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Our study of ports would not be complete without consideration of the free port or, as it is often called, free trade zone. It is potentially a growth area in the next few years in many countries as governments and industry realize the benefits which flow from the free-port concept especially in economic, political and job creation terms.

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© 1986 Alan E. Branch

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Branch, A.E. (1986). Free ports/free trade zones. In: Elements of Port Operation and Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4087-1_6

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