0 an area near a port or airport to which goods from foreign countries can be brought without tax being paid if they are sent to another country when they leave this area --
1 a port that charges little or no tax on goods that have been brought there temporarily from a foreign country before being transported to another country: --
2 → free trade zone --
All that they have to do is to mark out the area that will be the free port.
There would be obvious advantages in establishing a free port.
Its existence is built up on the fact that it is a free port.
These great ports have boundaries round the free port areas, wire fences, corrugated iron walls, and the gates carefully guarded.
Until the documents have reached the final buyer, the goods are stored in a bonded warehouse or possibly a free port.
In this context, one must consider the back-up provided by an enterprise zone near a free port.
A free port should be situated in an area of growth, with a well-developed sea port and an up-to-date airport.
The provision of customs facilities outside free port areas will continue to be considered on their merits under existing criteria.
