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Antigua and Barbuda >>

• Antigua & Barbuda Free Trade & Processing Zone Offshore Business >> Antigua and Barbuda Free Trade and Processing Zone. Offshore Business Investment Opportunities. Caribbean Tax Free Environment.
  
  
• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Argentina >>
  
  
• Free Trade Zone of the Republic of Argentina >> Zonas francas de la República Argentina y principales internacionales. This is a directory of Free Trade Zones in Argentina. It is not very up to date.
  
  
• Bahia Blanca-Coronel Rosales >> Trade Point Bahía Blanca-Coronel Rosales, a member of the World Trade Point Federation, is a non-profit entity seeking to respond to the needs of local SMEs in their attempt to participate more widely in international trade.
  
  
• Buenos Aires Zona Franca La Plata S.A. >> B1925BUA Ensenada. Phone: (54-221) 468-0000, Fax: (54-221) 468-0010
  
  
• Zofracor S.A. (Zona Franca Cordoba) >> Ruta 9 (N) km.718, X5145XAJ Juarez Celman. Phone/Fax: (54-351) 49-4171
  
  
• Zona Franca Comodoro Rivadavia >> Rivadavia 440, U9000AKS Comodoro Rivadavia. Phone/Fax: (54-297) 444-1056
  
  
• Zona Franca De Cordoba >>
  
  

• Zona Franca Justo Daract Administration >> Av. India y Junin, Piso 3, 5700 San Luis. Phone/Fax: (54-2652) 42-7271

• Zona Franca Mendoza >> Ruta 84 s/n, 5509 Perdriel, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza. Phone/Fax: (54-261) 498-6879

• Zona Franca Misiones >> Hipolito Irigoyen esquina Pombero s/n, 3370 Puerto Iguazu, Misiones. Phone/Fax: (54-3757) 42-1050

• Zona Franca Salta >> Ruta Nacional Nro. 34, Km 1132, A4430WBA Gral. Güemes. Phone/Fax: (54-387) 439-8000

• Zona Franca Santafesina >> Primera. Junta 2507, Piso 10, S3000CDC Santa Fe. Phone: (54-342) 456-2562/66, Fax: (54-342) 455-0491

• Zona Franca Tucuman >> Ruta Nacional No 9 km. 1285, 4109 Banda del Sali, Cruz Alta, Tucuman. Phone/Fax: (54-381) 40-0233/4/5

• US Commercial Service in Argentina >> For up to date information on Free Trade Zones in Argentina go to this site.
  

Bangladesh >>

• Bangladesh Export

Bahamas >>

• Freeport Bahamas: Free Trade Zone >> Freeport's strategic location at the gateway to the Americas is a major incentive to industrial development.
  
  
• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Bahamas

Bahrain >>

• Mina Salman >> This is Bahrain's major port, provides a free transit zone to facilitate the duty-free import of equipment and machinery. The North Sitra Industrial Estate is an industrial free zone and another one is planned for Hidd. US Department of State.

Barbados >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Barbados >>

Belize >>

• Beltraide: Belize Trade and Investment Development Service
  
  
• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Belize
  
  
• Northern Belize: Commercial Free Zone

Belarus >>

• Brest >> The Brest Free Economic Zone was set up in 1996. The Zone occupies a specially designated territory totaling 71 sq. km and has an advantageous geographic location (border region between Belarus and Poland). The law governing the Zone guarantees significant tax and other benefits to investors.
  
  
• Minsk >> Free Economic Zone "Minsk" has been successfully functioning for four years already in the certain territory of Minsk and Minsk area. During this time Administration of Free Economic Zone "Minsk" has got up a significant operational experience with foreign and domestic businessmen.
  
  
• Gomel-Raton >> FEZ Gomel-Raton is a part of the territory of the Republic of Belarus with the precisely defined borders and special legal regime establishing more favorable than usual conditions of conducting business and other economic activity.
  
  
• Vitebsk >> The Free Economic Zone "Vitebsk" (FEZ "Vitebsk") is a part of the Republic of Belarus territory with strictly defined borders where special preferential regime of fax and customs regulations is implied. The Free Economic Zone "Vitebsk" was founded on the 4 of august 1999 for a period of 30 years. It is a complex zone, including production area, export and free custom zones.
  
  
• Mogilev >> Free economic zone “Mogilev” (FEZ “Mogilev”) is a part of the territory of the Republic of Belarus with strictly defined borders. Its special legal regime establishes more favorable conditions for carrying out business and other types of economic activity than the regular one.
  
  
• Grodnoinvest >> In the Free Economic Zone "Grodnoinvest" bordering on the European Union and CIS countries there were created comfortable conditions for business.
  We will grant you significant tax and customs privileges, land plots with newly constructed communications, free industrial and office space.

Bolivia >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Bolivia >>
  
  
• Free Trade Zones in Bolivia >> El Alto (the Department of La Paz); Santa Cruz; Cochabamba; Puerto Aguirre (on Bolivia's eastern border with Brazil); Oruro; and Desaguadero (on the Peruvian border). US Department of State.

Brazil >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Brazil
• Zona Franca de Manaus >> When Manaus Free Zone was created in Manaus, Brazil was getting ready to face one of the great challenges of the contemporary world of the millenium: create a self sustainable development policy, able to allow the economic integration of the Western Amazon inlands without causing harm to its environment heritage.

Bulgaria >>

• Bourgas Free Zone >> BOURGAS FREE ZONE was found with a Government Decree in 1989. It is the only free zone on the Bulgarian Black sea coast. Bourgas Free Zone takes advantage of its key geographical and strategic location both in the country and in relation to the foreign trade flows >> a natural gate towards the markets of the Balkan Peninsular, the Black Sea Coastal area, Eastern and Central Europe, Far and Near East through corridor No.8 of the European transport system. Bourgas Free Zone is being developed and managed by Bourgas Free Zone Ltd.
  
  
• Bulgaria >> There are at present six operational “free zones” in Bulgaria: Ruse and Vidin ports on the Danube; Plovdiv; Svilengrad (near the Turkish border); Dragoman (near the Yugoslav border); and, Burgas port on the Black Sea. They are all owned by joint stock or state-owned companies. The government provided land and infrastructure for each zone.
  -- Plovdiv, the only inland free zone, is the most profitable, with 24 investment projects.
  -- The Burgas FTZ has the largest warehousing and automotive distribution facilities in Bulgaria and is used by more than 100 foreign and joint venture companies including Samsung.
  -- Limited manufacturing is conducted in both the Plovdiv and Ruse FTZs.

  All forms of production and trade activities and services may take place in the free zones. Foreign goods delivered to the free zones for production, storage, processing, or re-export are VAT and duty exempt. Bulgarian goods may also be stored in free zones with permission from the customs authorities. Convertible foreign currency may be used and revenues can be transferred abroad freely without any restrictions. Administrative procedures relieve the investor from needing to contact local authorities directly. Production and labor costs are low, with well-trained and highly qualified labor available. All the zones are located on strategic trade rail, road, and/or water trade routes.

Camaroon >>

• Camaroon >> While Cameroon presently has no designated foreign trade zones or free ports, it has an industrial free zone (IFZ) regime applicable at any location through "industrial park" or "single-factory" zones. Created in 1990 to promote internationally competitive export industries, the IFZ regime creates certain broad regulatory and tax exemptions for investors and it is unclear how the 2002 Investment Charter will affect the IFZ regime privileges.

  To qualify for IFZ status, the goods or services produced by an enterprise must not have detrimental effects on the environment, and 80 percent of production must be exported. IFZ firms receive a 10-year exemption from taxes and are subject only to a flat tax of 15 percent on corporate profits beginning in the eleventh year. They have a right to tax-free repatriation of all funds earned and invested in Cameroon, and are exempt from foreign exchange regulations. They are also exempt from existing
  and future customs duties and taxes, including those on locally purchased production inputs. The National Office for Industrial Free Zones (NOFIZ) is the non-profit regulatory body established to oversee and administer Cameroon's IFZ program. US Department of State.

Canada >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Canada >>

Chile >>

• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Chile
• Zona Franca de Iquique >> Iquique's Free Trade Zone, ZOFRI, is a business center that in addition to having a shopping mall for retail sales, offers an area of over 200 hectares where a strong and dynamic commercial trading takes place.
  
  
• Chile >> Chile has two tax-free zones, one is in the northern port of Iquique (Region I) and the other in the southern city of Punta Arenas (Region XII). Merchants and manufacturers in these zones are exempt from corporate tax and from VAT and customs duties. Goods can be re-exported without paying taxes, but products that are sold within Chile must pay VAT and import duties upon leaving the zone (except to immediate geographical area in which a lower tax rate applies). The same exemptions also apply to manufacturers in the Chacalluta and Las Americas Industrial Park in Arica (Region I). US Department of State.

China >>

• Dalian Free Trade Zone >> Dalian Free Trade Zone is 30 minutes’ drive from Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, which is one of the main international airports in China and the largest cargo airport in Northeast China.
  
  
• Ningbo Free Trade Zone >> We here at Ningbo Free Trade Zone Risen Industry & Trading Co., Ltd. are a leading producer of knitted garments in mainland China. We export to Europe, North America and the Middle East.
  
  
• Shanghai City Waigaoqiao Free Trede Zone >> The free trade zone of "SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO FREE TRADE ZONE" was established conforming to the international custom. This area is located about 20km north east from the center of Shanghai city.
• Tianjin Port Trade Free Zone
  
  
• China >> China's principal duty-free import/export zones are located in Dalian, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hainan. In addition to these officially designated zones, many other free trade zones (FTZs) offering similar privileges exist and are incorporated into economic development zones and open cities throughout China. However, restrictions and charges often apply and can affect venture operations and business in the latter zones. The future of FTZs is in question due to China’s WTO commitment to grant trading rights to all enterprises. Some trade analysts think most FTZs will either die out or be scaled back after full trading and distribution rights are implemented, because so much of their current attraction stems from the trading rights they offer.

Columbia >>

• Cartagena Free Trade Zone >>
• Cucuta Free Trade Zone >>
• Directory of Free Trade Zones in Columbia >> Find an easy direct access to the websites of different Free Trade Zones in Colombia, contact numbers and information on costs and availability.
  
  
• Eje Cafetero Free Trade Zone >>
  
• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Columbia >>
  
  
• Zona Franca Barranquilla >> With the purpose of promoting service presentation and industrialization of goods, mainly oriented to external or foreign markets in a supplementary manner of the national market, areas in national territory have been designated to have the benefit of a customs regimen, foreign exchange and special prosecutors: The Free Zones.
• Zona Franca Bogata >> Zona Franca de Bogotá S.A. promueve, desarrolla y opera zonas francas, prestando servicios comerciales, logísticos e inmobiliarios en forma confiable, ágil y oportuna, generando valor a sus clientes, empleados y accionistas, en armonía con el medio ambiente y la comunidad, impulsando el comercio exterior colombiano.
  
  
• Zona Franca De La Candelaria >>
  
  
• Zona Franca Del Pacifico >> Zona Franca Del Pacifica serves as a logistical platform and productivity and competitiveness center so as to promote foreign trade and investment in the region and Colombia; seeking growth in exports, and employment generation, making use of our logistic and security infrastructure, foreign trade experts and continious improvement culture as well as the incentives of the Free Trade Regime all in benefit of our Users and Shareholders.
  
  
• Zona Franca Palmaseca >> Zona Franca Palmaseca es una Zona Franca Industrial de bienes y servicios, administrada y dirigida por una sociedad de derecho privado que opera desde Julio 1 de 1994 denominada usuario “operador” y responsable de verificar el cumplimiento de las normas de comercio exterior regidas por el decreto 2685 de Diciembre de 1999.
  
  
• Zona Franca De Rionegro >> the Rionegro Free Trade Zone has the following objectives:
• Facilitate the storage as well as national and international distribution operations for imported products, carried out by commercial users, respecting at all times both Colombian and international legislation, human resources and the environment.
• Promote the production of goods and the supply of services mainly towards the export markets and to a lesser degree to the domestic market.
• Generate more employments.
• Secure higher levels of technology for the region.
  
  
• Zona Franca de Santa Marta >> La Zona Franca De Santa Marta está dividida en dos grandes areas: La Industrial ubicada a un costado de la carretera Troncal del Caribe con 340.000 metros cuadrados a solo 10 kilómetros del aeropuerto y 5 del puerto y el area Comercial., situada al lado mismo de la Zona Portuaria y Ferroviaria de Santa Marta convirtiendose con ello en poderoso argumento para la relocalización de industrias, que busquen quedar a las puertas de los mercados del mundo.

   

• There are twelve free trade zones in Colombia: Bogotá, Rionegro (Medellín), Pacific (Cali), La Candelaria (Cartagena), Quindio, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Palmaseca (Cali) and Arauca, which is currently under construction. Additionally, the Health Citadel Free Zone, located in the municipality of Sopó near Bogotá, is exclusively dedicated to provide health services.

Costa Rica >>

• America Free Zone >>
• Free Trade Area of the Americas: Costa Rica
  
  
• Ultrapark Free Zone & Corporate Park >> Costa Rica has the opportunity to become the Latin American Center for high technology and science. ULTRAPARK contributes to this by offering the best solution in infrastructure for foreign and local investors in order to allow them to install their business in the most modern facilities. Focusing on this philosophy will allow us to make progress in achieving our main goal of becoming a local leader in the industry.

Croatia >>

• Business and Commercial Zone >> The Business and Commercial Zone and Free Trade Zones Kukuljanovo are located in the immediate hinterland of Rijeka and the Bakar Bay, covering an area of 5,000,000 sq.mts. with arranged land plots and build-up communal infrastructure.
  
  
• Croatia >> A Law on Free Trade Zones was adopted in June 1996. According to this law, a foreign-owned or domestic company in a foreign trade zone (FTZs) may engage in manufacturing, wholesale but not retail trade, foreign trade, banking and other financial activities. New laws on free trade zones and industrial parks, which were being considered at the time of the last Investment Climate Statement, have been withdrawn and are being redrafted. Article 24 of the Law on Profit Tax also covers business in Free Trade Zones. FTZ users are eligible for the following benefits: waiver of tariff on imported products; a user of the zone who constructs or participates in construction of infrastructure projects in the zone worth HRK 1 million (about $1350,000) or more, is exempted from paying corporate tax during the first five years of operation in the zone; other users in the zone pay corporate tax in the amount of 50 percent of the regular rate (i.e., 10 percent instead of 20 percent); zones are exempted from any Croatian emergency measures or other restrictions pertaining to foreign trade or hard currency transactions. Users of the zones may freely store their goods and production equipment in the zones. Goods that are not intended for trade on the Croatian market or for domestic consumption are fully exempt from custom duties or taxes. Goods that are imported into Croatia will be taxed and assessed duties per the value of the production materials imported for the product and not per the value of the finished product. The following seventeen locations are currently FTZS: Buje, Krapina-Zagorje, Osijek, Rijeka, Sibenik, Slavonski Brod, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska County, Obrovac, Ploce, Pula, Kukuljanovo, Varazdin, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Podunavlje - Vukovar, Vukovarsko-Srijemska County. US Department of State.

Czech Republic >>

• Czech Republic >> Czech law permits foreign investors involved in joint ventures to take advantage of commercial or industrial customs-free zones into which goods may be imported and later exported without depositing customs duty. Duties need be paid only in the event that the goods brought into the free zone are introduced into the local economy. The investment incentive package also permits duty-free import of high tech goods and creation of additional foreign-trade zones.
  
  Currently authorized foreign trade zones in the Czech Republic are Cheb, Ostrava, Pardubice, Prague (2), Zlin, Trinec, Bor u Tachova, Frantiskov nad Ploucnici and Hradec Kralove. Rules for operations within a commercial or industrial customs-free zone are the same as in the EU.