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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98 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. A large portion of the American goods imported are stored in this warehouse. No discrimination is made by the administrators of the warehouse between the different countries. Henry Bordewich, Consul-General. Christiania, Norway, August 15,190If.. GOTTENBORG, SWEDEN. (From United States Consul Bergh, Gottcnborg, Sweden.) Here in Gottenborg are no proper warehouse buildings for storing merchandise in transit or in bond. There are only sheds or rooms in the custom-house building for temporary storage of merchandise until it can be cleared at the custom-house. The merchants who have goods on hand for which they do not desire to pay the import duty imme diately own or rent cellars or warehouse rooms in any part of the city, and such warehouse rooms become bonded (after application and inspection) by the fact that the customs officials hold the key to one of the locks of the door (which must have two, the merchant holding the key to the other). The customs officers may also put a seal on the door if it is considered necessary. Whenever the merchant desires to take out, clear at the custom house, or dispose of any part of the bonded goods, or (itpon special permission) to repack the goods, or handle them in any way, a cus toms officer must be present and make a record of what is done, so that there will be no confusing change of marks or the like. Accord ing to law the customs authorities have a lien on the goods until the import duty or other dues are paid. Spirituous liquors, alcohol, potatoes or other root crops, and explo sive goods may not be stored in bond. In transit warehouse spiritu ous liquors or explosive goods may not be stored, nor may potatoes or any other root crops unless intended for reexport. Only piece goods—- that is, merchandise arriving boxed or wrapped up, or uncovered goods in pieces or bundles—may be stored in transit warehouses. For merchandise under bond there are charged “ bond dues ’ amounting to 1 per cent of the import duty. The customs dues for goods in transit warehouses are' for the first three months TO öre (about 19 cents) per each 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds), and for each succeeding period of three months 35 öre (about 9 cents) per 100 kilograms. Further relations between the merchant and the cus toms officials as to time for paying the dues, security, transport under bond, etc., are minutely specified in the customs regulations in para graphs too lengthy to be quoted here. All handling or transportation of the goods must be done by the owner or at his expense. When goods to be cleared are handled, weighed, repacked, etc., inside the custom-house by the customs warehousemen, the merchant must pay them for the work. A private company (Göteborgs Magasinsaktiebolag) has severa warehouse rooms for the purpose of storing goods for merchants, and the company also furnishes loans on goods stored in its warehouses- This company charges a rent varying from 75 öre (20 cents) to 6 öre (1.6 cents) a month per 100 kilograms for lots of at least 5,000 kilo s

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