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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [‎114v] (228/313)

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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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14. (c) Growth of foreign competition. —The chief
foreign articles competing with British goods are
Russian piece-goods, oil and sugar, Japanese piece-
goods, Germpp .dyes ami American ; ipotor oars.
15. The competition of Russian sugar is with the
Indian trade though, no doubt, the English (jarryj^g
trade is also affected. Non-Russian imports come
from Java or Belgium, mostly via India.
16. Total Russian imports of kerosene and petrel
dpring the year was
Batmans
■ Kerosene ..... 65,000
Petrol ...... 1,300
which, on the whole, worked out as £th of the quantity
imported by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
17. In piecegoods, on the other hand, the Russians
have made considerable progress, their imports in
prints having increased by 250%. They sell prints
of good quality and design at a price with which
Manchester cannot compete, and this Russian stuff
is now greatly affecting.the sale of Indian check cloth
which has had a good market in Kerman so far.
Japanese piece-goods also compete with the Indian
stuff. Italian thin cotton material, with artificial
silk designs, formerly imported direct, are now obtain
ed through Tehran.
18. German dyes continue to have it all their own
way. Their imports increase gradually and there are
no signs of an effort by the British dye industry to
compete in this line.
19. The sale of motor cars and rubber goods have
increased a good deal. America has the monopoly
of this trade for reasons already known.
20. (d) Popularity of foreign goods due to quality,
price, terms of payment, eic.—The quality and price
of competitive piece-goods have already been dealt
with. Russian sugar is inferior to the sugar imported
via India.aud there is litfle difference in price. Rus
sian oil and petrol are sold at the same price as the
A. P. O. C. products. In respect of credits, however,
the Russians allow retailers up to ,2 months’ credit,
which gives them a .great advantage. German firms
take 20 or 30%.with the order apd the balance against
delivery of goods at port of entry into Persia. British
firms, -for tfie iBQSt patt,, require cash against docu
ments and only in few gases 4 f aw usuance sight
drafts against acceptance of bills.
21. (e) British trade. —The reason for the appre
ciable reduction in the imports of woollen goods has
already been stated. In fact it is difimplt to induce
Persian traders to import British goods direct from
the United Kingdom as the import trade in Kermap
is mainly in the hapds of the British-Indiftns who
work on a system of granting credit to retailers with
payment by instalments, with which it would be
extremely inadvisable for any European fi$m to
compete..
Tjmte.is po one ip thjs city .engaged in the import
trade enjoying capital and standing sufficient to
justify .the description of “ merchant ”. The Indian
traders carry on their business on the old lines and
therefore there seems to be very little scope in Kerman
for expanding the British trade.
22 . If) Overtrading qnd (Oommercial morality.—
Except for the large stocks of piece-goods imported
by tjie .Hindus the market has been normal in this
fespect. Commercial morality continues to be good
and the Imperial Bank of Persia seldom encm^ers
any difficulty in this respect. ^
Z. 'Financial.
23. The carpet trade would appear to have beep
-flourishing during the year under review, particularly
the latter six months thereof, as the Bank’s purchases
of Sterling show an increase over the corresponding
period a year ago. In addition to this there have
ffieen new buyers in the market from Hamadan,
who are largely credited (in company with the Jejfts
buying for London) with raising Ipcal prices.
Fluctuations of exchange have not been such as to
restrict trade, as the general trend has been steady in
an upward direction, which, though at first sight
might be thought to react lightly in restriction of the
import trade, really brings its own compensations
thereto by assisting the export trade and so
putting more money in circulation.
The average selling .rates during the year were
Krans .47-47 -per £ Sterling 1 *
Krans 357-64 per Rs. 100.
Maximum and minimum rates during the year
were :—
Krans 51 and 45-34 per £ Sterling.
Krans 381 and 345 per Rs. 100.
The year under review was not a good agricultural
year and prices have risen considerably in conse
quence. The prospects Tor the morning year are
still more gloomy owing to the failure of spring
props and the appearance of locusts.
24. As regards the foreign capital of the Persian
firms there is nothing to add to what was said in the
last year’s report. The wealthiest of the local
merchants are not mow occupied in foreign commerce
and limit their activities to the management of their
( estates, the marketing of the products thereof
and the granting of loans on mortgages.
In offect the only importing houses of any im
portance at the present time in Kerman are the
British-Indian traders.
3. Taxation.
25. (a) Taxes levied .—No statistics are available
; ip this office. The effect of high customs and road
taxes -on imports from abroad has already been dealt
with above, vide paragraph 10 .
The consumption of sugar and tea has not been
effected by the high nmnopoly taxes. As regards list
qfita^es collected in the province please see last year’s
figures.

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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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