Der österreichische Exporteur

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Identifikator:: 1758074884

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135614

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Der österreichische Exporteur

Edition:: [2. Aufl]

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher:: [Kammer für Handel, Gewerbe und Industrie]

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: 240 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Austrian Exporter

Collection:: Economics Books

Te £ Auf ‚ ıg Financial rganisation of private firms can be bonded at the respective firms‘ warehouses. This, in connection with the provisions of the Customs Law concerning Drawbacks and Allowances, makes it possible to import goods without paying duty on them, to subject them to a process of refinement, if necessary, and to export them to another country, a procedure which is greatly facilitated by the existence in Vienna of an extensive and efficient commercial organisation. "The other eireumstance which enhances the importänce of Austria for the transit trade of Europe is the great advantage which the Western countries of the continent derive in their dealings with countries east of Austria through making use of Austrian firms as intermediaries. If one keeps in mind the fact that in South Eastern Europe a great number of languages, little known in other parts of the world, are spoken on a relatively small territory and’ if the great divergences are taken into consideration which those countries show in regard to the standard of life of the population, to business usages and terms of payment, compared with the conditions prevailing in Western Europe, the advantage of making use of an intermediary who is thoroughly acquainted with the respective markets and the languages spoken there becomes evident. In regard to the transit trade the quantities only and not the value of goods come under the Austrian statistics. Goods which through the agency of an Austrian firm are sold from one foreign country to another, without actually passing through Austrian territory, are not comprised, of course, in the statistics at all. No precise notion can therefore be obtained of the importance of Austrian transit trade from the available figures. To deal with the subject adequately would require a special study, while it is here intended to refer to the matter in a general way only and to point out some of the advantages which foreign businessmen may obtain from making use of the’ existing organisations. It is not possible to conclude a survey of the conditions which went to the making of Austrian foreign trade and especially of the transit trade, without mentioning the support which this branch of the economic life has found in the financial organisation of Vienna. The accomplishment of the task incumbent on the exporter, properly so-called, which, in many cases, is identical with that of the merchant engaged in transit trade, is dependent on the existence of an efficient banking apparatus with numerous well-known connections abroad and of full freedom of the traffic in international exchanges. This freedom Austria was the first among the Successor States to introduce. An exporter not only requires frequently accommodation with large credits which are necessitated by the purchase and sale of goods in foreign currency, but his business in many cases involves operations actually taking place abroad. The methods employed in regard to documentary credits, the exchange operat- jons necessitated by dealings with countries whose currency is not stable, and the manner in which remittance is made from overseas countries (e. g. South American Republies) are examples in point. The large Vienna banks, which are in a close organical connection with all branches of the economie life of Austria, are splendidly equipped to do all the work which may devolve on financial institutions in this connection. The fundamental conditions on which depend the development and the intensification of Austrian exports are therefore in existence. What has been missing so far, is a comprehensive information of foreign countries concerning the ability of Austrian industry and trade to compete successfully abroad, and the lack of adequate export directories has also been a handicap. This deficiency which, in view of the ecircumstances referred to in the preface, has been partially remedied only by this book, will be completely removed, it is hoped. in the course of time through later editions of the „Austrian Exporter‘“. la Zr ‚U x

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