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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 ...
3.16 United States. 3.17 Uruguay. 4 Asia. ... Tanger Free Zone [1] Atlantic Free Zone Kenitra; ... Aluminium Smelter Company Free Trade Zone;
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.
Dyno Nobel is a manufacturer of explosives. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Limited operating in Australia, Canada, the United States, Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, South America, Papua New Guinea and Turkey. [2]
Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP) manufactures Research Department Explosive and High Melting Explosive for ammunition production and development. It is a government-owned and contractor-operated (GOCO) facility that is part of the US Army Joint Munitions Command.
The explosives manufactured at Hercules played a significant and decisive role in the United States Army's efforts to contain the fires started by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as recounted by General Funston. [7] In 1911, the United States won a lawsuit that it had brought against the Du Pont corporation under the Sherman Antitrust Act. [8]
Trojan was one of a small number of explosives companies at the time, and obtained large orders from the British, French and Italians. Demand increased when the United States entered the war in 1917. [3] The haberdasher Thomas Koch (died 1915) was a member of the board of Pennsylvania Trojan Powder Company. [12]