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is preferred on account ol its cheapness. Pin* ;gc rales during
the year 1033-84 by the two means of transport were Rials lot) and
Rials 0f> respectively per kharvar to Kerman
Trade.—The total trade of the district, which includes, for
customs purposes, Bandar Abbas, Charbar, Jask, Khamir, Kishin
and Tiab, aggregated Rials 37,304,020 (Imports, Rials 20,042,118:
Exports, Rials 7,‘122,808), as compared with Rials 4(5,407,700
(Imports, Rials 37,521,200. Exports, Rials 8,040,500), in the
previous year, showing a decrease of Rials 7,570,082 in imports of
Rials 1,523,002, in exports and of Rials 0,103,074. in the total trade.
Comparative tables showing the values of exports and imports to
and from tlie various countries in 1032-33 and 1033-34 are annexed.
Imports.—Jt. will he noticed that imports of Soviet Union piece-
goods decreased in value by almost 70 ]>ci cent., those from Japan
remained steady, whilst those from India increased by approxi­
mately 50 per cent. The value of United Kingdom piece-goods,
now amounting to a very small percentage of the total, diminished
by nearly 45 per cent.
Imports of twists and yarns from India increased from approxi­
mately 8J million Rials in 1032-33 to J J\ million Rials in 1033-34:
whilst; imports from Japan decreased from 12 million Rials to
3f{ million Rials.
The effects of the withdrawal of the monopoly on sugar, which
had previously been bold by the U.S.S.R.. are seen in the big decline
of imports from that country and in the large supplies of sugar
which entered from Belgium, .leva and Holland.
Considerable quantities of silver bullion arrived at Bandar Abbas
from tho United Kingdom in transit for India via Zahidan during
the year 1033-34 and high profits were made on account of no
duty being levied on goods imported into India by this route:
In May. 1934. however, a total embargo was placed on such
importations.
Small quantities of British machinery still found their way into
Bandar Abbas. Machinery said to he of English origin has been
imported from Bombay for a new carding and spinning mill which
is being erected in the town.
Exports.—Exports of carpets declined from over 2.1 million Rials
in ]032-33 to under A million Rials in 1033-34 the decline being
due to lack of demand in the United Kingdom, India and the
United States of America. Exports of raw cotton diminished
from Rials 1,070,570 to Rials 1,300,200.
The total output of the Jed oxide of iron mines in the island
of Hormuz was 3,575 tons and was shipped to the following
places:—Philadelphia, 1,800 tons; Avonmouth, 1,075 tons:
Bombay, GOO tons; Calcutta, 400 tons.