FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
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The reconsignment trade of the free port at Genoa is relatively 
unimportant. It consists largely of edible oils imported for refining 
and blending purposes and later reexported to the colonies sad to 
foreign countries, and of a few products such as hides and skins 
imported from the colonies and later reexported. A large part of 
the import trade of Genoa may be classed as transshipment trade, 
most of it going to the various cities of northern Italy and through 
to Switzerland and central Europe. Statistics showing separately 
the consignment and transshipment trade are not available, only the 
figures for the total traffic being compiled. 
During the year 1927 the total imports and exports at the free 
port of Trieste by both rail and ses amounted to 1,757,592 metric 
tons. The table below shows the more important commodities with 
their tonnaces: 
Commodity | Metric 
tons 
Coal. 
Sugar. TTTTTTTTmmmm mmm 
Cereals. ______ TTT” 
Sawn timber. 
717, 301 
246, 857 
258, 560 
916, 280 
Commodity 
Magnesite ii ciiiiccicmanean 
Oranges and lemons... _____.__._______.. 
Pyrites. ian 
Autos. tractors. and parts... ____ 
Metric 
tons 
128, 200 
88, 358 
81, 783 
20, 938 
The transshipment business of the free port of Trieste comprises 
a very small portion of the total traffic and is limited to goods from 
the United States and Argentina to Yugoslavia and the Levant, 
and vice versa. In addition there are some lighterage operations of 
coal and oil for bunkering purposes. The following table gives a 
comparison of the transshipment trade during the years 1913, 1923, 
and 1927: 
Commodity 
Coal Le... 
LIBRE corona gummi nn 
IU ccna idm 
Riee._______ ~~ 77°77 
1913 | 1923 | 1097 
Metric Metric 
tons tons 
35, 881 18, 959 
12,642 11,775 
15,041 | 8,812 
15.302 0 473 
Metric 
tons 
21,024 
9, 631 
2,338 
14. RR? 
Commodity 
Oils, vegetables, and 
minerals... _... 
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Fresh vecetahlas 
1 1913 
1923 | 1627 
Metric Metric | Metric 
tons tons tons 
13,477 10,990 18,786 
1,073 | 7,082 9, 990 
g038 | 2735: 92401 
In 1913, 9.69 per cent of the total import traffic of the port was 
transshipment business. In 1923 it amounted to 8.23 per cent, while 
in 1927 it fell to 7.87 per cent of the total import business. 
The free port of Fiume has made marked progress in the last two 
years in the reconsignment traffic fostered by many steamship com- 
panies connecting the port with regular services to all ports of Italy, 
northern Europe, Tripoli, Morocco, Spain, the Levant, Egypt, and 
the Far East. Commodities are carried on through bills of lading 
to any destination. Statistics of the reconsignment trade for the 
year 1926 indicate that 8,973,514 tons were received at the port by 
both rail and sea, while 7,007,577 tons were shipped. The trans-