List of free economic zones

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In special economic zones [1] [2] business and trades laws differ from the rest of the country. The term, and a number of other terms, can have different specific meanings in different countries and publications. Often they have relaxed jurisdiction of customs or related national regulations. They can be ports or other large areas or smaller allocated areas.

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Terms include free port (porto Franco), free zone (zona franca), bonded area (US: foreign-trade zone), free economic zone , free-trade zone , export processing zone and maquiladora .

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

Africa

Tanzania

Libya

Liberia

Egypt

Eritrea

Morocco

Mauritius

Nigeria

Although the enabling act came into effect in 1992, the pioneer Free Zone (the Calabar Free Trade Zone) was not fully completed until 1999, and commenced operation after official commissioning in November 2001. Since then, the Free Zones Scheme has been used as a vehicle for industrial and commercial development of the country. Private Sector participation and partnership with the Federal Government and other tiers of government has helped spread the scheme. This has culminated in the establishment of specialised Free Zones and other types of Zones, namely:

Serial NumberNameLocationStatusOwnership
1 Snake Island Integrated Free Zone LagosOperationalPrivate
2Kano Free Trade Zone (KFTZ)Kano StateOperationalFed. Govt.
3Onne oil & Gas Free ZoneRiver StateOperationalUnder Parallel Authority
4Tinapa Free Zone & Tourism ResortCRSOperationalPrivate/Public
5Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ)CRSOperationalFed. Govt.
6Maigatari Border Free ZoneJigawa StateOperationalState
7LADOL Free ZoneLagosOperationalPrivate
8Airline Services Export Proc. ZoneLagos StateOperationalPrivate
9ALSCON Export Processing ZoneAkwa IbonOperationalPrivate
10Ogun Guangdong Free Trade ZoneOgun StateOperationalPublic/ Private
11Sebore Farms Export Processing ZonesAdamawa StateOperationalPrivate
12Ibom Science & Tech. Park Free ZoneAkwa IbomUnder Cons.Public/Private
13Living Spring Free ZoneOsun StateUnder Cons.State
14Lekki Free ZoneLagos StateUnder Cons.State/ Private
15Brass LNG Free ZoneBayelsaUnder Cons.Public/Private
16Abuja Technological Village Free ZoneAbujaUnder Cons.Public/Private
17Specialized Railway Industrial FTZ - KajolaOgun StateUnder Cons.Public/Private
18Imo Guangdong FTZImo StateUnder Cons.Public/Private
19OK Free Trade ZoneOndo & OgunUnder Cons.States/ Private
20Lagos Free ZoneLagos StateUnder Cons.Private
21Kwara Free ZoneKwara StateDeclarationState Govt.
22Oluyole Free Trade ZoneOyo StateDeclarationState Govt.
23Koko Free Trade ZoneDelta StateDeclarationState Govt.
24OILSS Logistics Free ZoneLagosDeclarationPrivate
25Banki Border Free ZoneBorno StateDeclarationState
26NAHCO Free Trade ZoneLagos StateOperationalPrivate

The introduction of free zones has played a large role in increasing the amount of investment into Nigeria. When all the free zones are fully operational, Nigeria is projected to play a large role in expanding export-driven manufacturing activities in Africa. [3]

Asia

Bahrain

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Japan

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, also known as the Silicon Valley of the East Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone 2023.jpg
Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, also known as the Silicon Valley of the East
Port of Tanjung Pelepas, the 15th busiest container port in the world Tanjungpelepas.jpg
Port of Tanjung Pelepas, the 15th busiest container port in the world

Mongolia

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Europe

European Union

European Union free zones: [8]

Albania

Armenia

Belarus

Georgia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Тechnological–Industrial Development Zones (TIDZs) [16]

Russia

Serbia

Serbia has 14 free economic zones as of September 2017; [19] these are: [19]

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

The Americas

Argentina

Law 19640: Special Customs Area for the Island of Tierra del Fuego [25]

Law 24331: Free Zones (of Argentina) [26]

The Bahamas

Bermuda

Brazil

Canada

Foreign trade zones: [28]

Chile

Colombia

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Panama

Costa Rica

Uruguay

United States

Venezuela

See also

References

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  5. 1 2 "Law on Economic Zones - Invest Mongolia" . Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Free Economic Zone". Invest Korea Week 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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  12. ↑ "Operating Free Economic Zones" . Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina" . Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Free Economic Zones in Moldova" . Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Index Cards by Country: Montenegro Free zones" (PDF). World Free Zones Organization. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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  17. ↑ Руднев Д. Д., Кулик Н. А. (1915). Материалы к изучению Северного морского пути из Европы в Обь и Енисей. Петроград: Тип. А. Э. Коллинс. pp. 3–4, 57–59.
  18. ↑ "Федеральный закон Российской Федерации от 13 июля 2015 г. N 212-ФЗ "О свободном порте Владивосток"" [Federal Law of July 13, 2015 N 212-FZ “On the Free Port of Vladivostok”] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  19. 1 2 Mikavica, A. (3 September 2017). "Slobodne zone mamac za investitore". politika.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  20. ↑ Segal, David (21 July 2012). "Swiss Freeports Are Home for a Growing Treasury of Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Ports Francs & Entrepôts de Genève SA - Rte du Grand Lancy 6a - Genève" . Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Magazzini Generali con Punto Franco SA – Stabio – Chiasso – Svizzera". puntofranco.com (in Italian and English).
  23. ↑ Techgroup Schweiz AG. "For global requests" . Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Transport services | Vevey | Société des Entrepôts Vevey" [Transport services | Vevey | Vevey Warehouse Company]. sevpf.ch. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Ley 19640 del 16/5/72". servicios.infoleg.gob.ar.
  26. ↑ "Ley 24". servicios.infoleg.gob.ar.
  27. ↑ "Zona Franca General Pico" . Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  28. ↑ "Geographically Flexible Foreign Trade Zones in Canada". www.taxandtradelaw.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  29. ↑ "Calgary Region Inland Port". Calgary Logistics Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
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