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transporting and setting technology and training upon it and providing work opportunities for the citizens and with this zone and its development will increase opportunities of attracting the investors in industrial, service and commercial activities which target the
African market to settle their investments in Jamahiriya.
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The free zone was established in order to vary and support the national income sources by attracting the investments to Great
Jamahiriya in an environment free of management and fiscal restrictions development of commercial, goods and service exchange and creating an industrial base in addition to
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The Libyan Iron and Steel
Company (LISCO) is one of the largest iron and steelmaking companies operating in North Africa. Based in Misurata, it is subsidized and owned by the Libyan government. Muammar Gaddafi officially laid LISCO's foundation stone on 18 September 1979. In 2004, the online
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It's a zone free of any restrictions such as tax, custom duties, commercial and monetary restrictions, among others, established by decision of people's committee
General No (495) 2000 and reorganized by decision of
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Qasr Ahmad is famous for being the location of the Port of
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