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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [‎135r] (270/712)

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The record is made up of 1 file (354 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1930-12 Mar 1948. 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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is preferred on account of its cheapness. The average rates during
the year 1933-34 by the two means of transport were Rials 150 and
Rials 95 respectively per kharvar to Kerman.
Trade. Ihe total trade of the district, which includes, for
customs purposes, Bandar Abbas, Charbar, Jask, Khamir, Kishm
and Tiab, aggregated Rials 37,364,626 (Imports, Rials 29,942,118;
Exports, Rials 7,422,808), as compared with Rials 46,467,700
(Imports, Rials 37,521,200. Exports, Rials 8,946,500), in the
“previous year, showing a decrease of Rials 7,579,082 in imports of
Rials 1,523,992, in exports and of Rials 9,103,074, in the total trade.
Comparative tables showing the values of exports and imports to
and from the various countries in 1932-33 and ]933-34 are annexed.
Imports.— It will be noticed that imports of Soviet Union piece-
goods decreased in value by almost 70 per cent., those from Japan
remained steady, whilst those from India increased by approxi
mately 50 per cent. The value of United Kingdom piece-goods,
now amounting to a very small percentage of the total, diminished
by nearly 45 per cent.
Imports of twists and yarns from India increased from approxi
mately 8£ million Rials in 1932-33 to 11^- million Rials in 1933-34,
whilst imports from Japan decreased from 12 million Rials to
3f million Rials.
The effects of the withdrawal of the monopoly on sugar, which
had previously been held by the U.S.S.R., are seen in the big decline
of imports from that country and in the large supplies of sugar
which entered from Belgium, Java and Holland.
Considerable quantities of silver bullion arrived at Bandar Abbas
from the United Kingdom in transit for India via Zahidan during
the year 1933-34 and high profits were made on account of no
duty being levied on goods imported into India by this route.
In May, 1934, however, a total embargo was placed on such
importations.
Small quantities of British machinery still found their way into
Bandar Abbas. Machinery said to be of English origin has been
imported from Bombay for a new carding and spinning mill which
is being erected in the town.
Exports. —Exports of carpets declined from over 2£ million Rials
in 1932-33 to under £ million Rials in 1933-34 the decline being
due to lack of demand in the United Kingdom, India and the
United States of America. Exports of raw cotton diminished
from Rials 1,679,570 to Rials 1,369,299.
The total output of the red oxide of iron mines in the Island
of Hormuz was 3,575 tons and was shipped to the following
places:—Philadelphia, 1,800 tons; Avonmouth, 1,075 tons;
Bombay, 600 tons; Calcutta, 400 tons.

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The file contains information on economic and trade conditions in the states located on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and discussion of the potential market there for British goods. The main correspondents are the Department of Overseas Trade, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file also contains a number of detailed reports from British officials, which were submitted to the Department of Overseas Trade.

The first of these reports, dated 1931, relates specifically to cotton piece-goods, and consists of a general report by the British Vice-Consul at Bushire on the Arab coast market, and reports on local conditions from the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] (relating to Debai [Dubai] and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. Further general reports on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by various British Vice-Consuls at Bushire, are dated 1934-37 (including a Department of Overseas Trade published version, for October 1934, folios 126-144). There are also other reports on local conditions, and general correspondence concerning economic conditions and the market for British goods. Papers from 1936 onwards show increasing awareness of the importance of oil in enhancing the potential economic significance of the Gulf states.

The following correspondence is also of note:

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (354 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 355; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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