zona Franca (Free Port)
Panama
★
Colón
Uruguay
★
Carrasco International Airport (Free Port)
★ Zona Franca de
Montevideo
U.S.
★
US Commerce Department (International Trade Administration): List of U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones
Venezuela
★ Free port of
Isla Margarita (''Puerto Libre de Margarita'')
★ Free zone of the
Paraguaná Peninsula (''Zona Franca de la Península de Paraguaná'')
See also
★
Duty free
★
Duty free shop
★
Entrepôt
External links
★
a list of free ports in the European union (.pdf-file; English)
★
The German customs administration about freeports and free zones in Germany (German)
★
US Customs: About Foreign-Trade Zones
★
US Commerce Department (International Trade Administration): U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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