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, fication is due to the not altogether perfect forwarding
arrangements from Bander Abbas) and absolutely
certain of the price to be paid which no longer
depends on the needs of the consumer coupled with
the cupidity of the erstwhile profiteer.
Sugar.
The noticeable decline in imports this year is
due to two causes: (a) there were large stocks left
over from last year’s imports ; (6) owing to the
imposition of the sugar duty prices rose and demand
fell. One firm, for instance, which imported 500
bags of sugar into Kerman last year (value About
krans 135,000) imported none this year : and the
Hindus complain that they cannot get rid of even
the reduced stocks they now hold. The people are
poorer than last year owing to the general rise in
prices, and consume far less sugar and far less con
fectionery.
Tea.
Imports last year appear to have been under,
estimated. Apart from that there have been cons-
siderable imports this year as there were no stocks
in hand at the beginning of the year.
(6) Exports.
Glass a^d China Ware.
Even with the reduced imports sales have been
very poor : only about -joth of the value importt^^
The market was glutted before.
Alizarine, etc .—The imports have been less than
last year but not quite to the extent indicated by
the figures (42,000 as against 130,000 krans) for the
price has come down : Alizarine which was 24 krans
per lb. packet last year selling at 14 krans this year.
Cochineal.
The reduction in imports appears to be due to
two causes : (a) lessened demand owing, partly, to
high price : and (b) the fact that last year’s figures
included re-exports to Meshed which now, it seems,
imports via Duzdab.
The items numbered 17 to 33 have been added
in this year’s table in order to make it more compre
hensive and in order to illustrate the increased
consumption of British goods which is commented
on in Section 5 (a) of this report.
TABLE II.
The following table gives the approximate value of the prineipal exports from Kerman this year and
last year.
Articles.
Value in
krans 1,000
1925-26.
Value in
krans 1,000
1924-25:
Destination.
Remarks.
Carpets and tribal rugs • • • • *
13,000
13,336
(see Table III).
Almonds .•••••
217
240
India.
Pistachios . • • •
48*
1,200
Boston U. S. A.
Raw skins
3f
30
India.
Cotton ....«•••
[ 1,748*
2,800
Total
15,016
17,606
*The decrease is due to a particularly bad harvest last year.
t The decrease is due partly to large mortality among cattle during the year owing to disease, and- partly to consider
able exports to Yezd for use by leather merchants therei ,. A f xa /• v,- u e i f
x Decrease/ is due to low price on account of inferior quality of cotton (in which connection, see bectiond (a) of
this repoit). '