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The returns of Hie Central Administration of ; Bearing in mind that the Import of ftr|.
Custom* give the following results :— ! goods to all Persia has decreased in 1911-12 i\ '
in Central Persia they are being replaced by i( :
• sian Cottons, of which there was a largclv ?**
From
United From AU j creased import to all Persia, that insecurity J'l
Kingdom or vi* . RumI.v ! ronn- other troubles caused a great congestion of
to nil Indin* j tricn. ! at Bushiro and Shiraz for the best part of the v„ V
I I ; we are confronted with an import heavier ij*
, any year rime 1907-0S, when the conditio,, .
Tons. Tons. Tons. ! Tons. , Pars was infinitely uvro favourable to sales ii
| to-day, and when the glut of cottons on J-
Xiwh Il'jS-09 . 9,731 1,151 3,579 14,079 markets caused imjorters to -ell ofT iu large <n,.„.T
ties at prices below cost price, and involved n,aV’
ilnrch 1CV.M0 . 7,850 1,701 4.897 15,132 foreign firms in Io-ses !»oth a* Bushiro and Shir4/
For this reason there is small satisfaction to L
got out of the increased figures, and prospects **
M»rcb 1920-11 . 9.531 1,303 5.220 1G.G1G poor for sales in 1912-1 a, and 1913-14, in ''
especially if the heavy shipments continue.
Msrvh 1911-12 . S.932 1,778 5,903 17,339 In point of fact, it may he stated in advac *
that arrivals at Bushire during the first six mo„p'%
The area in which this rapid increase of Russian of 1912-13, following the year, now under rej^fj
cotton--;*:ods and distinct decrease of British goods totalled 1,497 tons as against 904 tons in ij.1
has tak-»n place is not in the west, hut in similar half y*ar of 1911-12; and one can «,n|r
Central Persia more particularly. wonder when all this quantity will have an op;..;,
Weights are advisedly a better criterion of the tunity of being brought into consumption. Kiih-r
imports for 1913-14 must W very low, or a r»-rj|
real import : for cotton-goods are taxed by weight recovery in the prosperity of Pars must be fori!,,
while % dues aro declared at the importer’s esti­ coming, or a crisis appears inevitable for importer*.
mate : v ;t the values, as given, make the position'
» f the 1-4 three years still more serious. In Shiraz it would appear that a good opicn
sea-on helps on the distribution of cotton-good? j*.
At 55 Ksans--».C1. the outlying districts to a great extent, as eo:?*v>
i j goods are taken in exchange for the crude oj>:zx
I
Frum t’.-j , ! juice brought in to market.
Unit'd Frvn Itnjsi.v From Iudii. Imports to Busbire for 1911-12 and preceding
j Kiuyd-.m.
years have been assigned the following values: —
£ £ £
1909-20 . 1,035,1 S9 SS5.583 223.945 Toial. yn:*ci*
E\p.r^
1910-11 *. . 1,262,920 955,101 177,0>3
I
1911-12 . . ! 1,203,477 1,154,206 3G6.2S1
As regards Bush ire, weights of Imported cottons £ £
compared with previous years as foliows:—
1903 . 301,141 -257.13.
From 1900-07 362,939 276,132
Unit* d Fran or via AU
Kingdom. IcdiA. countries. 1907-08 529,332 41L29-*
1C0809 397,020 315.1M
1909-10 2S6.S0G 170.: i;
1905 . toot. 2,321 178 2,659 1910-11 307,777 243,05''
1911-12 •16G.3G9 361 .SH
1905-07 . »» 1,085 490 2,212
A feature of considerable importance to the*-*-
lior-^s . n 2,566 551 3,163 established agencies of Manchester firms, wbi«f
hitherto have had a monopoly of the imj'ort
Bushire, is the growing tendency of the seo'c’
1KJS-09 99 1,723 495 2^47
class Persian merchant to deal direct with vtrJ
firms in Manchester, which have so far not^ tak«s
190 ?-:o;. 99 1,013 850 1,877 much part in the export to Persia. Tbit r'lv
business is being conducted on the basis of <3'*
1910-11 . UG9 407 1,8 X) against delivery of documents, and is rejiorted
have been worth nearly £50,000.
The following table gives an approximate ^
191112 . 99 1,874 612 2.524
of the relative quantities of various lines of con-
goods imported in 1011-12, as compared with 11 \
er vears: it represents the import of the J r.*1'
S.n.—Ai«Hi»noftHe griodtriM Ind'a is adutlly
5!an«.lot<T but dy*-i in Bombay. [ml firms, but it impos iblc to arrive at the t- -