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                                                         Jt is difficult to foresee Low long the* Persian ta-«
                            1910 1011. : 1911-19:2. SUrllrjr cnnivil-nl*,   for sugar in cones will continue, but whilst il 0
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                             Kikim. Kr«u«.   11**1-1912.  Belgian and Austrian sugar will hold the fieh] •
                                                         Southern Persia. *It is a matter of refinery tnn^V^
                                                       j nory more than any thing ’else. Hungarian eor '*
                                          $. 4. «. d. i. d. «. (I
                                  I                    ' (U. Z. J.), which are tmnshipjvd v\S Uonil 'S
                                                                                          *\v.
                   lar.c* . .        19-11 i 4 0.        area constant source of troul U», whVh reitio\-•
                                  !   3-4 l 1, 1 Si    ■ any periodical advantage in point of price, which
                   Prill* jvrjard                      I they may have over Belgian voncs: for they *
                   MuJiu. .  .    0 90-015 0 4, 0 3J, 0 4{.  badly packed, and oat of every consignment »
                                                         large number of cones are brokm, whilect-rlilitat.^
                   Otnre (10             }               for shortages iu weight prove another bone of
                    jarJ*)        .  <1-5 1 7t, 1 01.   contention.
                   Itx\l Twill*   ! ..                    Prices for Belgian 31. T. Loaf-sugar we?*
                    (50 j *rd*,.  30-37                 low during the greater part of If 11-12, and cocld
                                  !
                   l.l.vk T »ill*                       not compare with th? 7770 Krans oltaic^J
                    (50 yard..) .  Kl-50  55-50- 20 0. 20 4}. 15 11, i  during 1910-111. Per bag of 30 corns, or .It
                                   .V’-Se— ' IS 2i. 19 7J.  I
                                   34.                  kilos, sales were made at oG-G7-7U-G:> Kran?
                                                         (=23r. "id., 24#. 4rf., 2.)#. 5*/., 21 j. i|i), The
                   rarj'lf Twill*   i                  I  tendency is to order corn's of 1*50 kilos more tt-n
                     v 50 yard*; .  70--41— 1 11 2i. 14 10J.14 C§,
                                   40—37   13 5).      '  ]*l;0 kilos.
                   Rid Mull*                              Hungarian U. Z. J. comma ndid slightly higher
                     (00 \ hr Is) .  30—32  31—32 -  12 4| 11 7L 10 11, • prices: Krans 72-156-07-70 (=*2C#. id., 24#.
                                     30—23  ’  10 Of.   21#. id., 2c#. 5rf.)
                   Purple Mill*    ;                      Marseilles sugar is not sold retail iu«Bush:re.
                       yards).  31—32'34-3> - | 12 4J. io ll, 9 li, but is all forwarded uj»-country, where tas:-#
                                   I  25—>3   10 1L     are different to the littoral wholesale prices in
                   Rod and j»ur-         I             . Bushire were quoted at Krans 4 (1#. 5</.J to 4{*i
                     j»l»* Du'w’in       1               (1#. 7d.) and fell 4*25 (la. On.) by March Is-I2
                     l GO vi:\b). :  25—M 30—:*— 10 11, 9 5., 9 9|, for 75 lbs.
                                   : 27—LS  9 5j.           *
                                                          Tin port of crystal sugar remained jractieaVv
                   Chocolate Da*         1              stationary at 2*210 to;.*, far the greatest port:*n
                     I a'ir« v00 1                                    of which was formed 1 r
                     yards). . 1  23-r? 29-3*3-  10 Cl, 10 11. 10 2\m  Crystal-Sugar.
                                     29.                              E. A_ K. G. crystils, but -;th
                                                       j tons of British refined crystals were landed, and 23
                   BUck Italians                        tons of Java sugar is coted in the Customs figerrs.
                     per y ard  3 30-323  3 CO- 4-‘ 1 3J. I 5j, 1  1,
                                     3-1- j  0 1L      ; though an additional quantity is masked under
                                                       J the import rid India.
                   Crimp* (CO
                    >*:d*)      45 ! 51—45— • IS—6j, 16 ti, 16 82.   Prices of this Austrian brand referred to rang J
                                   I 4£_SS • 12 4J.    ■ according to stocks in the bazaar from Krans l
                                         ;
                   Ls-r.rfb Print?  34-35  33 ’ 12 0.  -  (1W.) to 3*50 (15*7) to 3 70 (lGr/.) and 4 Kr.;:s
                                  .                    j (17*7.) per 7^ lbs. in March 1912. Enc'.i.-:*
                                                        crystals obtained nearly the same prices, and ar?
                                                        well liked as long as London prices are not t.«i
                                  The import of 1911-12 com­  high.
                      T-oat-Scjir.
                                pared with those of previous  That the import of Sugar to the gulf is v- ry
                   years as follows ?—                  important will be seen from the following figures
                                                        for Loaf and Crystals combined during 1910-11 :—
                                                  Ton*.
                       190*07                    7*216     31 as Vat     packages landod ...   5,G!$
                       1907-08                    4*001    Bandar A blot           ...  85.514
                       1903-09                    3-324    Lingab                  ...  12,132
                       1909- 10                   4899     Bahialn                 ...  23,174
                       1910- 11                   3 721
                                                           Buibire            **   ... 144,4*3
                       1911- 12                   4 868
                                                           Mobomrocrab and Absrax   m  ...   80.915
                                                           Basrah, Baghdad (1911)  m  ... 297,092
                    The distribution, according. to countries of                   048,870. or
                   origin by the Customs returns, 1*6 probably more       Total
                   nearly exact than in previous years* compared              at least &O.COO tons.
                   with 1910-11, it shows from:—          Of this quantity less than 2,500 tons was
                                                        British refining. Exactly half of the quant ty-
                                        1910-1L •  1911-12.  say *25,000 tons, entered Persia from the
                                                       j ports of the Gulf. On the other hand, the import
                                        Ton*.   Tori*.
                     Marseilles          1518   1*789  j from Russia to Persia is three times as much,
                     A i.lwttp           161*0  189:}  j totalling G7,9G3 tons, loaf-sugar, and 10,39*2 tons
                      Kaaibarg .          160    OS     crystal and powdered sugar in 1911-12.
                     Trirato .        ■w  3l>7   553
                                                       j The central zone of Persia has since^ th*^
                     Belgian R, T. sugar has now the first j lace in * insecurity of the past live years been im-reasir*:-*
                   the demand fiom S>ulbcrzi Persia, and it is iu in- ! supplied with Russian sugar from the north,
                   creasing1 demand; it coinp-^:d a gr»al de«l of th.* whereas, in JUIM5-07, *2000-^,*H)0 tons of f :-lf
                   liau.tuig expuri in addilb/u to that cid Antwerp. went to Ispahan cut Mu-hi re, the Ispahan i#u***-
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