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Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’ [8v] (16/375)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 21 Jan 1946-5 May 1947. 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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896
No. 84 - October - November 1946
This result is, of course, somewhat confirmed by the rise in the index of
wholesale prices, but nevertheless the imports from the USSR, which have been
accounted for at the home iree-market rates (and not at the c. i. f. prices at Ira
nian ports of delivery as in the case of imports from other countries) are not
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altogether ineffective in arriving at these figures. J
The balance of foreign trade during all the years under review shows a
deficit, which in the pre-war years amounted on the average to 171 million rials,
or 22% of the value of imports. While in 1323 this deficit amounted to 1921 million
rials, of 70% of the total value of imports. In other words, the exports have made
up only 30% of the imports in value. In 1324, however, there was a little change
favourable to the country’s trade, as the balance of deficit amounted to 1409 mill
ion rials, or 45% of total imports.
In other words exports have amounted to a little over half of the imports.
Thus the balance of foreign trade is still quite unfavourable for this country, and
the deficit balance amounts to over £. 10,000,000 - a condition which cannot possib
ly be allowed to continue without serious endeavours for its amelioration. Parti
cularly when it is remembered that the balance of trade was favourable for this
country during the years 1318, 1319 and 1320, when exports exceeded imports to
a considerable extent.
The conclusion which may be inferred from the table No. 2, that is to say
the comparison of trade returns of goods only (leaving out the transactions in
precious metals) of the year 1324 with the corresponding figures for the previous
years, does not sensibly change the result obtained from the table No. 1 Because
the figures returned for the year 1323 as regards transactions in precious metals,
while comparatively large, amounted to somewhat less than 80% of the total
foreign trade returns.
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- Content
The file is chiefly comprised of copies, or parts of copies, of Bulletin , a bi-monthly report published by the Bank Melli Iran:
- a complete copy of Bulletin no. 81, Vol XIII April–May 1946 (ff 92-165)
- a complete copy of Bulletin no. 84, Vol XIII October–November 1946 (ff 6-65)
- a supplement to Bulletin No. 82 entitled Iran’s Development Plan (ff 76-88)
- front covers and contents pages to a number of other issues of Bulletin (nos. 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82 and 83)
The two complete copies of Bulletin include reports and data on: foreign trade; foreign exchange rates; prices of gold and silver; weekly rates of exchange on the London market; money situation; details of bank rates of discounts; cost of living index for Iran; indexes of wholesale prices at Tehran; commodity prices; tables of Iranian coinage; lists of companies registered in the previous year.
At the rear of the file, enclosed with a letter dated 21 January 1946 from the British Ambassador at Tehran (Reader William Bullard) is an English translation of the General State Budget (Allotments), tabled by the Iranian Minister of Finance on 23 December 1945 (ff 185-187).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (185 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The two printed booklets that make up the bulk of the file (ff 6-65, ff 92-165) have their own printed pagination systems, which are referred to on contents pages at the front of each booklet (f 7, f 93).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 187; 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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- Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’
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- 92r:165v, 76r:88v, 6r:65v
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- Bank Melli Iran
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