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Share of trade.—The percentage taken by each has resulted in a corrcspondirg
country in the total trade of Masker is as follows.— import as Maakat is chiefly a diatriW; °n *n th«
Persia and the Gulf. Tho market *-a'^entre f"r
stocked to a certain extent from tho imn™* . °T*r.
Total Total Grand Pcrccnt- 1909. “P0* °t 19u8.
Countries.
Import. Export total.
The following table supplied hr Hi* n- v
Customs shows the total value of import f1^
R*. IU Ka. etc., from each country and tho °f armS
share:__ Percentage 0|
Aden 30,500 30,500 025
Bclcinm . 5,28.700 5.26,700 424 Conn trie*. Total Import.
P«tcnt^
Franco 2.G7.6S5 6,000 2.75,745 2-21
Re.
Germany 3.76,300 3,78,300 303
Belgian* . 5,28^00
India 54,79.835 30,23,719 85.03,374 GS’20 33-04
France 2£3£2S
Netherlands 4,200 4,200 004 14*78
German j . 3,21,625
Persia 4.S6.595 2.3G.52S 7,23,123 579 30-65
Konmar.ia I^O.GOO
Roumania 1,20,000 1,20.000 096 773
United Kirgdom 3,56,778
Turkey in Asia 1,17,660 1,87,620 3.35.2S0 2-68 22-90
United Kingdom 3,69,153 3.59,153 3*12 From the abovo table it will be observed that
United States of 3.56,993 6.S2.000 9.33,993: 7-53 Belgium still beads t::e li-t among the countries
America. exporting arms to .Ma>kat As British Martini
actum rifles are not easily obtained, and are more
Zanzibar 31,550 31,550 0-26 expensive, Belgian rifles of this pattern are in
demand, and being cheap command a ready sale.
Other countries 1,16.222 94,230 2,10,152; 169
Vermicelli.—The decrease of one-fifth of the
Toth . 83,05,SG3 | 41,63,707 1,24,69,570j ... import compared with the figures for 1908-1909
seems a serious decline, bat it is due merely to the,
overstocking of the market last year, and not to anj
Imports.—The total value of imports into Maskat in- j special causes. This over.Mocking is partly due tc
cludiDg speciearaouuted to Rs. 83,05,803 or adecren66 the fact that Maskat is losing pound as a di.-tri-
of Rs. J9,51.452 as compared with Rs. 1,02,51.315 bating centre, owiDg to the direct trade between
the figuresfor 190S-1909. The following items Bhow Zanzibar and Sur and other ports carried on by
a decrease:— dhows. For this trade statistics are not available.
The Zanzibar vermicelli is locally considered to he
the best, though that imported from Germany U
Percent­
Article*. 1908-1909. 1909-1910. Decrease. more favoured on account of its cheapness.
age.
Textile Fabrics.—America has held its own &x
regards the import of sheeting, which reach cl
Ba. Ba. Ba
Maskat rid Aden. The cloth is finding increased
Arm* and 35,64,665 16,57.928 20,06,737 6629 favour due to the cause noted in last year’s report,
ammunition. visn that it is strong and can be dyed to any colour.
Imports from all the other conn Ires shew a decrease,
Bice 21,10,725 20,92,545 18,180 0-86 but enquiries ma»e from cloth dealers show that m
190S-19G9 the market was to a certain extent over-
Vermicelli 10,000 8,000 2,000 20-00
stocked, and merchants expect a larger import in the
Textile fabrics 9,44,465 9,30,105 14^60 1-52 current year.
Bilk goods 2,53,300 2,39,450 13,850 6-47 Sat and silk goods.—The total decrease
against this head amounts to Rs. 13,850, of
Specie . 16,88,000 16,Q6,000 tfiOO 012 Rs. 12,600 is apportioned to India and^ Rs. If250.'*
Persia. The import from India principally C®081S*J
of raw sOk, which is used in the manufacture ox
Arms and ammunition.—Owing to the measures 44 Lungies ” and “Pogreca” (waist cloths **
taken bv the British and Persian Governments and turbans). But as the export of these articles
the Shaikhs on the littoral of the Persian Gulf to Zanzibar has nearly ceased, the manufacture
restrict the traffic in arms, the export of arms and diminished and the import of raw silk loi
ammunition has declined to a great extent. This purpose correspondingly reduced.