"مسألة الشرق الأوسط أو بعض المشكلات السياسية المتعلقة بدفاع الهند" [و‎‎٥‎٧] (٦١٦/١١٨)

A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF TRADE 79
The technical details of the Russo-Persian tariff it is
hardly within the competency of a layman to discuss.
But one of the leading British firms in the Persian
trade subjected it to a careful analysis immediately after
its publication, and embodied some of the results in a
letter to the Board of Trade, from which I cannot do
better than quote the following extract:—
Under the most-favoured-nation clause British
goods are subject to the provisions of the Treaty of
Turkman Chai (1828), fixing the Persian duties, both
import and export, at 5 per cent, acl valorem. We
have endeavoured to estimate the nature of the change
which would be introduced by the present tariff. For
this purpose we propose to deal in the first place with
imports into Persia, and next with exports from Persia.
Our calculations are based upon the value of the
various articles at the Karun ports :—
Table I.—IMPORTS INTO PERSIA
Some Leading Articles of Export to Persia from Great
Britain, Continent (excluding Russia), and India.
Description.
Average
Value at
Port of
Entry.
Present
Rate of
Duty.
Proposed Rate
of Duty.
Equivalent
of Proposed
Rate calcu
lated ad-
valorem.
Increase
under
present
Tariff.
Piece Goods {Cot
£\o
S%ad
12 krans per
9%
4%
tons of various
per cwt.
valorem
lobatmans,
descriptions) .
or 7s. \od.
per cwt.
Sugar—Belgian.
14s. 9^.
per cwt.
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^valorem
'
3 shahis per
batman, or
il|rf.percwt.
6i%
Ii%
Sugar—French .
165.
per cwt.
Sfad
valorem
CI
3 shahis per
batman, or
1 ifrf.percwt.
6i%
li%
Tea
Id.
per lb,
5f% ^
valorem
1 toman for 1
batman, or
^jd. per lb.
100 %
95 %