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Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason. These are known as free economic zones.

Sometimes they are called free ports, by an analogy with free port
Free port

A free port or free 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....
s known for a long time in history - the ports free of customs or with favorable customs regulations, e.g., the free port of Trieste
Trieste

Trieste is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to the Slovenian border, to the North, East, and South. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea....
. Very often free ports are parts of free economic zones.








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Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason. These are known as free economic zones.

Sometimes they are called free ports, by an analogy with free port
Free port

A free port or free 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....
s known for a long time in history - the ports free of customs or with favorable customs regulations, e.g., the free port of Trieste
Trieste

Trieste is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to the Slovenian border, to the North, East, and South. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea....
. Very often free ports are parts of free economic zones.

Free economic zones by country


Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....

  • Gyumri
    Gyumri

    Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 75 miles from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 ...


Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....

  • Brest FEZ
    Brest FEZ

    The Brest Free Economic Zone was created in Brest, Belarus, the gateway city at the border of Belarus and Poland in 1996. Brest is a perfect place for a free economic zone....


Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....

  • Zona Franca de Manaus
    Manaus

    Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of Amazonas state. It is situated at the confluence of the Rio Negro and River Solim?es rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and is a popular tourism destination....


Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....

  • Burgas
    Burgas

    Burgas is the second-largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast with population 210,260. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna....
  • Rousse
    Rousse

    Rousse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of near 175,600. Rousse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 300 kilometre from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast....
  • Plovdiv
    Plovdiv

    Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 379,119. It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria and three municipalities , as well as the largest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the wider international historical region of Thrace....
  • Dragoman
    Dragoman

    Dragoman designates the official title of a person who would function as an Interpreter , translator and official guide between Turkish language, Arabic language, and Persian language-speaking countries and polity of the Middle East and European Embassy, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts....
  • Vidin
    Vidin

    Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin ....
  • Svilengrad
    Svilengrad

    Svilengrad is a municipality in Bulgaria situated at the border of Turkey and Greece. It is in the Haskovo Province.With a population of approximately 20,000, Svilengrad is close to the road borders of Greece and Turkey ....


Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....

  • Iquique
    Iquique

    ||-||-||-||-||}Iquique is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapac? Region, on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal....


China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....

  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....


Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....

  • Port Said
    Port Said

    Port Said is a northeastern Egyptian city near the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 515,007 .The economic base of Port Said is fishing and industries, like chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes....
     Public Free Zone
  • Alexandria Public Free Zone
  • Nasr City Public Free Zone
  • Suez Public Free Zone
  • Ismailia Public Free Zone
  • Damietta Public Free Zone
  • Media Public Free Zone
  • Shebin El- Kom Public Free Zone
  • Qeft Public Free Zone
  • Port Said East Port Public Free Zone


Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....

  • Poti
    Poti

    Poti is a port city in Georgia , located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the mkhare of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the Ancient Greece colony of Phasis , the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century....
    , Samegrelo region
    Samegrelo

    Megrelia, Mingrelia or Samegrelo/Samargalo is a historic province in the western part of Georgia , formerly also known as Odishi....


Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....

  • Kish
    Kish

    Kish may refer to:...
  • Aras Free Zone
    Aras Free Zone

    Aras Free Trade - Industrial Zone is situated in East Azarbaijan province, in the north-west of Iran, adjacent to Autonomous Republic Nakhichivan, Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan....
  • Anzali Free Zone
  • Arvand Free Zone
    Arvand Free Zone

    The Arvand Freezone is a 155 square kilometer industrial and security zone that surrounds Khorramshahr, Abadan, and Minoo Island along the Arvand Rud waterway in Khuzestan Province, Iran....
  • Chabahar Free Zone
  • Gheshm Free Zone


Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....

  • Catania
    Catania

    Catania is an Italy city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse, Sicily. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city on the island....
  • Erice
    Erice

    Erice is a historic town in the province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy.Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750m above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo san Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast, p...
  • Gela
    Gela

    img_coa = Gela-Stemma.png | official_name = Comune di Gela| name=Gela| mapx=37.40|mapy=14.26| region = Sicily |...
  • Crotone
    Crotone

    Crotone is a city in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to Crotone....
  • Rossano
    Rossano

    Rossano is a town and commune in Southern Italy, in the province of Cosenza . The city is situated on an eminence two miles from the Gulf of Taranto....
  • Lamezia Terme
    Lamezia Terme

    Lamezia Terme is a city and a commune in the province of Catanzaro in Italy. It is the major city on the Tyrrhenian Sea side of Italy in the 500 km-stretch from Salerno to Reggio Calabria....
  • Matera
  • Taranto
    Taranto

    Taranto is a coastal city in Puglia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
  • Lecce
    Lecce

    Lecce is a historic city in southern Italy Italy, the Capital of the province of Lecce as well as the one of the most important cities of Apulia....
  • Andria
    Andria

    Andria may refer to:*Alfonso Andria, , an Italian politician*Andria , a comedic play by Terence*Andria, Italy, a city in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy...
  • Naples
    Naples

    Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
  • Torre Annunziata
    Torre Annunziata

    Torre Annunziata is a city and commune in the province of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. It is located at the Gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt....
  • Mondragone
    Mondragone

    Mondragone is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italy region Campania, located about 45 km northwest of Naples and about 40 km west of Caserta....
  • Campobasso
    Campobasso

    Campobasso is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the Molise region and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by the Sannio and Matese mountains....
  • Cagliari
    Cagliari

    Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means the castle. It has about 160,000 inhabitants, or about 500,000 including the suburbs : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu Sant'Elena....
  • Quartu Sant'Elena
    Quartu Sant'Elena

    Quartu Sant'Elena is a city in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of 68,040 and an area of 96.28 km?....
  • Iglesias
    Iglesias

    Iglesias is a comune of Province of Carbonia-Iglesias province in Sardinia, Italy. Situated at 190 m in the hills in the southwest of Sardinia, it was a centre of a mining district, with lead, zinc, and silver being extracted, as well as for the distillation of sulfuric acid....
  • Velletri
    Velletri

    Velletri is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia , Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio....
  • Sora
    Sora

    Sora or Soras may refer to:...
  • Pescara
    Pescara

    Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents....
  • Massa Carrara
  • Ventimiglia
    Ventimiglia

    Ventimiglia is a town and in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located 130  km southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the Franco-Italian frontier, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts....


Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....

  • Klaipeda Free Economic Zone
    Klaipeda Free Economic Zone

    The Klaipeda Free Economic Zone is based on standards created by EU ?special economic zone?.It is a developed land plot of 412 ha, which has tax incentives and other privileges, also specific assurances established in laws for FEZ....


Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....

  • Port Klang
    Port Klang

    Port Klang is a town in Malaysia. It is located by the largest and busiest ports in the country. Port Klang is located in the district of Klang in the state of Selangor....
     Free Zone


Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....

  • Nakhodka
    Nakhodka

    Nakhodka is a seaport types of inhabited localities in Russia in Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city had 148,826 inhabitants as of the Russian Census , down from 160,056 recorded in the Soviet Census ....
  • Ingushetia
    Ingushetia

    The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. The republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg....
  • Yantar, Kaliningrad
    Yantar, Kaliningrad

    The Yantar Special Economic Zone has been established in 1996 in the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation."Yantar" means amber in Russian language....


South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....

  • Yellow Sea
    Yellow Sea

    The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean peninsula....
  • Incheon
    Incheon

    Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
  • Busan
    Busan

    Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....
  • Gwangyang
    Gwangyang

    Gwangyang is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gwangyang city is the home of POSCO Gwangyang Steel Works, the largest facility of its kind in the world....


Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....

  • Ibiza
    Ibiza

    Ibiza is an island and town located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands autonomous community ....


Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....

  • Quarantine Pier of Odessa
    Odessa

    Odessa or Odesa is the Capital of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major port located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 ....
     trade sea port, January 1, 2000, for 25 years


United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....

  • Jebel Ali Free Zone
    Jebel Ali Free Zone

    Jebel Ali Free Zone is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It offers business and tax incentives to corporations....
  • Dubai Internet City
    Dubai Internet City

    Dubai Internet City is an information technology park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone and a strategic base for companies targeting regional emerging markets....
  • Dubai Media City
    Dubai Media City

    Dubai Media City part of Dubai Holding is a tax free zone within Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has been built by the Dubai government to boost UAE's media foothold, and has become a regional hub for media organizations ranging from: news agencies, publishing, online media, advertising, production, and broadcast facilities....
  • Dubai Knowledge Village
    Dubai Knowledge Village

    Dubai Knowledge Village,a member of Dubai Holding subsidiary TECOM Investments, offers facilities for training and learning support activities....
  • Dubai Healthcare City
    Dubai Healthcare City

    The Dubai Healthcare City is one of the numerous specialised 'cities-within-a-city' in Dubai targeted at the healthcare and the pharmaceutical industries....
  • Dubai International Financial Center
    Dubai International Financial Center

    The Dubai International Financial Centre is a near-shore financial hub for the MENA containing a capital market designated as a finance free zone in Dubai....
  • DuBiotech
    Dubiotech

    DuBiotech, short for The Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park is a new development in Dubai aimed to attract biotechnology research and development to the emirate....
  • Dubai Outsource Zone
  • International Media and Production Zone
  • Dubai Studio City
    Dubai Studio City

    Dubai Studio City is part of Dubai Media City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Following in the footsteps of Dubai Media City, it will cater to the production needs of the region and has plans to build movie studios like Hollywood sound stages backlots for various production needs....


United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

  • London Docklands
  • Bristol Subverbs


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