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 OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1862. 587 and possessions of His Imperial Majesty of any article the produce or manufacture of the United States of America, from whatever place arriving, than are or may be payable on the like article the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be .I’t‘|!"‘""Y °f 1“`°‘ maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or l"bm°""' manufacture of the dominions and possessions of either of the contracting parties into the dominions and possessions of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other country. His Imperial Majesty further engages that, save as hereinafter ex- Limitation ofimcepted, he will not prohibit the importation into his dominions and P°** d¤°**€¤i¤ GM- possessions of any article the produce and manufacture of the United '“"" ‘l°"'""""”· States of America, from whatever place arriving; and that the duties to be imposed on every article the produce or manufacture of the United States of America imported into the Empire and possessions of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan shall in no case exceed one fixed rate of eight per cent. ad valorem, or a specific duty, fixed by common consent, equivalent thereto. Such rate shall be calculated upon the value of such articles at the wharf, and shall be payable at the time of their being landed, if brought by sea, or at the first custom-house they may reach, if brought by land. If these articles, after having paid the import duty of eight per cent., Bc-<=¤r<>rl=··~ti<>¤¤· are sold, either at the place of their arrival or in the interior of the [Sec Article XII-] country, neither the buyer nor the seller shall be charged with any further duty in respect to them; and if such articles should not be sold for consumption in the Ottoman Empire, but should be re-exported within the space of six months, the same shall be considered as merchandise in transit by land, and be treated as it is stated hereinafter in Article XII of this treaty; the administration of the customs being bound to restore, at the time of their re-exportation, to the merchant, who shall be required to furnish proof that the goods in question have paid the import duty of eight per cent., the diderence between the duty and the duty levied on goods in transit by land, as set forth in the article above cited. Ancrrcmr VI. It is understood that any article the produce or manufacture of a for- Jmporistions into eign country intended for importation into the United Prmcipalities of m°§2;’;,¥f""‘° h "‘ Moldo-W'allachia, or into the Principality of Servia, which shall pass - through any other part of the Ottoman Empire, will not behable to the payment of customs-duty until it reaches those Prrncipahties; and, on firhtc gtémr ports the other hand, that any article of foreign produce or manufacture pass- ‘;,nfp{’m' ° '“ "·“ ing through those Principalities, but destined for some other part of the Ottman Empire, will not be liable to the payment of customs-duty_nnt1l such article reaches the iirst custom-house under the direct administration of the Sublime Porte. _ The same course shall be followed with respect to any article the pro- same rule as to duce or manufacture of those Priucipalities, as well as with respect to experts. any article the produce or manufacture of any other portion of the Ottoman Empire, intended for exportation. Such articles will be liable to the payment of customsduties, the former to the custom-house of the aforesaid Principalities, and the latter to the Ottoman custom-house; the object being that neither import nor export duties shall in any case be payable more than once. Aurrcnm VII. The sub'ects and citizens of the contracting parties shall enjoy, in the W sub o rising, dominioné) and possessions of the other, equality of treatment with na- dl ‘1'°·" tive subjects or citizens in regard to warehousing, and also in regard to bounties, facilities, and drawbacks.