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THAE3 MID TRAITS EAqiLITIBa,

General condition.

Tho general condition of trade was worse than in
1940, owing to tho war ana also to the political changes
uhloh ooourroa over tho last 5 month* of the year.
Compared with 1940, importo declined by 13^. In faot the
real decline of Iranian trade Is greater than this figure

indicates since about 1500 tons of the imports were goods
in transit for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic
while some 12,000 tons of wheat represented an abnormal
transaction between the Indian and Iranian Governments.

Exports declined by about 50#«
Trade wa3 mainly with India and secondarily with the
united States of America. About 13,000 tone of imports
wore Governmont monopoly goods and trade by individual firms

was thorGfore small in volume. x
The figures in Table 'A* showing the volume of go''*
imported and exportod by stoac3hips were calculated on
same basis as last year with the exception that figures

exports to non-Iranian Gulf ports have thia year been
included in the main figures shown for British India steam
although,for purposes of comparison the figures for non-
Iranian Gulf porta have been shown separately in the tab!'

The latter figures are not howover included in the main
total of exports.
Table *B# is prepared on the sans baois as last year,
but it is still difficult, in the absence of statiotioa

froa the Customs, to show the country of destinations fer
exports. Imports and exports by sailing tocgoIo hare boon
larger than last year owing to the scarcity of steamers.

The majority of this traffic is said to hare been to the
non-Iranian ports.

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