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Coll 28/38 ‘Persia. Trade. Trade Tables 1929/30 to’ [79r] (157/483)
The record is made up of 1 file (240 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1931-7 Jan 1944. It was written in English and French. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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September 22, 1942.
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—[Received September 22.)
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(No. 304 E.)
Sir, Tehran, September 14, 1942.
I HA\ E tihe honour to report that the Persian Customs Administration
have recently published the annual trade statistics for the financial year 1320,
which corresponds to the period from the 21st March, 1941, to the 20th March,
1942. This publication is in Persian. The French edition is expected to be
published soon and copies will be sent to you as soon as they are available.
2. Persia’s total foreign trade during this period amounted to
2,659,634,719 rials in value, divided up as is shown in the following table :—
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Imports—
Commercial imports ...
Imports exempt from payment of customs
duties
Total ...
Exports—
Commercial exports ...
Oil products of the Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company ...
Fishery products of the Caspian Fishery
Company ...
Total ...
Transit traffic—
Goods that have passed through in con
formity with transit regulations or have
been returned to the country of origin ...
Goods that have not passed in transit in
conformity with the regulations and
have been returned to the country of
origin or re-exported to another country
Goods transhipped in Persian waters
Rials.
613,853,988
177,241,664
791,095,652
811,910,558
1,011.336,866
13,662,144
1,836.909.568
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22,253,296
518,282
8.857,921
5507
3. The Tehran newspapers remark with satisfaction that in spite of the
difficult period covered by the statistics—it includes events liable to interrupt
commerce temporarily, such as the Anglo-Russian occupation, after which many
importers had to change over from Axis to Allied sources of supply—Persian
foreign trade has not suffered overmuch from the effects of the war.
4. In fact this country is in the fortunate position of having considerable
stocks of certain goods of which a shortage might have been expected because of
the war. On the other hand, there is no more than a semblance of price control.
5. The opportunity which Persian traders have enjoyed until quite recently,
of continuing to place orders (and consequently open credits) abroad and of
obtaining shipping space for other than essential goods, has had its favourable
effect on the exchange situation, counteracting in some degree the heavy expendi
ture of the British military authorities and the United Kingdom Commercial
Corporation in this country.
6. On the other hand, a system of import control based on that of the Middle
East Supply Centre has now been imposed by the Persian Government. It
remains to be seen whether Persian trade circles will adjust themselves easily
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Copies of correspondence sent by the British Legation at Tehran (including Commercial Secretary F A G Gray, and Envoys Extraordinary & Ministers Plenipotentiary, Horace James Seymour, Reader William Bullard), distributing and providing comment on Persian [Iranian] foreign trade statistics, generally in the form of quarterly returns. Included amongst the correspondence are copies of statistical tables illustrating various aspects of Persian foreign trade, arranged under the headings of imports and exports, and further organised by commodities and trading partners. The papers provide illustration of changes in trading patterns into and out of Persia prior to and during the Second World War.
The file includes several copies of a Bulletin Mensuel des Douanes (Monthly Customs Bulletin), published by the Administrator General of Customs in the Government of Iran’s Ministry of Finance. The bulletins, which are written in French, cover the periods July/August 1942 (ff 69-78), October/November 1942 (ff 55-64), November/December 1942 (ff 39-48), December 1942/January 1943 (ff 28-38), January/February 1943 (ff 16-26), and June/July 1943 (ff 5-14).
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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 241; 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 2-241; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/38 ‘Persia. Trade. Trade Tables 1929/30 to’
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 15r:15v, 27r:27v, 49r:54v, 65r:68v, 79r:226v, 228r:241v, back
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