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No manufacturing in free zone.—With the exception of the blending 
of olive oil no manufacturing is carried on in the free port. This is 
due to the fact, as previously stated, that industries in the city are 
permitted to import raw materials for the use of export manufactures. 
No ship repairing in free zone.—No repairing or building of ships is 
carried on in the free zone, although the local shipbuilding plant, 
Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando, is permitted to import raw 
materials free of duty, which are made use of for the building or 
repairing of ships for foreign countries. 
Influence of free port on development of foreign trade.—The actual 
free port at Leghorn has been of but slight importance in so far as the 
development of foreign trade in general is concerned, with the excep- 
tion of the olive-oil industry, in that it has facilitated the mixing of 
foreign imported oils with the local Tuscan olive oil for the purpose of 
exportation. Because of the weight of the local oil and tastes of 
foreign consumers, it has been the practice to mix Lucca oil with oils 
imported from Spain and Tunis in order to satisfy the demand. The 
free harbor has obviated the payment of duty on such foreign oils 
imported which are destined for ultimate foreign consumption. 
Although the free port as it is at present constituted has not been 
of particular significance with respect to a development of the mer- 
chant marine, it is believed that the privilege of importing raw 
materials free of duty which is accorded local manufacturers for the 
production of goods destined for foreign markets, has to a quite 
considerable extent facilitated and enhanced the foreign trade from 
this district. 
Statistics. —The following figures show the movement of goods in 
the free zone for the years 1925 and 1926. No statistics covering 
similar movements for 1927 are as yet available. 
At the end of the year 1925, 1,558 tons of goods were in storage at 
the free zone, 290 tons of which were national and 1,268 tons of 
foreign goods. During 1926, 19,107 tons were entered, 10,277 tons 
of which were for foreign and 7,272 tons for national consumption. 
Goods stored in the warehouses of the free port at the end of 1926, 
amounted to 1,658 tons, of which 1,301 tons were for foreign and 257 
tons for national consumption. 
The total movement for the year 1926 was less by 2,542 tons than 
for the year of 1925. There was also a decrease in entrance during 
1926 of 877 tons over that for 1925, as well as a decrease in outward 
movement of goods amounting to 1,665 tons. 
During 1926, 109,724 tons of grain were handled in the silos located 
within the free zone, 52,971 tons of which were incoming and 56,753 
tons outgoing goods. In total movement there was a decrease of 
41,362 tons over that for 1925, of which 21,728 tons were incoming 
and 19,634 tons outgoing goods.