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EPZ

British  

abbreviation

  1. export processing zone: an industrial area containing many foreign-owned factories

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Factories like Shona EPZ have become important sources of employment, especially for young people who have struggled to find stable work in a tough economy.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

“There was only about 2,600 workers in the Mongla EPZ in 2018, but now there are about 9,000 workers employed in different factories,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Before its closure, the EPZ refinery recycled car batteries, using chemicals to extract the lead.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2018

The second EPZ, called the ingestion exposure pathway zone, includes residents within a 50-mile-radius from the nuclear reactor.

From Forbes • Feb. 25, 2013