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. Most commonly this means being free of customs or being a special customs zone with favorable customs regulations. Earlier in time some free ports enjoyed political autonomy.

The free economic zones are usually called free ports.

Many international airports have free ports.

[edit] Free ports and Free Zones by country

[edit] Asia

[edit] Bahrain

Manama

[edit] Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong

[edit] Iran

[edit] Israel

Eilat

[edit] Japan

[edit] Macao, China

Macao (Ka-Ho)

[edit] Malaysia

Penang Until 1969

[edit] United Arab Emirates

[edit] Europe

[edit] Belarus

Brest FEZ

[edit] Croatia

Rijeka, 1723

[edit] Denmark

(part of the European Union)

Freeport of Copenhagen (Københavens Frihavn)

[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

Ajaria autonomous republic
- Batumi, 1878-1886 (then Russia)

[edit] Ireland

(part of the European Union)

Ringaskiddy Free Port
Shannon Free Zone

[edit] Italy

(part of the European Union)

Livorno, 1675-1860
Free Zone of Trieste (Punto franco di Trieste)
Free Zone of Venice (Punto franco di Venezia)

[edit] Malta

(part of the European Union)

Malta Freeport [1]

[edit] Greece

(part of the European Union)

Free zone of Piraeus
Free zone of Thessaloniki
Free zone of Heraclion

[edit] Latvia

(part of the European Union)

Free port of Riga
Free port of Ventspils

[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)