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Freeport Minerals Company
Freeport, a variant of free port, may refer to: Places United States *Freeport, California *Freeport, Florida * Freeport, Illinois *Freeport, Indiana *Freeport, Iowa *Freeport, Kansas * Freeport, Maine, a New England town **Freeport (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town *Freeport, Michigan *Freeport, Minnesota *Freeport, New York *Freeport, Ohio * Freeport, Pennsylvania * Freeport, Texas * Freeport, West Virginia Elsewhere *Freeport, Bahamas * Freeport, Nova Scotia, Canada *Freeport Tortuga, Haiti *Freeport, Trinidad and Tobago Railway stations *Freeport (LIRR station), a Long Island Railroad Station in Freeport, New York, U.S.A. *Braintree Freeport railway station, a railway station in Braintree, Essex, England *Freeport station (Illinois), a proposed railway station in Freeport, Illinois, U.S.A. *Freeport station (Maine), an Amtrak station in Freeport, Maine, U.S.A. Arts, entertainment, and media * Freeport, name of several space stations in the video game ''Freelancer'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Port
Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries. The term is used to designate areas in which companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage economic activity. The taxation rules and duties are determined by each country. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) has content on the conditions and benefits of free zones. Some special economic zones are called free ports. Sometimes they have historically been endowed with favorable customs regulations, such as the free port of Trieste. As the United Kingdom was proposing the creation of ten free ports after leaving the European Union in early 2020, the EU was clamping down on 82 free zones after finding that their special status had aided the financing of terrorism, money laundering and organised crime. Definition The def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |