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This deficiency was remedied by the increusc of inports from the

United Kingdom, Persian Gulf and Iraq, The export figures uay lave been
much higher except tlat there was a temporary embargo placed by the
Government of India on the ir.iport of dates into that country by steamer,
and as India is the only buyer of Muscat1 s dry dates the loss to the

date trade vras considerable during the period when the position v/as
being clarified.
The following table shows the percentage of imports and experts
from and to other countries.

Imports Lxnorts

1945/46 1946/47 1945/46 1946/47

United Kingdom 1.433 2.693 0.043
U.S.A. 1.97$ 0.38$ G.&%
Australia 0.15% 0.15%
China 0.83$ 0.12$

Singapore 5.02%
India 49.75? 38.64$ 53.15% 86.65°;
Persian Gulf 3.57$ 9.3955 27.06;;- 3.28ff,

Africa £.27% £.77% 1.58$ 1.78$
Iran 7.£2% 3-i9:; 11.61;; 0.43$
Aden and Aden
Protectorate 3.0955 2.64*5 0.87$ 0.88$
Portuguese India 0.4555 0.22%
Iraq 23.46$ 27.53% 3.13$ 0.81$
Ceylon 0.07$ 1.08$

Palestine 0.96$ * 4.97$
Syria 0.84$
Switzerland 0.04$

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