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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 manu- 
facturing. _______.__________ 
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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