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

FREE PORT OF MALMO 119 Te i 10! 10S 2n- wn ant 2412) vas of ud. ty od ~f ATE *1~ TS nd he at he <O \ Tre nt or ~f a= in 25 he ht 7p ae pe vy il ab yi 5 od them from the railway transfer of the free port without cost. Trans- port operations within the area of the free port are performed by the free-port company in accordance with a tariff fixed by the local zovernment board. The receipt and delivery of goods and counsign- ment and the payment of freight takes place in the free port in the Office of the State railways. As previously stated, the quayage consists of 684 meters (2,244 feet) with a water depth of 30 feet. Railway tracks—In all, 7,100 meters of railway tracks have been aid down in the free-port area. The railway equipment of the ree port also includes a weighing machine of “Stathmos’” make for a maximum load of 50 tons and having a bridge length of 8 meters. This machine is located on the main track and the weighing is per- formed as the wagons pass slowly across the bridge, thus reducing switching and shunting expenses to a minimum. Warehouse of the free port—The free-port warehouse is built of lerro-concrete and bricks, and has a basement and three floors. This building is 120 meters in length and has a width of 34.8 meters on the ground floor. The floor area under roof is about 16,000 Square meters (172,222 square feet). On the side facing the sea there are broad exterior platforms within the operating radius of the wharf tranes. The warehouse is divided into three sections by means of "Wo transverse fire-proof walls. On the side facing the shore there are six freight elevators of 2 tons’ capacity, built in fire-proof shafts. The pavement of the ground floor lies 1.12'meters above the upper Surface of the rails, thus on a level with the bottom of the railway Wagons. The maximum load on the ground floor is 2,250 kilos per Square meter and 1,800 kilos on the other two floors. Warehouse for customs clearance in the free port—Customs clear- ance of bulk goods usually takes place where the goods are discharged or loaded. General merchandise and goods which must be unpacked, on the other hand, are cleared in the customs warehouse situated at the main entrance of the port. This warehouse has a length of 54 Meters and a width of 13.8 meters and has two clearing rooms, one of Which may be heated in cold weather. This building also contains rooms for the staff of the customs warehouse employed at the free Port and another room in which goods, having passed the customs, May be stored pending payment of the duty assessed. A large section of the building has been fitted with storerooms for the freight service of the Swedish State railways. Goods can thus be handed over direct from the customs clearing warehouse to the tailway for transport. Administration building.—The administration building is situated at the main entrance, and has on the ground floor accommodations for: 47068°—29— 9

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