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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [286r] (572/712)
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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as "rtf InH n origin” in the local Custone figures. ut generally
speaking British piooo goods oom© via Ira.: # and Japanese,
etc via India*
(b) Considering the whole aspect of the trade and the low
nominal 4, ad valorem Custom duty charged on goods lan&in *
an increased British trade in Kuwait than at present is the
ease but British firms will have to come down in their prices
so as to compete with the imitation silks, sheetings and other
cotton fabrics imported from Italy, =merioa, China, Russia and
Japan* It should be realised that most of the people of uwait
are not far removed from the Bedouin nomad, artf as such are not
educated enough yet to realize the value of, and the saving on
a good article, fhis is one of the chief and foremost reasons
why forein^ piece odds find a better market and are more
appreciated than British goods. Foreign manufacturers appear
also to study local renuirements more than British firms do,
for instance Japan has realized that the white cotton weal vest
or singlet with circular collar is the garment wanted by Divers
and sailors of the Gulf in summer, ^he has accordingly gone for
their market and captured it. Similarly Italy is trying to
capture the local "^uilt* trade by flooding the market with
cheap but very good tartan rugs which are sold at £ 0 - 12-0 and
£0-14-8 and which sho hopes will oust the jmilt. Bhe probably
will succeed, tar the article is very popular. British firms
rai^it with advantage try pushing their trade by means of Arabic
and Terel an speaking Travelling agents, whom one very rarely
sees in this part of the world.
(oO As regards trading methods common to the market, direct
importation from the manufacturore in lorign countries is not
often done as most of the local merchants ami have their Agents
in India and in Ira through whom they transact business, both on
ooimission and purchasing basis, the method of ruoting being
almost invariably c.i.f. destination, and f.o.b. T>ort of supply
ing country.
Kuwait, there would appear to be a for more promising field for
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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:
- Folios 73-75, dated 1938, draw attention to the increasing market for Indian products and the potentially increasing field of employment for Indians in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly at Bahrain.
- Folios 66-69, dated 1942, concern the export of tobacco to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Folios 57-64, dated 1946, concern difficulties experienced by merchants in Kuwait in obtaining British goods.
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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- Title
- Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities'
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- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:31v, 32v:126r, 127v, 128v:298v, 307r:355v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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