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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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86 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. accepted, and on those weights the duties are collected. In the verifi cation the custom-house officers from time to time weigh a certain number of packages taken haphazard, and if a discrepancy is found they may require the merchandise to be reweighed. RECEIPTS. The bonded warehouse company and the other private warehouse companies of Havre issue documents representing the values of goods stored, which can be readily negotiated. For the details of the sys tem, which is both simple and effective, I would refer to a special report on the subject, entitled “ Stored goods as collateral for loans,” sent from this consulate and dated August 14, 1002. a A. M. Thackara, Consul. Havre, France, August 25,190 LA ROCHELLE. (From United States Consul Jackson, La Rochelle, France.) The bonded warehouse at the La Pal lice dock was built for the pur pose which it serves and is about 160 feet long by 125 feet wide. It is composed of a basement, ground floor, and upper story. It cost 145,000 francs ($27,985). It belongs to the city and is under the direction of the customs and octroi services. Merchandise deposited in this warehouse pays the import tax according to the general tariff on such quantities as are withdrawn for consumption on French territory. While in the warehouse it is under the surveillance of the custom officials, who occupy themselves on)y with duties on merchandise entered and withdrawn, while a storekeeper from the city follows the movement of the merchandise in order to decide upon and receive the tax for storage, which is turned over to the municipal treasury. This service was established to favor French importers who desire to purchase their merchandise abroad at a favorable moment and yet who do not care to receive it immediately or pay the customs duty at once. The administration does everything possible to encourage commerce in this particular way. The charges for storage depend on the nature of the merchandise and are made by the month, each article paying according to the tariff, which details more than 200 articles or kinds of merchandise. The charges are based on the unit of 100 kilos (220.46 pounds) or any fraction thereof. There is a charge for handling, which includes reception, weighing, and stowing. The receipts and expenditures on account of service were, in 1901, $661 and $87; in 1902, $860 and $64, and in 1903, $216 and $75. The principal classes of goods stored are wines, tobacco, tea, pre served fruits, oils, coffee, pepper, wood pulp, ironware, flour, agricul tural machines, cordage,etc. Up to the present time Americans have not profited by the presence of this warehouse. There are, however, no distinctions made on account of nationality. It is difficult to « Special Consular Reports, volume xxv. page 24.

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