CONTENTS

PART 1. GENERAL ANALYSIS

1. Origin of free ports or foreign trade zones_______.
What is a free port or foreign trade zone?._..
Development of the free port principle. _
Free trade ports__.
Free ports... fmm
2. Special factors which would affect the value of free ports or foreign
trade zones in the Utlited States. _______.
3. Procedure at American ports of entry________
Federal requirements at ports of entry__
Public Health Service_._..
Customs Service. _
Arrival and entry of vessels___
Landing and deliverv of cargo.
Entry of cargo. ..._..__.
Delivery of cargo__. ..
Bonded warehouses__._______.
Cartage and lighterage__________
Record of disposition of cargo. __._.._.
Disposition of unclaimed CATZO._.__.
Bond for undischarged cargo.
Foreign clearance. _
Customs supervision of outbound Cargo... ._.
Procedure with respect to imports and reexports_
Import cargo__.
Customs warehouses...
Manufacturing warehouses_
Drawback.___.
The drawback. __
4. Principal features of European free ports. LL. __.. _.
Operations permitted and prohibited in free ports of Eurove._ _.
Administration. ______._
Guarding the free port
Bunkering._________.
Terminal facilities._____ ..
Navigation facilities___. _. -
Shipbuilding and ship repairing____ __ momen: mt domes sn
5. Effects of free ports or foreign trade zones on commerce and manufacturing.
 _______.__________
Effect of the free port on the importer
Effect of the free port on the exporter...
Transshipment and consignment trade. ______.
Development of foreign trade in free ports.
Reexport trade. _______.
Manufacturing _

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