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foreign-trade zone

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[fawr-in treyd, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn ˈtreɪd, ˈfɒr- /

noun

  1. free port.

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The 20 acres officially became a free port, the only one in the U.S. outside of New York's foreign-trade zone.

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