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ITo European trader could at present go inlaud owing to tie disturbed
aUto of tho country.
Total trad—The* total volume of trade during tho year has amounted to
RS. 70,84,313 ns against Its. 43,53,733 of the previous year showing an increase
of Its. 31,25,55:0 on last year’s figures. The ab »ve figures include the figures
of tho buggnlow borao trade which amounted to Ra. 43,7*1,771 ana represents
tho respectable increase of Rs. 28,13,810 on last year’s figures. This is due
to the fact that eteamsliip services had been largely utilised by Government ra
connection with llio war.
Share of trade.—Tho following table shows the percentage of total trade
taken by each country :—

Coast r lea. Icporto. Exports. Total. P^rcentige.

B«u R». Ra.
hdfi* 26,050 £9,700 C4.7SO •09
Arab Coast ... 9.43,64 > 9,43,043 irs?
'Franca (D'Jitoa*!) 9.000 9.1CO •11
India <V:3>23 20,39,923 63.5 J,758 7*:e
Persia 51,000 2,94,500 3.4O.5C0 437
1,98,’. 02
8hatt*e!-A>ab 1/-8.102
United Stales of A retries • •• 27,070 27,075 84
Zanzibar • •• 32,185 32,155 •40
Momtasa ... —. 7,500 7,500 •09
Lama (Italian Son-I.Iie-3) 11,563 11,5*8 •14
Other Coaot.nr* — 200 2C0

Total • •• 43,49,471 ?.G,34,842 79,«4,313 lOOOO

Imports.—The total imports for the year amounted to Rs. 43,49,471 a*
against Ks. 24,9;',753 last year slowing an increase of Rs. IS,49,710 over la^t
year’s figures or 74 per cent. This amount includes Rs. 27,10,321 worth
iuipnrts carried hy the buggalow borne traffic.
The main imports are rice, coffee and cotton goods which are responsible for
Rs. 36,00,903 of the whole total: sugar, wheat, wheat flour are also largely
imported.
Rice is a main staph* of diet and as it is little grown in the . cmintrv it
always confitures the main import 'I he Omani exchanges his cliief product
of dates for rice, coffee and cotton goods from India. ,
America and Japan arc serious corapititors in piece goods trade though ail
goods are shown as imported from India whence they are shipped to Muscat.
Exports.—To’al expo ts for the ye*, r under report amounted to
Rs. 36,34,842 which includes Rs. 15,45,586 worth exports carried bv (lie
biigg.,low traffic, as against Rs. 23,58,978 last year showing an increase of
R.c. 1 ,75,8Gi over last year’s figures or 34 per cent
Dry and w*t dntcw.f tin* value of Its. 1*,37,303 were erported durin** the»
year under report. Of this total date export, the share carried hv sailin‘>°craft
amounts to Its. 12,13,030. The export of wi t dates to United States of \n,c-i« *
amounted to Rs. 27,075 and to India Its. 3,15,261.
Dry fish, fpocie and tobacco wire aho largely exported