Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’ [‎224r] (447/1095)

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depressing ... ^ _ __ _, _ _ __ _ _ __ lJ .-.
and there has "been nothing in the nature of a slump. The export ^ j0 S
market on the other hand reiiains unaffected by victory in Europe. '• >
Markets for imported goods showed some activity during the-period
Sunder report, as speculators anticipate some rise in prices of
the goods in the near future. 2 . 2 .^ -
PIECE-GOOES . Considerable sales of piece-goods have been•made
Vy the Hu 3 si an Trade Agents &mL in response to deman as from
Tehran. Reports were current in 2a hi dan that owing to lack of
shipping space the quota of cotton piece-goods from United Staoes
of America would not be available in the near future. This
resulted in the price of Indian cloth held by the Customs at
2a hi dan rising from Rials 9 to Rials 16 per yard. The Zahidan
traders however expect a further increase in prices and do not
seem willing to benefit by the current rise.
Reports have been received of an acute shortage of
cloth in Eukran. As all stocks of cotton piece-goods available
at Zahidan are invariably sent up country where they fetch
better prices, the Baluchis from the country side have to meet
their requirements from cloth which is still trlcxling through
in small quantities from Afghanistan via zabul.
CARP ETC . AS a result of telegraphic instructions from New York
TTrms~To. their agents in East Persia to restrict purchases of
carpets the demand* for export has fallen, but prices are
unchanged.
TH«. AND CUGi^R . A rumour spread in Zahidan by hoarders that no
supplies of sugar and tea wo Id be imported into Persia this
year resulted in an increase in the price of sugar to Rials 120
and tea to Rials 960 per Tabriz! man (3 Kilos) at the close of
the month under report. Some business transactions in tea and
sugar were concluded at Meshed by speculators.
EG0E. Shortage of wheat stocks in Meshed caused a rise in local
prices of about 15% . The reason given is of transport difficul
ties from outlying villages but the situation in this respect ^
is far easier than a year ago and the rise in price in face of ^
a bumper harvest is due to nothing but the manioulations of the
official wheat ring.
EP.MIGKT RlPTES • N 0 chan ge.
E XGKAInGE .rates . No change.
I I1P0BTS FROM INDIA 7TA ZA T IIDAT • Statement enclosed.
EXPORTS TO I NDLa. 'VIA ZAHILAK . Statement enclosed.
' Prices of dried fruit have slightly improved in India during the
month. This will somewhat reduce the losses mu w to the slump in
Indian rates expected by the traders who have exported large
quantities of dried fruit to India this year.
x^YAPAQ-E BA T,mj I N ZAHIBA! EOR P:E PRINCI PAL COMMODITIES
IM PORTS
Tee (Superior)
Tea (inferior)
Su gar-
100,000 Rials per 650 lbs
90,000 " *• “ »•
7,700 ” * “ * whole-
Su gar
RECo. Pul. DtPl.
- 1 JUL194F
sale rate fixed by
Kharbar .
[2,000 Rials per 6 50 lbs.
Black market rate.
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