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
Taiwan FTZs
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
- Free zone of Lappeenranta (Lappeenrannan Vapaa-alue)
- Freeport of Hanko (Hangon Vapaasatama)
(part of the European Union)
- Free Zone of Verdon - Port de Bordeaux (Zone franche du Verdon — Port de Bordeaux)
(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)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
- Livorno, 1675-1860
- Free Zone of Trieste (Porto franco di Trieste)
- Free Zone of Venice (Porto franco di Venezia)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
(part of the European Union)
- Free Zone of Madeira - Caniçal (Zona franca da Madeira - Caniçal)
(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)
(part of the European Union)
- free port and free economic zone Odessa
- 1819-1858
- Trade sea port of Odessa, January 1, 2000 for 25 years
(part of the European Union)
- Mega Port of Punta Caucedo
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr115831e http://www.port-technology.com/projects/caucedo/
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