Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Europe

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58 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. but the extension of time granted must not go beyond the end of the calendar year. Goods deposited in “ transit” and “ division ” ware houses may generally be stored there for a period not exceeding five years. If goods which have been entered at “ transit ” warehouses at different times are packed into one package, the time of storage is figured from the day on which the part which has been stored long est was entered. For " division ” warehouses the storage limit is con trolled by writing off such goods as are to be withdrawn from the shipment which has been stored longest. Exceptions are also per mitted in the cases of “ transit ” and " division ” warehouses. “Transit ” warehouses without the joint lock of the customs authori ties are permissible for goods which are subject to no higher duty than 3 marks (71 cents) per 100 kilograms (220.40 pounds), but the head finance authority may permit this concession in exceptional cases for goods subject to no higher duty than 6 marks ($1.42) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds). The repacking, dividing, and treating of goods for the purpose of assorting, cleaning, and preserving them is permitted during the time of their storage, and even a further treatment of them may be permit ted provided this does not alter their character sufficiently to bring them under another heading of the tariff. If, in repacking, packages of different numbers, kind, description, or weight are to be made, notice thereof must be given the customs authorities in advance. Duties on goods which have passed into the customs district for consumption are computed and paid twice a year (July and January). As long as a " division ” warehouse is open, its entrance is constantly guarded by a customs officer, who is at all times authorized to enter the warehouse. Goods in a “ division ” warehouse which have become entirely spoiled or useless are written off free of duty from the cus toms account after they have been entirely destroyed under customs supervision. “ Credit ” warehouses are, as a rule, not placed under joint lock of the authorities. Goods of any description may be deposited in them. These warehouses within the customs district are nearly all sit uated on the city canals, which are in direct communication with the waterways of the port. Transportation to and from them is there fore cheap. Rents for them are not so high as for those in the free port. The fees charged by the customs authorities for the services of their officers are comparatively low. These advantages are re garded as outweighing the disadvantage of having one’s goods under the constant control of the customs authorities, and consequently these private warehouses are rather popular with many merchants; how ever, the majority of transit goods are warehoused in the free harbor. Accurate statistics as to the dimensions and costs of the warehouses in the free harbor other than those operated by the Hamburger Frei- hafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft, and for those in the city proper, are not obtainable. The Hamburg free-harbor system differs so consider ably from the systems adopted by other countries that a comparison can scarcely be drawn. The facilities thereby offered are unequaled, but it would be impossible to adopt the same system in other ports without such a transformation of an entire city district as took place when Hamburg was annexed to the German Customs Union in 1888. Hugh Pitcairn, Consul-General. Hamburg, Germany, August d, 100J.

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