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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
are no separate statistics available regarding this trade. A very 
large part of the import trade of Genoa may be described as a *‘trans- 
shipment’ trade, for only a small proportion of the total remains in 
the city or district, most of it going to the various cities of northern 
[taly and through to Switzerland and central Europe. Statistics of 
this kind of movement through the free zone have not been com- 
piled and consequently are not available. Only the figures for the 
total traffic are kept. 
Manufacturing in the zone—Due to lack of space, and perhaps for 
other reasons, the only manufacturing which takes place in the free 
zone is in the grading of goods and the bottling and canning of 
various kinds of foodstuffs, as well as the refining and blending of 
edible oils, mentioned above. It is entirely probable that, when the 
proposed extension of the zone has taken place, manufacturing 
activities in a small way may be taken up, but at the moment there 
do not appear to be any definite plans in this direction. 
Shipbuilding.—No shipbuilding or ship repair work of any kind is 
carried out in the zone, and the plan for the extended zone does not 
mention these activities. 
Influence of the zome.—In its broader aspects it is very doubtful 
whether the free zone has influenced in any visible degree the develop- 
ment of the Italian merchant marine, but it is entirely probable that 
it has had its effect on certain items entering into the trade of the 
port as a whole. Heretofore it has been far too small in area, and one 
of the principal reasons why it is to be so greatly enlarged is in the 
hope that it will attract a large reexport and transshipment trade to 
this port, and there is no reason to doubt that it will, providing the 
facilities are adequate and the charges remain reasonable. 
REGULATIONE FOR THE FREE ZoNml 
FREE ZONE AND SECTIONS OF THE FREE ZONE 
AnrricLe 1. By decree of the Ministry of Finance, dated January 22, 1877, the 
administration of the free zone of the port of Genoa is intrusted to the Chamber 
of Commerce and Industry of Genoa. 
The chamber of commerce operates its own warehouses, and those the conces” 
sion of which is subject to special permit from the Government, and those rented 
to private concerns; it also supervises the remaining privately owned warehouse 
in accordance with the terms and stipulations of the regulations. 
ART. 2. For the carrying out of the foregoing functions the chamber of co 
merce appoints a special board with diseretional powers for guaranteeing the 
good order and the proper working of the free zone. 
The personnel of the chamber of commerce must enforce the rules set forth bY 
the board. 
1 Translated and forwarded with the report of Consul General H, P. Starrett, preceding.