Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason. These are known as free economic zones.

Sometimes they are called free ports, by an analogy with free ports known for a long time in history - the ports free of customs or with favorable customs regulations, e.g., the free port of Trieste. Very often free ports are parts of free economic zones. A free port (porto franco) or free zone (US: Foreign-Trade Zone) is a port or area with relaxed jurisdiction with respect to the country of location. ... Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste, German and Friulian Triest, Slovenian and Croatian Trst) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border to Slovenia. ...

Free economic zones by country

United Kingdom

• London Docklands

Docklands can also refer to the urban redevelopment project in Melbourne, Australia, see Melbourne Docklands. ...

United Arab Emirates

• Jebel Ali Free Zone
• Dubai Internet City
• Dubai Media City
• Dubai Knowledge Village
• Dubai Healthcare City
• Dubai International Financial Center
• DuBiotech
• Dubai Outsource Zone
• International Media and Production Zone
• Dubai Studio City

Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) is located in the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. ... Dubai Internet City (DIC) is an information technology park currently being developed by Dubai Holding, an affiliate of the Government of Dubai, in United Arab Emirates. ... Dubai Media City is located in Dubai at the crossroads of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. ... The dubai knowledge village is a place where any established university/college/educational institute can offer their services in one common boundry. ... See also Dubai Internet City External links Dubai Healthcare City - Official website Category: ...

Russia

• Nakhodka
• Ingushetia

Nakhodka is a port city in Primorsky Krai (Maritime Region) in the Far Eastern part of Russia, at 42°49′ N 132°53′ E The city has approximately 200,000 inhabitants. ... The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: ; Ingush: ГIалгIай Мохк) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...

Ukraine

• Quarantine Pier of Odessa trade sea port, January 1st, 2000, for 25 years

ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was/is a national socialist German network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers, among whom were Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

South Korea

• Incheon

Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ...

China

Brazil

• Zona Franca de Manaus