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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Title:: Part 1. General analysis

Collection:: Economics Books

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 83 0m- , the may free sible ‘hese itab- one a of ress per- and the such i avi- itlet arts; tion yun- tes; the oca~ the ent 118~ the the with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals; to investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements in connection with foreign and coastwise trade; and to investigate any other matter that may tend to pro- Wote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight which would naturally pass through such ports; * * * It will be seen that the above item requires the Shipping Board and War Department to conduct investigations quite similar in nature and scope to those which should precede the authorization of a free port. These Federal establishments have jointly conducted extensive investigations of port and shipping conditions, the results of which have been made available in a series of 22 volumes known as the Port Series and in the volumes of the Transportation Series and Miscellaneous Series. The free port is essentially a maritime insti- tution. It has its economic cornerstone in the load factor, and its proper location is at the crossroads of shipping lanes. If Congress determines that free ports should be established, not only their loca- tion but the planning and facilities should be properly coordinated with our trade routes, in order that the raw products of foreign Nations may be brought to our shores and the portions unsuited to or not required for our consumption may be redistributed to other countries. ‘These operations demand the intelligent articulation of land and water transportation routes as related to the most advan- tageous use and distribution of the world’s products. The problems involved are so closely related to the merchant marine and to the development of navigation and terminal facilities that none of them should be considered independently of its bearing upon these important subjects. ‘Ine ATa~ .ne- rts -I'Ce. vy of and nas rts, and the ito; cks, vith ca of ize

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