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The Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone ( SETC) is an industrial estate near the city of Suez, Egypt, established by a joint partnership between the governments of the People's Republic of China and the Arab Republic of Egypt, for the purposes of inviting Chinese companies to set up industries, as part of the Belt and Road project. It was ...
Kuwait's free trade zone (FTZ) was formally established in 1999 to expand businesses and lure the export industry. The zone was located in the western part of the commercial port of Shuwaikh. It was the only free trade zone in the country. In 2019, the Council of Ministers cancelled the free-zone, leaving Kuwait without a special economic zone.
The African Free Trade Zone ( AFTZ) is a free trade zone announced at the EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit on 22 October 2008 by the heads of Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC). The African Free Trade Zone is also referred to as the African Free ...
The UAE has a number of free zones across Dubai, [1] Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain. Free zones may be broadly categorized as seaport free zones, airport free zones, and mainland free zones. Free-trade zone exemptions are: [2] 100% foreign ownership of the enterprise. 100% import and export tax exemptions.
The U.S. foreign-trade zones program was created by the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was one of two key pieces of legislation passed in 1934 in an attempt to mitigate some of the destructive effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs, which had been imposed in 1930. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was created to "expedite ...
Enugu Industrial Park (Free Zone Status), also known as, ENPOWER [6] Kano Free Trade Zone. Ibom Science & Technology Park Free Zone. Lekki Free Trade Zone. Maigatari Border Free Trade Zone. Nigeria International Commerce city. Onne Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone. Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone.
See also: List of special economic zones and List of free-trade zones In special economic zones business and trades laws differ from the rest of the country. The term, and a number of other terms, can have different specific meanings in different countries and publications. Often they have relaxed jurisdiction of customs or related national regulations. They can be ports or other large areas ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The landmark prisoner swap agreed by Russia, the United States and several of its allies that brought home journalist Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan and freed ...