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Trade balance of “commercial ’ imports and exports shows a favourable
balance of 60,355,608 rials (£919,635). In the previous year the favourable
balance was 191.724,251 rials (£2,483,475).
Official conversion rates were 77-20 rials to £1 in 1939-40 and 65-63 rials
in 1940-41. '
Imports (exclusive of duty-free imports).
Germany was the biggest exporter to Persia with a total of 370,630,604 rials
(£5,647,270), or 41 per cent, of the total of commercial imports. I he principal
imports were: iron and steel ware, 65,829,800 rials; paper, 57,719,400 rials;
cotton piece-goods, 51,270,200 rials; dyes and colours, 34,779,000 rials; machinery
and electrical appliances, 33,699,400 rials; pharmaceutical specialities, 18,868,500
rials; iron, pig-iron and steel, 17,504.900 rials; woollens, 7,313,700 rials.
U.S.S.R. was the next biggest exporter, with a total of 83,730,000 rials
(£1,275,800), 9 per cent, of the total imports. Principal imports were : cotton
piece-goods, 33,325,600 rials; sugar, 9,875,200 rials; iron, pig-iron and steel,
5,919,600 rials; machinery, 3,382,200 rials, and worked wood, 3,774,000 rials.
Thanks to sugar, 59.193,000 rials, and tea, 18,758,900 rials, the Netherlands
East Indies came third in the list of imports, with a total of 79.254,100 rials
(£1,207,600).
India came next with a total of 78,259,800 rials (£1,192,400), due chiefly to
imports of tea, 48,554,000 rials; wheat. 13,745,100 rials; and cement,
5,461,500 rials.
United States of America imports amounted to 72,505,400 rials (£1,104,700),
comprising tyres and tubes, 17,443,600 rials; automobiles and lorries, 14,111,100
rials; iron, ore and steel, 14.494.500 rials; and iron and steel ware, 13,286,400
rials (including rails).
The United Kingdom share was 67,020,400 rials (£1,021,200), chiefly cotton
piece-goods, 17.237,700 rials; iron and steel ware, 17,417,700 rials (including
rails).
Imports from Japan amounted to 43,232,400 rials (£658,730), the bulk being
cotton piece-goods, 24,615,400 rials, and explosives, 4,424.700 rials.
Imports (duty-free imports).
•The total value of duty-free imports amounted to 153,788,426 rials
(£2,343,260), of which 126,817,042 rials (£1,932,300) were imports of the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company, whose principal imports were iron, galvanised iron, boilers,
tanks, tubes, &c., and machinery spare parts. The United Kingdom’s share of
the duty-free imports were 100,051,000 rials (£1,524,500). United States
of America’s free imports were 26,547,000 rials (£404,490), principally steel and
ironware. Germany’s share amounted to 9.123,000 rials (£139,000), mostly for
the Persian Administrations and the match factory An East India Company trading post. at Tabriz. India supplied
goods to a value of 3,380,000 rials (£51,500), and Iraq 4,646,000 rials (£70,800).
Tables showing the values of “commercial'’ imports from the principal
importing countries are attached.
Exports.
(A) Mineral Oils and Products.
Shipments of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company during the year 1319 were
7,032,330 tons valued at 1,313,591,268 rials (£20,015,100).
The principal countries of destination were :—
Approximate
tons.
1,000 rials.
(1) Great Britain and Ireland ...
3.272,380
597,812
(2) Union of South Africa
1.394,852
276,084
(3) India ...
716,655
127,050
(4) Egypt..
414,135
81,371
(5) Australia
231,107
48,783
(6) Aden ...
186.424
33,670
(7) Ceylon
167.727
27,477
(8) Norway
155,952
26.239
(9) Italy
105,520
23,278
(10) Iraq
115.919
22,279