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According to the World Bank, "an export processing zone is an industrial estate, usually a fenced-in area of 10 to 300 hectares, that specializes in manufacturing for export. It offers firms free trade conditions and a liberal regulatory environment.
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 ...
The Jamaican Free Zones are a government free trade zone initiative in Jamaica.Designed to encourage foreign investment and international trade, businesses operating within these zones have no tax on their profits, and are exempted from customs duties on imports and exports (capital goods, raw materials, construction materials, and office equipment) and import licensing requirements.
Gender-based dress codes are dress codes that establish separate standards of clothing and grooming for men and women. These dress codes may also contain specifications related to the wearing of cosmetics and heels and the styling of hair. Gender-based dress codes are commonly enforced in workplaces and educational institutions.
Land free zone: [31] Krapina–Zagorje Free Zone (in liquidation) Danube Free Zone of Vukovar; Free Zone of Kukuljanovo (inactive) Free Zone of Port of Rijeka – Škrljevo; Free Zone of Split–Dalmatia (in liquidation) Free Zone of Zagreb; Port free zone: [31] Free Zone of Port of Ploče; Free Zone of Port of Pula; Free Zone of Port of Rijeka
A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species ...
1937 poster celebrating the United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island In the United States, a foreign-trade zone (FTZ) is a geographical area, in (or adjacent to) a United States port of entry, where commercial merchandise, both domestic and foreign, receives the same Customs treatment it would if it were outside the commerce of the United States.
On 11 August 2020, Kingstone Companies, Inc. has confirmed that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York today denied the defendant's request to withdraw the amended lawsuit in the putative shareholder class action litigation initially brought in 2019 against the corporation and several existing and former officers and directors.