Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Asia

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178 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. strictly guarded by the customs administration, which has its officials stationed on the premises. Storage of goods in, and delivery of goods from, the private bonded warehouses are done only by the coolies acting with the sanction of the customs. The private bonded warehouses can receive and store only articles approved by the minis ter of finance. The goods being placed in the bonded warehouses must be deposited in a particular quarter of the warehouse selected by a customs official. No changes in the quarter so selected can be effected without official sanction. The proprietor of a private bonded warehouse must, by the instruction of the customs, select the ground and provide the necessary means for the inspection of the goods. The doors of the private warehouse must be fastened with double locks, the customs retaining one of the keys and the other remaining in the custody of the warehouse owner. Every removal of goods to or from the warehouses must be done only in the presence of the cus toms officials. Any repairs, changes, or alterations of the construc tion or changes of floor spaces to be made may be effected only after official sanction, and upon completion the work must at once be in spected by customs officers. In instances of discovery of any unusual occurrence to the warehouses or their contents, the customs must at once be notified and an inspection applied for. In case the goods are lost or stolen, the proprietor of the warehouse is responsible for the customs duties thereon. As to the party responsible for the goods so lost or stolen, see Article XX, Chapter III, of the warehouse law. Hunter Sharp, Vice-Consul in Charge. Kobe, Japan, November 26,190If. LAW RELATING TO BONDED WAREHOUSES IN JAPAN. [Law No. 105, March 29, 1897.] Chapter I.—General rules. Article I. Bonded warehouses are the places where imported goods are to he deposited without paying customs duty. Art. II. While the goods remain in the bond, they are not considered to have been imported for consumption. Art. III. For the goods in bond, customs duty shall he payable upon their quality and quantity at the time of admission into the warehouse. Art. IV. Goods to be conveyed to or to be transported from the warehouse shall follow the route indicated by a special order from the authorities. Art. V. Classification of merchandise which may be allowed to be deposited in bond will be determined by a special order of the minister in charge. Art. VI. Bonding of imported.goods shall be subjected, besides the present law, to the rules and regulations of the imperial customs. Art. VII. The goods deposited in the bonded warehouse shall not remain Hierein a longer term than one year. Art. VIII. In case of removal of goods from a bonded warehouse to another, the time of their term shall be reckoned from the date of their first warehousing entry. Art. IX. In case of transport of bonded goods, the owner may be ordered to deposit with the authorities the amount of money corresponding to the duties payable upon such goods. In case of such goods not reaching their destination within a year from the date of landing, customs duties will be levied upon the same.

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