FREE ZONES AS A TOOL OF STATE ECONOMIC REGULATION

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Keywords
free zone, duty free zone, state regulation, financial incentives, customs preferences

Summary
Free zones emerge at a certain stage in the development of national economy as a new form of interaction in foreign trade and foreign economic relations of a country. Duty free zones are one of the most common types of free zones. The balanced achievement of a variety of goals by creating free zones leads to the conclusion that they can also be a tool of state economic regulation. Although there are almost all conditions for the development of free zones in Bulgaria, their activities, and hence their importance for our country, are on the decrease. The question arising is how to change that. The following trends in the development of free zones in Bulgaria can be outlined as very important: changing the regulatory requirements for tenants concerning the technological level and type of productions carried out in the free zones; tax incentives for investors; turning the free zones into industrial sites which use new technologies; using the regime approach in creating free zones in Bulgaria; authorizing a state agency to organize, coordinate and monitor the activities of the free zones in the country; and setting priority objectives in the operation of the free zones. This will provide opportunities for identifying the exact location and role of free zones and will make them an effective tool for state economic regulation.

JEL: H2
Pages: 11
Price: 3 Points

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