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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [‎96r] (191/313)

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The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1925-20 Apr 1943. 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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Trade Report of the Kerman Consular District for the year
ending 21 st March 1931.
4* 1. Trade.'
1. (a) General Conditions .—The total value of
imports into Kerman for the year under review,
given in Appendix I, shows a decrease, as compared
with the previous year, of over 2 million Krans.
This was in spite of the fall in the value of Krans,
vide para. 20 below.
2 . The imports by the Hindu traders during the
year amounted to only Krs. 2,719,280, being a
decrease of about 1 Krs. 2,128,000 on the previous
year’s total; This, apart from the decrease in the
import trade in general, was due to two of the five
Hindu firms having closed down early in the year.
3. The rise'in the .figure for tea is due to the fact
that, in the preceding two years, the import of that
article by the Hindu traders only was taken into
account.
4. The introduction of the Exchange Control
Regulations followed at the latter part of the year
by the Forfeign Trade Monopoly Law was the chief
cause of the fall in the imports, while contributing
to increase the export trade, the total value of which
was about 300,000 Krans in excess of that of the
previous year.
5. Owing , to the depreciation of the Kran and the
difficulty in obtaining exchange for the import of
foreign articles, the prices of all foreign goods locally
rose considerably, in some cases to as much as 100
per cent, or more, especially those of commodities
mostly in demand, such as the cheaper kinds of cotton
piece-goods, etc.
6 . The economic condition of the Province was
decidedly worse than it had been for many years
past and carpet weaving, the only stable industry
of Kerman, ceased to pay, on account of the rise
in the price of the necessaries of life. The carpet
firms, moreover, stopped giving fresh orders and
only those weavers who had means of their own
or who could borrow at high rates of interest, wer«
in a position to carry on.
7. {b) New Items of Trade .—There have been no
new items of trade of any importance. Some
attempts were made by traders at Bam to export
liquorice root to India, but the amount of trade
done in this article has so far been negligible.
8 . (c) New Trade Channels .—No new trade
channels were made during the year. The Kerman-
Bandar Abbas motor road continued to remain
the main trade route and its only competitor, the
Kerman-Duzdab road, was used even less than
before, as no attempt was' made to improve it in
any way.
(d)' Growth of Foreign Competition and Danger
to British Interests Resulting Therefrom .—Russia
continues to remain the only dangerous competitor.
In spite of the fact of having decreased her commit
ments to a considerable extent during the latter
half of the year, Russian imports increased bv about
50 per cent., as will be seen from Appendix IV. Her
share in the import of kerosine and petrol was one-
fourth and oiie-third respectively of that of the
Anglo Persian Oil Company, as compared with
about one-fifth and one-fourth in the year 1929-30.
Her imports of cotton piece-goods were Krans
1,100,000 against Krans 770,000 and 397,000
imported by Great Britain and India respectively
while she handled about 50 per cent, of the sugar
trade, af the expense of Java and Belgium, as com
pared with 25 per cent, in the previous year.
10. Germany’s share of the import trade dropped
from 7 to 4 per cent. This was chiefly owing to
German synthetic dyes haying lost much of their
popularity in so far as their use in the carpet industry
is concerned. The fact that these dyes alter very
little even by chemical washing in New York
seems to make them unsuitable when used in the
manufacture of carpets in combination with other
dyes, not as fast coloured. The total value of
synthetic dyes imported into - Kerman was only
about £750.
11. (e) The Russians—Their Trading Methods —
Popularity—Success or Failure .—The introduction of
the Foreign Trade Monopoly Law, detrimental as
it is to the import of goods from other foreign
countries, promises to be advantageous to Russia,
with her system of barter.
Early in the year the Bureau Perse advertised
in. the local papers the opening of their branches in
Kerman, Sirj an, Rafsinjan, Yezd and Bandar Abbas
for forwarding goods from and to the last mentioned
place. They also offered to ship goods by Soviet
vessels to any part of the World from Bandar Abbas.
The advantage to Russia in having a competent
Trade Representative in Kerman cannot be over
rated.
12 . (/) Credit offered by Foreign Firms as opposed
to those granted by British Firms .—In cqnsequence
of the change in trade conditions brought about by
the introduction of the New Trade Monopoly Law
and Exchange Control Regulations, the actual credit
offered by foreign firms abroad would not appear
to be as important as it used to be. Henceforward
the only credit inducive to trade would have to be
local.

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Printed trade reports for the Kerman Consular District in Persia [Iran], submitted by a succession of British Consuls for Kerman (Henry Duncan Graves Law; John Hunter Davies; Edward William Charles Noel; Cecil Henning Lincoln; George Arthur Falconer).

The contents of the reports vary from one year to another, but usually feature summaries of: the district’s financial situation; foreign trade; taxation; military affairs (commandeering of equipment, conscription); agriculture; industry (including textiles and carpet manufacture); communications and transport; state undertakings and control of trade; public utilities; social conditions (standard of living, unemployment, public health); information for travellers. Most reports include appendices with statistical data on trade, including: imports and exports at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; imports and exports of key commodities into and out of Kerman; prices of foodstuffs; imports of Russian and Japanese goods.

Each report is preceded by 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. minute papers containing handwritten comments on the enclosed report. Many of the reports have pencil annotations.

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 (154 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 156; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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