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3) Merchants were frequently obliged to pay the
custom taxes repeatedly because of the double customs
cordon;
4) Military authorities were frequently prohibiting
the exportation of goods needed for the army
dislocated in the province, which were also the most
requested on external markets;
5) Local merchants could not practice commerce over
the Nistru river, because they weren’t stratified in guilds,
and didn’t have the right, as Russian merchants had;
6) Local ports didn’t receive the full commercial
rights, and only one from four was decided to have
quarantine and full custom office;
7) For several years imperial authorities could
not decide which port should be the one, and their
decision shifted from Reni to Ismail and then back to
Reni, and again to Ismail;
8) Particular merchandises (such as salt and wines)
were subject to protectionist restrictions from imperial
government when imported to internal gubernias;
9) Merchants were obliged to get several documents
from local and regional authorities in order to carry
their merchandise over the Nistru river, obligation
which was time-wasting, often making merchants not
be able to respect contract terms and thus suffering
penalties.
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