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Batam: 243 1,403,000 As an island-city, Batam has not developed a metropolitan area with its surrounding regions, hence its urban population is entirely within its administrative area. A free-trade zone, known as Batam metropolitan area, is established around Batam. 11 Denpasar: 176 1,326,000
Kuwait's free trade zone (FTZ) was formally established in 1999 to expand businesses and lure the export industry. The zone was located in the western part of the commercial port of Shuwaikh. It was the only free trade zone in the country. In 2019, the Council of Ministers cancelled the free-zone, leaving Kuwait without a special economic zone ...
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 ...
It was created on October 23, 2009 through RA 9728 where the agency originally partially operated and managed the zone from October 2009 to June 29, 2010 when Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) stil had ongoing plans and programs over the zone and then took over the zone's full operations and management from PEZA on June 29, 2010 which ...
The 180,000 bpsd Petron Bataan Refinery in Limay, Bataan is a full conversion refinery and the sole integrated oil refinery and petrochemical complex in the Philippines The Freeport Area of Bataan, formerly known as Mariveles Free Trade Zone (June 21, 1969 – November 20, 1972), and Bataan Export Processing Zone/Bataan Economic Zone (November ...
Hulu Klang Free Trade Zone (Statchippac, Texas Instrument) Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah; Melaka Batu Berendam Free Trade Zone (Texas Instrument, Dominant Semiconductor, Panasonic) Pasir Gudang Free Trade Zone, Johor; Port Klang Free Zone, Klang, Selangor; Sungai Way Free Trade Zone (Western Digital, Free Scale, etc.)
The Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), formerly known as Mariveles Free Trade Zone from June 21, 1969 to November 20, 1972, and primarily as Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) and Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) from November 20, 1972 to October 23, 2009 and secondarily from October 23, 2009 to June 30, 2010), is a special economic zone in Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines.
Batam is a tax free export zone rather than a free port, therefore much industry is limited to international exports. Batam has also become an alternate air transport hub as Java's airports are congested. Some 62,000 Singaporeans visited Batam in January 2012, compared with stronger links to Johor, some 70,000 daily. [2]