Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

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Identifikator:: 1801857903

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-199077

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Foreign trade zones (or free ports)

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States Government Printing Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: IX, 322 S; Ill., graph. Darst

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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2 { FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 69 tonnage or other equivalent taxes are not imposed on vessels of the United States. In addition to the regular tonnage dues, light money at the rate of 50 cents per net ton and an alien tonnage tax of the same amount are, with certain infrequent exceptions, imposed at each entry thereof into the ports of the United States upon vessels of countries with which the United States has no commercial treaty and upon vessels not exempted by presidential proclamation, except that upon foreign- owned vessels built in the United States the alien tonnage tax is 30 Cents per ton. An alien tonnage tax of 50 cents per ton is also imposed upon vessels of American registry carrying one or more foreign officers. As indicated by the rates shown above, the tonnage tax for a vessel of 5,000 net registered tons would ordinarily range from $100 to $500 in any one year on vessels from the countries first mentioned and from $300 to $1,500 per year for vessels in the second classifica~ tion. Where licht dues are applicable, these amounts would be increased by 50 cents per net registered ton for each entry and by 30 cents or 50 cents additional where alien tonnage dues are applicable. The tonnage tax is one of the expenses against the ship which has been eliminated at certain of the foreign free ports, notably those of Sweden. If the free port or foreign trade zone is to be regarded as outside the jurisdiction of all of our customs regulations, none of the charges indicated above would apply as they are imposed upon “entry into the ports of the United States.” If the word “port,” as used in the Customs Regulations, be confined to ports of entry, these charges as well as numerous other provisions of the customs regulations will not be applicable to foreign trade zones. The following shows the amounts paid for tonnage taxes by actual vessels entering American ports, as shown in the publication “Dues and Port Charges of the World”: Vessel of 4,776 net registered tons Vessel of 3,168 net registered tons Vessel of 2,335 net registered tons Vessel of 2,358 net registered tons Vessel of 2,248 net registered tons Vessel of 1,799 net registered tons Vessel of 2,410 net registered tons Vessel of 3,140 net registered tons Vessel of 2,140 net registered tons. Vessel of 2 440 net registered tons Tonnage tax paid $411. 42 287. 10 153. 24 140. 10 134. 88 107. 99 144. 60 188. 40 128. 40 113. 98 The average of the above charges is $180, which is representative of the charges applying on the ordinary cargo vessel entering our rts. b Landing and delivery of cargo—No merchandise, passengers, Or aggage may be unloaded from any vessel arriving at ports of the

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