Show only U S free port did a huge business before the war closed many ol 01 them about 50 cities in the eastern hemisphere maintained a free port or a foreign trade zone in in which goods from other countries could be stored processed repackaged and re shipped abroad without the payment of import duties says colliers of the six free ports in the western hemisphere the only one in the united states was completed at stapleton staten island new york city in 1937 and has handled as much as worth of merchandise in a single year 0 |