Report on Cooperation in American Export Trade Volume 1-2; (In Two Parts) ... June 30, 1916 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...it. This latter concern is the factory of Juan Vilella, of Paseo San Juan, Barcelona. In competing with this combination American exporters will have to consider the duty on glass, according to paragraph 30 of the Spanish customs tariff referring to "colored glass, uncut, bottles, flasks, ground, and syphons for aerated waters"; duty $5.79 per 100 kilograms (220.4 pounds); and paragraph 31, "glass, crystal and half-crystal, without coloring, engraving, cutting or ornamentation of any kind, in articles of all kinds not specially mentioned in other numbers"; duty $7.72 per 100 kilograms. Other paragraphs refer to many different kinds of glass, but the two cited refer to the classes most likely to be demanded here although the import of these articles is not extensive. Sheet-iron and tin-plate syndicate.--The Central Siderurgica has its principal office at Calle Serrano 25, Madrid, to which all orders are sent and whence they are forwarded to the various factories associated in the combination. This organization does not apparently operate in foreign markets. It handles sheet iron and tin plate and all important Spanish manufacturers of these products are associated in the syndicate. As its prices are comparatively low, foreign goods of the kinds handled cannot be successfully imported. The terms of sale are usually three months' credit, varying according to the size of the order and the standing of the purchaser. This syndicate having no particular competition to contend with has not resorted to " dumping." It has not especial relation to the Government as a body and considers its statutes and reports as confidential. Syndicate of bleaching, dyeing, and finishing works.--The Asociacion de Blanqueadores, Aprestos y Tintoreos is a ...