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 2. The free ports of Europe

Collection:: Economics Books

Part 2 THE FREE PORTS OF EUROPE In connection with consideration of the probable effect of the establishment of free ports in the United States on commerce, ship- ping, and port development, it was considered desirable to have full information regarding the free ports of Europe and their rela- tionship to the commerce and industries of the countries to which they pertain. Examination of available data with respect to the free ports of Europe disclosed the absence of information of the nature required to properly understand the situation. The coopera- tion of the State Department was therefore sought with a view to obtaining from consular officers abroad reports covering the ques- tions upon which available information was considered inadequate. To secure uniformity of treatment in the reports of consular officers, a standard outline was furnished. The reports of consular officers submitted in response to this request have been of inestimable value to the War Departmént and the Shipping Board as affording new light on conditions at European ports and giving a basis of experience on which to predicate opinions as to the probable effect of the establishment of free ports in the United States.” These reports, and other data of interest to this study, are published in the following pages. THE COPENHAGEN FREE PORT [From Marion Letcher, American consul general, Copenhagen, Denmark]; History. —The Copenhagen Free Port Co. (Ltd.) was founded July 7, 1894, for the purpose of building, organizing, and operating a free port in accordance with the terms of the charter granted April 27, 1892, under the enabling act of the Danish Parliament passed March 31, 1891. Construction was commenced immediately after, and the free port was opened up to traffic on November 9, 1894. The actual construction work was carried out by the Copenhagen harbor board under an agreement with the corporation, the expense of the basins and the necessary quays being borne by the first named and that of the equipment by the latter. Description.—The free port occupies the northerly part of the har- bor of Copenhagen and * * * is particularly well situated with reference to overseas as well as the bulk of the Baltic shipping. The southernmost part of the general harbor is used largely by smaller

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