Mace backs government’s freeports proposals

By Hamish Champ2020-02-10T12:51:00

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Consultation on plan to create 10 ports will run until May

Government plans to create 10 freeports across the UK could ramp up investment in local infrastructure and construction activity, according to supporters of the controversial proposals.

Freeports, which can be located inland as well as in coastal areas, are an attractive economic proposition as goods brought into them do not attract tariffs until they leave and enter the domestic market.

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