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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
umber, timber, iron, stones, phosphate, sugar, soya, flaxseed, cereals, 
salted herrings, cellulose, pig iron, and cement. 
In the case of Cadiz, it is found that virtually all the merchandise 
handled is destined for the provisioning of steamers. The transship- 
ment trade at this port is reported as being negligible. During the 
past few years a few American, French, and Italian motor vehicles 
have been received in the free zone for transshipment to other Mediter- 
ranean markets, but this trade has been but a minor factor in the 
activities of the zone as a whole. 
The volume of goods transshipped, or stored and later reshipped, 
at Barcelona has thus far been small. However, this port is looked 
upon as a logical distributing center for the western Mediterranean 
and especially for north Africa and the Canary Islands, and there is 
no reason why these classes of trade should not increase substantially 
in the future. At present the trade is necessarily limited by the exist- 
ing facilities of the free deposit. An increase in the facilities is 
contemplated in the future. 
The principal goods in the transshipment trade of Santander are 
chemical fertilizers from Chile; corn from Argentina; cacao from Cen- 
tral America; coffee from Central America and Brazil; automobiles 
from the United States; machinery from the United States, England, 
and Germany; gasoline, lubricants, petroleum, gas oil, and fuel oil from 
the United States and Russia. 
At the free ports of Almeria and Bilbao there is little transship- 
ment or consignment business done, and that is confined principally 
to petroleum. 
Consignment trade at Naples is made up chiefly of colonial goods, 
such as coffee, sugar, mineral oils, machinery, etc. These commodities 
are usually stored within the free port for the purpose of mixing various 
substances imported from abroad, preparatory to subsequent ex- 
portation. Naples is not an important transshipment port and only 
a small quantity of goods are reexported in the same condition as 
imported. 
Consignment trade at Leghorn consists principally of such goods as 
coffee, tea, sugar, spices, and olive and mineral oils. It is estimated 
that the turnover of such goods amounts to approximately 25 per 
sent of the total trade handled. 
The industrial plants in the new port of Venice at present do not 
reexport their output to any considerable extent. They produce 
almost wholly for domestic consumption, which reduces the impor- 
tance of the free port facilities. Venice may be said to have little 
port traffic, which might be considered truly in transit, and this is 
another reason why free port facilities are not regarded as vital to 
the interest of the port.