List of free economic 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 or smaller allocated areas.
Terms include free port, free zone, bonded area, 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. Earlier in history, some free ports enjoyed political autonomy. Many international airports have free ports, though they tend to be called customs areas, customs zones, or international zones.

Africa

[Tanzania]

  • [Mtwara Port|Mtwara Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport Zone]

[Libya]

[Liberia]

[Egypt]

[Eritrea]

[Morocco]

[Mauritius]

  • The Mauritius Free Port

[Nigeria]

Although the enabling act came into effect in 1992, the pioneer Free Zone was not fully completed until 1999, and commenced operation after official commissioning in November 2001. Since then, the Free Zones Scheme has been used as a vehicle for industrial and commercial development of the country. Private Sector participation and partnership with the Federal Government and other tiers of government has helped spread the scheme. This has culminated in the establishment of specialised Free Zones and other types of Zones, namely:
Serial NumberNameLocationStatusOwnership
1Snake Island Integrated Free ZoneLagosOperationalPrivate
2Kano Free Trade Zone Kano StateOperationalFed. Govt.
3Onne oil & Gas Free ZoneRiver StateOperationalUnder Parallel Authority
4Tinapa Free Zone & Tourism ResortCRSOperationalPrivate/Public
5Calabar Free Trade Zone CRSOperationalFed. Govt.
6Maigatari Border Free ZoneJigawa StateOperationalState
7LADOL Free ZoneLagosOperationalPrivate
8Airline Services Export Proc. ZoneLagos StateOperationalPrivate
9ALSCON Export Processing ZoneAkwa IbonOperationalPrivate
10Ogun Guangdong Free Trade ZoneOgun StateOperationalPublic/ Private
11Sebore Farms Export Processing ZonesAdamawa StateOperationalPrivate
12Ibom Science & Tech. Park Free ZoneAkwa IbomUnder Cons.Public/Private
13Living Spring Free ZoneOsun StateUnder Cons.State
14Lekki Free ZoneLagos StateUnder Cons.State/ Private
15Brass LNG Free ZoneBayelsaUnder Cons.Public/Private
16Abuja Technological Village Free ZoneAbujaUnder Cons.Public/Private
17Specialized Railway Industrial FTZ - KajolaOgun StateUnder Cons.Public/Private
18Imo Guangdong FTZImo StateUnder Cons.Public/Private
19OK Free Trade ZoneOndo & OgunUnder Cons.States/ Private
20Lagos Free ZoneLagos StateUnder Cons.Private
21Kwara Free ZoneKwara StateDeclarationState Govt.
22Oluyole Free Trade ZoneOyo StateDeclarationState Govt.
23Koko Free Trade ZoneDelta StateDeclarationState Govt.
24OILSS Logistics Free ZoneLagosDeclarationPrivate
25Banki Border Free ZoneBorno StateDeclarationState
26NAHCO Free Trade ZoneLagos StateOperationalPrivate

The introduction of free zones has played a large role in increasing the amount of investment into Nigeria. When all the free zones are fully operational, Nigeria is projected to play a large role in expanding export-driven manufacturing activities in Africa.

Asia

[Bahrain]

China

[Hong Kong]

[India]

*

Indonesia

Iran

[Japan]

[Lebanon]

[Macau]

[Malaysia]

Mongolia

[Pakistan]

[Philippines]

[Singapore]

South Korea

Taiwan

[Thailand]

  • Port of Bangkok
  • Port of Chiang Kong
  • Port of Chieng Saen
  • Port of Laem Chabang
  • Port of Ranong

Turkey

Uzbekistan

Europe

European Union

European Union free zones:
; Austria
; Bulgaria
; Croatia
; Cyprus
  • Limassol Free Zone - ceased
  • Larnaca Free Zone - ceased
  • Customs Warehousing & Free Zones, Nicosia
; Czech Republic
  • Free zone Ostrava
  • Free zone Pardubice
; Denmark
; Estonia
  • Muuga Free Zone
  • Sillamäe Free Zone
  • Paldiski free zone
; Finland
; France
; Germany
; Greece
; Hungary
  • Customs free zone Záhony
; Ireland
; Italy
; Latvia
; Lithuania
; Luxembourg
; Malta
; Poland
  • Free Customs Zone Warsaw Airport
  • Free Customs Zone Gliwice
  • Free Duty Zone Terespol
  • Free Customs Zone Szczecin
  • Free Customs Zone Świnoujście
  • Free Customs Zone Gdańsk
  • Free Customs Zone Mszczonów
; Portugal
; Romania
  • Port of Constanţa, January 2007
  • Free zone Curtici Arad
  • Free zone Galati
  • Free zone Giurgiu
  • Free zone Braila
  • Free zone Sulina
  • Free zone Constanta Sud si Basarabi
; Slovenia
; Spain
*
; Sweden

Albania

Armenia

Belarus

Georgia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Free Zone Trebinje
  • Free zone Hercegovina
  • Free zone Vogosca
  • Free zone Visoko

Moldova

  • Giurgiulești Freeport
  • Expo-Business Chișinău, Chișinău)
  • Ungheni-Business
  • Tvardita
  • Otaci-Business
  • Valkanes
  • Taraclia
  • Free International Airport of Mărculești

Monaco

  • Monaco Freeport

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Тechnological–Industrial Development Zones
  • 12 Free Zones

Russia

Serbia

Serbia has 14 free economic zones as of September 2017; these are:

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

The Americas

Argentina

Law 19640: Special Customs Area for the Island of Tierra del Fuego
Law 24331: Free Zones

The Bahamas

Bermuda

Brazil

Canada

Foreign trade zones:

Chile

Colombia

  • San Andrés
  • Zona Franca
  • Zona Franca de Bogota
  • Zona Franca del Pacifico
  • Zona Franca Palermo

Dominican Republic

  • Mega Port of Punta Caucedo

Jamaica

Panama

Costa Rica

  • Zona Franca Saret
  • Zona Franca Coyol
  • CF Free Zone Park S.R.L
  • Zona Franca Metropolitana
  • Zona Franca del Este
  • Concentrix Free Trade Zone, S.A

Uruguay

  • Carrasco International Airport
  • Zona Franca Colonia
  • Zona Franca de Montevideo
  • Puerto de Montevideo
  • Zona Franca Rivera

United States

Venezuela