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

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 1. The customhouse, viz, the collector of customs, customs offices, and office apartments for the customs officers and for examination of travelers’ light luggage. 2. Officers of the Swedish State railway. 3. The berthing master. On the first floor the Malmo Free Port Co. have their offices. The second floor contains—besides rooms for the staff of the custom- house—also a number of office chambers and stock rooms to be let to private firms. The basement is arranged into storerooms. Rail and highway connections.— The principal railroad connections with the two ports of Malmo are: Malmo—Stockholm, northern Sweden, and steamship connections with eastern Europe. Malmo—Goteborg—Oslo. Malmo—Trelleborg and the Continent (ferry). Malmo-Copenhagen (ferry) and the Continent, etc. The principal highway connections with the ports of Malmo are: Malmo—-Landskrona~Helsingborg—Goteborg; Malmo-Lund-Eslov- Stockholm; Malmo-Kristianstad; Malmo—-Ystad; Malmo—Simri- shamn; Malmo-Trelleborg; ete. Administration.—Since the inauguration of the free port at Malmo in 1922 it has been the opinion of the Harbor Board of Malmo, a municipal institution, that the free port company, which by virtue of a long-term contract rents the free port from the city, competes detrimentally with the customs port, and the board believes that a more economical administration of the two ports may be obtained if under one management. It, therefore, submitted a request to the city council for the appropriation of 800,000 Swedish crowns ($214,000) for the purchase of all the stock of the free port company. On the 20th of February, 1925, the city council granted the request. For a while much difficulty was experienced in making purchases as the majority was held by a few persons who believed that in time the free port might become a very remunerative enterprise and who were, therefore, reluctant to dispose of their holdings. The high hopes entertained for the success of the free harbor can not be said to have been realized, however, and the board has now succeeded in obtaining the desired majority. The free harbor is controlled and operated by the Malmo Frihamn- saktiebolag (Malmo Free Port Co.). This company, appointed port administrators by the city, was formed for the purpose of devoting itself exclusively to the management of the free port. The company has charge of the cranes, warehouses, and storage grounds, and per- forms all operations in discharging and loading vessels, transport of goods within the area of the free port, etc. The entire organization is thus concentrated in one body, as is the case in most large free ports in other countries. 120

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