'REPORT ON THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF PERSIA to June, 1923.' [7v] (14/26)
The record is made up of 1 volume (13 folios). It was created in 1923. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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10
An examination of the figures will show that only 8-4 per cent,
of Persia’s foreign trade passed through the northern countries
adjacent to Persia through the customs posts marked “ A,” while
91 per cent, passed through the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports, Iraq or India,
by way of the Customs posts marked “ B.” The figures for the
subsequent year will, it is believed, show no appreciable difference
in the proportion of trade borne by these three countries, though
the total amounts will not be the same, owing to the partial
revival of the Trebizond route, in spite of the difficulties attending
transport through the disturbed areas of Turkey, and to a slightly
greater volume of trade by the Northern routes. In particular a
service of small cargo steamers with a capacity for approximately
800 tons of cargo each has been started from Hamburg to Enzeli
via the Russian canals and the Volga by a German firm. The
first steamer reached Enzeli in November last but since that date
no further steamers have reached Persian ports.
It should be noted in passing that the figures quoted should not
be taken as representing accurately the year 1921-1922 owing to
the disturbed condition of Northern Persia at the beginning of
1921 which made it impossible for a time for the customs authori
ties to obtain accurate figures for the Caspian and Azerbaijan
districts.
The cessation of a large proportion of the former trade with
Russia has not been without effect in depressing the Persian
market and the closure of the northern trade routes has further
contributed to this depression by enhancing the cost of transporting
goods to North Persia which is often out of all proportion to their
original cost. A few Persian merchants attended the Russian
fairs at Baku and Nijni Novgorod which were revived last year,
but most of the native trading community is without knowledge
of conditions outside Persia and except for the activities of the
trading branches of the Soviet Government known as the Vnesh-
torg, Centro-Soyuz and Naftkom, no Russian agencies now cater
for the export trade in such commodities as dried fruits which
before the War were exported in large quantities to Russia and the
Caucasus through Tabriz and the Caspian ports. Russian prints
which in 1914 were universally known throughout Persia have
also ceased to be imported in any quantity, and the northern
markets remain relatively closed to trade, except so far as Russian
petrol, kerosine oil, and similar products, are imported. Russia
supplies her immediate needs by exporting rice and foodstuffs and
a limited amount of timber through her commercial institutions
and to some extent through Persian merchants in Gilan and
Baku.
New Trade Routes.— This alteration of Persia’s normal trade
routes has brought into prominence at least two routes which were
rarely used before the war.
The first of these is the Iraq route from Basrah via Baghdad
to Kermanshah. This route was always popular with Persian
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This volume consists of a report on the trade and industry of Persia, written in two sub-divided chapters.
The volume also includes a map showing trade routes, a summary of general information and a conclusion, and an appendix showing imports and exports from 1921-1922.
The report was written by Robert Henry Hadow, Secretary in Charge of Commercial Affairs, British Legation, Tehran, and was printed in 1923 by HM Stationery Office on behalf of the Department of Overseas Trade.
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- 1 volume (13 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume contains a title page (f 2), a map (f 3), a table of contents (f 4) and a report (ff 4-10), followed by an appendix at the end (f 11).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'REPORT ON THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF PERSIA to June, 1923.'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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