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Report on the Economic and Trade Conditions on the Bahrain

Islands for the year 1938-39.

Introduction.—Please 6ce the Trade Report for Imports from India have decreased from
the year ending the 31st Xarch 1935. Rs. 70,56,710 to Rs. 52,97,900 or by 9-3 per cent.
Trade.—The total value of trade, excluding oil* bal the ^tuon^T^oods fallowing
for the yiar under review amounted :o Rs. 4,61,70,220 ^ ® csa ®P enmnete more favourably with
(imports Rs. 2,73,2*5,230pirn exports Rs. 2,OS,43,990) }***" production to compete more favourably wi
as compared with Rs. 3,25,63,800 (imports the Japanese.
Rs. 2,0567,370 j»lus experts Rs. 1,19,90,430) in Exports show an increase of Rs. 83,oOO wtueft
the previous year shoving an increase of world have been greater if last year s improvement
Rs. l,5G,v6,120or 47*9 per cent. In order to obtain in the pearl trade bad been maintained. The last
a true indication of the trend of trade the value of seaion for the pearl industry was bad from all points
direct trimshipments of large consignments of build- of riew and the value of exports amounted to only
ing and cr.hcr materials, mathincry, motor cars,hard- Rs. 4,37,400 against Rs. 6,12,£00 for the previous
ware and cutlery and specie to the California Arabian year.
Standard Oil Company, A2 Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Qver a million tons of oil were produced and over
and the value ofx re-exports from bond murt be 8,13,000 tons were exported by the Bahrain Petro-
cxcludcd from th ese figures. The value of direct Jeun Company, Limited, during the year. Imports
transhipment cargoes and rargocs re-exported from of {il from tbe Anglo-Iranian 03 Company included
bond anouuted to Rs. 1,34,41,510 for the year 2,17,226 gallons of kerosene, 1,28,730 gallons of
under review and Rs. 46,77,500 for the previous petroi and 2,70,520 gallons of aviation spirit of which
year, anc the true trade values therefore become as 1,Of,330, 61,020 and 2,700 gallons respectively
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follows:— were re-exported to Arabia and Persia.
1937-38. 1938-39.
Rs. Rs. Table I gives the movements ofgeneral merchandise
I expert* . 1,53,89,870 1,38,84,730 in respect of imports, as compared with pearls and
Exrpera 73,18,930 74,0i,490 eptcie, but the declared value of pearls is considerably
Imports ihow a d-ecline of Rs. 20,05,140, which has lesr than their real value,
been intensified by the fall in prices of some of the
principal food commodities. TABLE L
The fcUowing statement shows the quantity and
value of cereals and provisions imported far the
year under review and for the previous year. 1037-35. 1WS-SO.
In<
1037-sa. 1930-39. Pexfa (dcriuvd €7,200 47J30D
CammUty. filae).
Riirar uMd DqSais S2,«C1^70 39.S7.J00 ns
QcujUtr. VjJo*. QuaUtjr. TaIm. JC<TVAodice 1,72^6.00
Total i,os,iC7xm 3.73.26..«a»
F k* . 18.426 • 20.C0.S90 18,296 19*8,600
Wbct oat j 09,130 306 39.910
WhcAt Siam 2,793 | 3 ~9,030 3,240 *20.070 Table 11 shows the movementa of general met-
Cone* 12,003 5/X2.8W 6,426 *09.760
£u£ai Lftjtf S.lOO , Cl,ISO 200 1.700 chandise in respect of exports as compared with
. Soft 11,436 S3,230 66,722 *S 1,400 pearls, specie and gold and stiver coins.
T.. 3,1 SO 16,870 660 3,210
Tern . 6,313 3.79,410 2,667 *48,940
Colton CouOi 23,71,950 3*22,400
Silk Good* 6,70,160 *!**» TABLE IL
The dtcrease* for the year under review are due
principally to merchants having imported in 18*3-3*. im-m.
1937-id much above their requirements, in the
anticipation of w&r, and is the expectation of in­
creased local trading with the Bahrain Petroleum (dcdtraS IXIJUM
Comp tny, Limited- The bazaar became over-stocked Cole Mad 8Ut« . TO.CAJUO tUnjbCM s-i
14.cl.4ijO
10,97-904.
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and imports therefore dropped. The decrease in Iu 7b,thC JjO 1,62.46^90 ZOO-6
the quaixity of imported wheat is offset by the in- Total
crease in the import* of floir and a falling off of the 1,19,196.00 *0*43*96 7V7
trade with Iran is rerponsiUe for the smaller imports The address of the principal importers and Ex­
of loaf sigar and crystal sagax.
porters of the articles concerned are