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now been almost entirely cut off for sugar riJ about 100 per cent.—to a nominal rate of 7 per
cent., when smuggling of tea would cease
jbir^-
Tca occupies the third plac® automatically.
T»w
in importance among mer Apart from wliatis smuggled, it is unsatisfactory
^ ,ndi>e imported to Persia. The total import to to note that Indian tea is being replaced on the
JVP:U was for: — Gulf market by Batavian tea.
Ton*.
u»:o 11 3,485 From India. Du*ch Ka^t Indie*.
J911-S* 4,185 Tou*. Ton*.
1009-10 280 25
It is an export of the greatest interest to India, 1910- 11 1C5 CO
the import to all Persia in 1911-12 was from
ret 1911- 12 111 132
iai rid'.—
Ton*. Possibly the increase in favour of Batavian tea
Iodn* 1,073 may have been the result of an Adminstrative
Ro*d* 2,286 decision to fiee temporarily, and pending a revision
of the tariff, the duty on such Lamseh teas (wlrieh
DuUh Ea»t InJic* ICO
are blends of white and black leaves) at 6 Krans
The ten trade has for some years been fighting (2*2t/.) per OJ lbs. on tO per cent, of each quantity
against adverse conditions in the Persian Gulf imported, and 10 Krans (3j. £d.) on the remain­
Ueion. At Bushire, the quantities imported have der.
r.pidlv decreased :— Prices in Bushire during 1911-1*2 ranged
from :—
Ton*.
Batavia* (L witch) Tea—
19*6-07 ... 434
190708 ... 832 Per chest of GS lbs. Kraus 310,330
190349 ... 684 292 = (£3-1G-0, £G-0, £3-13-0).
1909- 10 ... 307 Calculij (legitimately imported) —
1910- 11 ... 242 Perman of 7$ lbs. Krans *25,22,21,21 =
191M9 — 278 (£0-9-1, £v,iO, £0-,-9, £0-7-7.)
Smuggling, more especially from Bahrain to China—
ungif’.an on the Persian coast, is on the upward Per ch^st of about 55 lbs. Krans 3V5,
t.-end, and is said to t-e confined almost entirely 330, 300, -iO = (£ *.-3-0, £G-7-0, £3-9-0, £3-1-0.)*
Ui Indian teas, because chests from India arrive
already wrapped in 6kins for protection from EXPORTS.
weather on the journey up-country in Persia,
while China and Batavian (Lamseh) tea is not so Following an export of 2,571 tons for 1910-11
jacked. Wheat. of which 1,993 tons went to
Export statistics from Bahrain showed as the United Kingdom and 72
shipped to the Persian coast:— tons to Germany, there was an expert of 14,738
toas during the year under review, of which
1909-10. 1910-11 1911-11. 9,726 tons to the United Kingdom and, 4,353
tons to Germany.
Too* ... 150 115 182
Bushins itself is only the exporting centre for
It is, however, to be noted that the total import abroad and has no large local production : all
into Bahrain (which is an Arab psrt with a popu- grain is brought in by camels from the districts to
lalion drinking coffee, and little tea) was 364 tons the South and East of Bushire, or else by sailing
during 1911-12, as against 155 tons in 1910-11 ; beats from the districts to the North, ar.d to a
wd as the consumption in the islands has been smaller extent from the Dashti and Tangistan
competently reckoned at only 30 tons annually, ports to the South. It is brought in for sale to
it is more than probable that the export from some extent but far the greater portion of that
Bahrain smuggled into Persia was not 1S2 tons exported had been purchased by agents and
tat 3(A) (ont. representatives of firms at the small coast ports
How impractical is the continuance of this 100 and transhipped to Bushire. Tbese coast ports
pr cent, duty may be seen at Lingah, where in vary in importance fiom the point of view* of
*'00-11 only 11J cwts. passed the Customs export of grain, according to the extent of culti­
°f tie district, while at the port of Debai on the vation in the hinterland.
Arab coast opposite 1,11b cwts. were imported, This quantity—9,726 tons - repre sents about
1 large portion of which was undoubtedly shipped one-fifth of the total export of wheat from all
‘cross to the Persian side and comfortably smug­ Persia to the United Kingdom during the year
gled in. in question, while the 4,353 tons to Germany
This smuggled tea is no doubt, chiefly consumed was aBout two-thuds of the total export from a[|
■s the littoral, but it is also sent up-country to i Ters:a bo the German Empire. For the larges.*
Wme extent; it can generally be bought in Bushire i P°r*:on of the remainder in each case, Moham-
fcrif for at least 4 krans (1*. 6<f.) per 7$ lbs. ! rah was the port of export, shipping some
ander the price of that which has paid duty. But 27,001 tons wheat, and 12,06s tons barley.
^ia competition by the smuggled article serves The figures from all Bertia in 1911-12 were
ins* ttle the the tea market and make the trade Tutsi Export . . 48,833 ton* . . £*254.216 vbIu*.
risky for European merchants to handle. The To the United J
'tale situation might be remedied if the Persian Kingdi-m ) . 31.054 .... 192,618 „
^vc-rntncui would reduce the daty on tea—now ToOennscj . . 6,418 „ . • n 42.871 _