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[D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I]. ALFÂNDEGAS — Direitos sobre Géneros do Comércio Marítimo e Colonial. - [D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I] ALFÂNDEGAS — Direitos sobre Géneros do Comércio Marítimo e Colonial . 5 diplomas régios; Portugal, 1756–1789; Lisboa, Palácio de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda. A set of five decrees concerning customs taxation of goods originating from maritime and colonial trade. The regulation of customs duties on goods from Brazil, India, Africa, and the Overseas Territories was one of the most complex areas of Portuguese taxation, subject to frequent adjustments according to the interests of commerce, the needs of the treasury, and agreements with the trading centers. January 30, 1756 (King Joseph I) — Royal Resolution on the 4% Donation at Customs: determines that only goods received after the Royal Decree of the 2nd of this month should pay; clarification of the temporal scope of the tax. February 6, 1757 (King Joseph I) — Declares the contributions that must be paid at customs offices and dispatch houses to the Treasury of the Board of Trade of these Kingdoms and Dominions; table of contributions for financing the Board of Trade. December 18, 1782 (Queen Maria I) — Authorizes that goods, effects, and national or foreign merchandise shipped from the ports of Lisbon, the Islands, and Brazil on ships of the India Route enjoy certain customs benefits. 25 Nov 1783 (D. Maria I) — Comprehensive order on customs tariffs for ships and goods from the Overseas Territories; establishes a 3% benefit for trade between the Kingdom and the Islands; foreign goods re-exported on Portuguese ships enjoy half the duties. April 27, 1789 (Queen Maria I) — For the benefit of trade with India, Brazil, and the African coast, regulates the duties that goods must pay in the capital, including foreign goods; updating the table of duties for colonial trade. The collection documents the evolution of tariff policy for maritime trade over three decades, revealing the always unstable balance between protecting domestic trade and maximizing customs revenue. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate