nsit 
18it 
er- 
sies 
Ta~ 
970 
in 
of 
he 
FREE PORT OF SALONIKI 
287 
are destined for such parts of southern Albania that are not easily 
accessible from the Adriatic seaboard. 
The use of the free zone by Bulgaria and Rumania for transit 
trade is practically nil at the present time. In the case of Bulgaria 
this is due to the lack of direct railway connection between Bulgaria 
and Saloniki, while in the case of Rumania the latter finds it more 
economical to use its Black Sea ports. 
The volume of the traffic between the four countries named and 
Saloniki will be seen from the following table: 
mn. 
ad 
rts 
'$ 
ng 
155 
108 
16 
34 
73 
kr] 
39 
187 
t04 
77 
94 
88 
IR 
81 
22 
Fo :4 
39 
30 
1 
107 
a4 
3 
4 
3 
)- 
oe 
a 
a 
1026 
1927 
1926 
| 1827 
(mports into the Greek free zone: 
From Yugoslavia.___..___.. 
From Rumania... ..._.__. 
From Bulgaria... _........_. 
From Albani@.. oo coe oo ___ 
Tons 
14,192 
34,817 
1,642 
37 
Tons 
76, 610 
10, 061 
£220 
155 
Exports from the Greek free zone: 
To Yugoslavia... ..___..____. 
To Rumania___......______. 
To Bulgaria... ___....... 
To Albania_. . 
Tons | Tons 
16,143 | 14,155 
30 34 
52 | 68 
2,285 3, 044 
YUGOSLAV TRAFFIC THROUGH SALONIKI 
At the present time Yugoslavia, of all the Balkan States, is the 
most directly interested in the free zone facilities at the port of Salon- 
iki. However, the part of Yugoslavia that can be economically 
served through this port is only a small portion of southern Serbia 
extending from the Greek border north to a line parallel with Nish. 
Heretofore a small amount of transit traffic found its destination as 
far north as Belgrade. In recent years, however, while Yugoslavia’s 
exports to Greece by way of Saloniki have been increasing, its transit 
trade through Saloniki has been diminishing. This has been due in a 
measure to the policy of the Yugoslav Government in influencing the 
flow of its foreign trade through its Adriatic ports. It is with the in- 
tention of favoring Adriatic ports that the Yugoslav Government 
grants a 10 per cent rebate in customs duties and a 10 per cent rebate 
in railway freight rates on merchandise shipped through these ports. 
As was pointed out in a preceding paragraph, all merchandise im- 
ported into Saloniki must be entered in the Greek free zone, irrespec- 
tive of its ultimate destination. On account of its limited space, 
the Greek free zone authorities have permitted the Yugoslav free 
zone to handle directly certain bulky commodities and such as are 
intended for Yugoslav Government monopolies. In 1927 these in- 
cluded salt destined for the Yugoslav State salt monopoly. Cattle, 
sheep, hay, barrel staves, fuel wood, coal, and certain minerals 
were also permitted to be brought into the Yugoslav free zone directly 
by rail from Yugoslavia without the necessity of having to be entered 
in the Greek free zone. With the exception of 120 tons of minerals, 
these commodities were for Greek consumption and did not enter 
into the export trade to other countries.