英文摘要 |
The act for the establishment and management of free ports was enforced toattract multi-national enterprises or logistics service providers to operate valueadded logistics service in the area. The primary functions of the Free TradeZone are to encourage private enterprises with a series of duties and taxincentives to re-export or transshipment cargo with value added processing inand out international sea or air port, and to boost national economic growthand foreign trade surplus.The purpose of this paper is to highlight the function of port hinterland andexplore the key successful criteria of port hinterland development on the FreeTrade Zone based on Key factor analysis and Fuzzy AHP approaches.The finding can be illustrated as: (1) port hinterland holds a critical role ofcomplementing the area between the ship-cargo handling area and the local portcity area; (2) current logistics functions of FTZ need to extend to multi-functionparks containing international trade and exhibition areas, technological R&Ddevelopment park, venture business park, assembling and processing park, anda waterfront leisure park based on cluster perspective; (3) the key successfulfactors of FTZ’s port hinterland in Taiwan are integration of customs and portlogistic information, efficiency of port operation, exemption and deduction ofcustoms duty and value-added tax for cargo, political stability, economic marketscale, soundness of the investment system and incentive measures, exemption ordeduction of corporate tax and local taxes, direct-shipping across the TaiwanStrait, convenience of the custom clearance process and a one-stopadministrative service window, labor cost, transportation and distribution cost,efficiency of an intermodal transport network, land cost, sufficiency of porthinterland for logistics functions, frequency of sailing route and adequacy ofport logistics facilities. |