Die Schweiz

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

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Identifikator:: 1008917265

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-19129

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Flückiger, Otto http://d-nb.info/gnd/117736708

Title:: Die Schweiz

Edition:: Zweite Auflage

Place of publication:: Zürich

Publisher:: Druck und Verlag von Schultheß & Co.

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 243 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Das Klima

Collection:: Economics Books

34 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. From the storage charges there is a discount of 10 per cent for all merchandise of which the storage in the bonded warehouses is obliga tory, and a discount of 25 per cent for merchandise which by law can be stored in a private warehouse (entrepôt fictif) under the surveil lance of the customs officials. For goods which have been released from the custom-house by pay ment of the duties, or for goods on which there is no duty, the storage charges are given in the right-hand column of the foregoing table. When the goods are handled without weighing, for collecting the charges, part of the goods will be weighed to ascertain the general average weight. The charges for repacking and recoopering are fixed per package. No charge can be less than 1 franc (19.3 cents) for han dling cargo and weighing; 0.5 franc (9.65 cents) for handling cargo without weighing; 0.5 franc (9.65 cents) for recoopering or repacking. If the merchandise is received in bulk, when the rate in the tariff is fixed per package, the charges are increased 25 per cent. Charges of all kinds are paid in cash after each operation is fin ished. To avoid delays, however, the company will open running accounts with merchants, provided the latter will deposit with the company a sum of money sufficient to guarantee the charges. State ments will be sent to the offices of the merchants after each operation, and the accounts are settled monthly. Charges for unloading and delivery on the quays are paid by the captain of the vessel, or by the consignee, and when there is no con signee, by the ship’s broker. All other charges are paid by the owners of the merchandise. Storage charges commence the day the first package is received. Merchandise stored for less than fifteen days will pay for half a month, beyond fifteen days and up to thirty days, for a whole month. A transfer of ownership of stored merchandise may be made upon the written order,of the grantor, indorsed by the grantee. In case of a transfer the former owner is held responsible for the storage charges until the expiration of the half month in which the transfer of ownership was made. The transfer charges, when the merchan dise is not displaced, are 20 centimes (3.86 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) ; but in no case can the charges exceed 5 francs (96| cents) or be less than 1 franc (19.3 cents). These charges are paid by the grantor. When merchandise is damaged, after an official report of its condition has been made by the custom-house officials, it is transferred at the expense of the consignee to a special warehouse where public sales are made. Stored merchandise intended for shipment in sealed or unsealed cars may be loaded in the yards of the company and sent to the freight station of the Western Railway over (be connecting lines of railway of the port of Havre at a cost of 1 franc (19.3 cents) per metric ton (2,204.6 pounds), or from the freight station to the company's store houses at the same rate. In the precincts of the bonded warehouses are 6^ miles of tracks belonging to the company. If the owner of stored merchandise refuses to pay the storage or other charges, the company holds the goods until (lie claims are liqui dated. In case of dispute as to the amount of charges the owner may withdraw his goods by depositing a sum equal to the amount in question.

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