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Free-trade zones can also be defined as labor-intensive manufacturing centers that involve the import of raw materials or components and the export of factory products, but this is a dated definition as more and more free-trade zones focus on service industries such as software, back-office operations, research, and financial services.
Astromar Freezone - Astromar Free Trade Warehousing Zone is one of the fastest growing and most cost-effective Free Trade Warehousing Zone in Chennai. Our facility near Chennai's sea gateways is dedicated to facilitating Foreign Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ).
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 ...
Free trade areas between groups of countries, such as the European Economic Area and the Mercosur open markets, establish a free trade zone among members while creating a protectionist barrier between that free trade area and the rest of the world.
A free trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, import quotas and tariffs, and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.
Zhejiang Free-Trade zone, officially China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (Chinese: 中国（浙江）自由贸易试验区; pinyin: Zhōngguó (Zhèjiāng) Zìyóu Màoyì Shìyànqū) is a free-trade zone in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China.
Free zones may be broadly categorized as seaport free zones, airport free zones, and mainland free zones. Free-trade zone exemptions are: 100% foreign ownership of the enterprise; 100% import and export tax exemptions; 100% repatriation of capital and profits; Corporate tax exemptions for up to 50 years; No personal income taxes
Each Free Zone is designed around one or more industry categories and only offers licenses (e.g. for a Free Zone Enterprise (FZE)), to companies within those categories. Most of the free zones in Dubai broadly offer trading, services, and industrial licenses to investors looking to set up their businesses.