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

Collection:: Economics Books

TURKEY TN ASÍA: TRERÎZOND. 185 TURKEY IN ASIA. SMYRNA. (From United States Consul Lane, Smyrna, Turkey in Asia.) There are no warehouses at Smyrna for goods in transit except the general custom-house. This building is approximately 450 feet long by 200 feet wide, and cost $150,000. It is owned and operated by the Turkish Government. At present goods in transit for other countries can be stored in the Smyrna custom-house free of charge for thirty days. After the expiration of these thirty days charges are made as follows: On packages weighing less than 566 kilograms (1,027 pounds), the charge on each package for each 113 kilos (249 pounds) or fraction thereof is 1.1 cents for the first week, 2.2 cents for the second, and 3.3 cents for the third week. Each package weighing over 566 kilos is charged 6.6 cents for the first week and 13.2 and 19.8 cents for the second and third weeks, respectively. After the third week all goods continue at the third-week rate until six months. After six months the goods are liable to be sold at auction. Because of a multitude of minor obstacles placed in the way of transit storage by the local authorities almost no advantage is taken of this privilege. Private arrangements can always be made with the officials to obtain preferential service. The Smyrna Quay Company generally takes charge of goods, using its lighter for removal from steamer to custom-house at about 40 cents per ton. The Liverpool steamship companies deliver goods to the custom-house free, charge being included in freight. Supervision is exceedingly lax, smuggling is carried on almost openly, and numerous thefts are reported. Rufus W. Lane, Consul. Smyrna, Turkey, July 11, 100\. TREBIZOND. (From United States Consul Sullivan, Trcbizond, Turkey in Asia.) The warehouses in use in this city are about 200 feet long by 100 feet wide and one story high; the cost of construction varies from $3,000 to $5,000. The warehouses are owned and conducted by the Government. No services are rendered by the administration of the warehouses. One week free storage is allowed for all goods intended for local consumption or for the interior and one month for goods in transit for Persia. For storage beyond those periods the charges per day for each package are as follows:

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