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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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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 companies
 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-