free port
Example Sentences
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Odesa’s free port status financed its extraordinary architectural flowering in the 1800s and helped build its vibrant multiethnic society.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
For Ben Houchen, the Mayor of the Tees Valley and the man behind the idea, turning Teesside into a free port is just common sense.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2018
Returning to its pre-revolutionary status of a free port, Vladivostok and the region is now subject to special custom and tax rules.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2015
As fascism tore apart Europe, Shanghai’s status as a free port made it a magnet for refugees.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2014
The Standard Weight for Agricultural Produce Act and an Act declaring Port Albany, Cape York, a free port also became law, as well as a number of legal statutes.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
