Die Rohstoffversorgung der deutschen eisenerzeugenden Industrie

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Identifikator:: 1762973367

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-142339

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Die Rohstoffversorgung der deutschen eisenerzeugenden Industrie

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: E. S. Mittler & Sohn

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: VIII, 513 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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214 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES THE FREE PORT OF BILBAO, SPAIN [From H, A. Doolittle, American consul, Bilbao, Spain) History. ~The creation of the free port of Bilbao was approved by a royal decree of July 30, 1918, the promulgation of which had been secured through the efforts of local entities occurring almost simul- taneously, with similar action by other ports around the Spanish coast. The royal decree in question provided for the organization of a consortium composed by the provincial diputacién or assembly, the chamber of commerce, industry and navigation. and the board of harbor works of the city of Bilbao. As a free port, however, that of Bilbao is such in name only. Coin- cidental with the agitation in favor of the establishment of free ports, the interior cities of Spain which felt or imagined that their interests might be damaged by the establishment of territories or districts not hampered by customs regulations, commenced a counterattack on the idea, and, as is usual in such cases, the resulting free ports granted were a compromise between the views of the interior and coastal cities, resulting in effect in nothing more than a system more or less corresponding with our own bonded warehouses in the United States. Under the terms of the decree mentioned the consortium was authorized to emit obligations up to the amount of 4,000,000 pesetas, for the purpose of setting apart a portion of land in the port at Santurce at the mouth of the outer harbor, building warehouses, and establishing services and tariffs in connection with the workings, and the port as such commenced functioning in 1920. Description.—The free port of Bilbao occupies an area of 15 hec- bares, or about 3714 acres, in the northwest corner of the harbor in the section known as Santurce, mostly on ground made by dredging and filling operations. It is divided into plots or sections between four longitudinal streets of 22 meters in width and six transversal streets of 30 meters width. The greater part of the extension is ab present unoccupied, the warehouses and existing buildings only covering 44,400 square meters. A temporary barrier at one end incloses the section at present occupied, and may be moved forward in a longitudinal direction as the growth of the deposit seems tO warrant. Berthing space.—The berthing space of the port is a longitudinal quay with a length of 641 meters and 15 meters width, having a depth of 10 meters of water at equinoctial low tides. Warehouses.—The total warehouse space at present is 12,000 squar® meters in four buildings. Warehouse No. 1, of reinforced concrete, occupies an area of 105 by 28 meters. It consists of a cellar and first floor, and is calculated

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