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Coll 28/38 ‘Persia. Trade. Trade Tables 1929/30 to’ [104r] (207/483)
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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3
Exports.
(A) Mineral Oils.
In the year under review the A.I.O.C. shipments of oils are given as
8,266,079,788 kilog. of a value of 1,680,064,372 rials (£21,762,491 17*. 4d.). The
principal countries of destination were :—
United Kingdom
Approximate
tons.
3,405,970
(1,000
rials.)
678,514
Union of South Africa ...
1,341,040
322,432
India
767,070
142.076
ttgypt
441,050
96.449
Aden
524,880
83,979
Italy
271,040
59.039
Iraq
220,020
47,322
Australia ...
208,720
45,954
Norway
231,460
40,385
Sweden
83,480
19,165
France
104,570
18,629
Switzerland
90.890
18,142
Germany ...
31,338
5,446
(B) Other Exports —
The principal exports were :—
Raw cotton
20,992
118,189
Wool and hair ...
10,599
117,843
Carpets
2.922
106,847
Raisins
29,964
67,113
Gum tragacanth
3,587
52,320
Casings
488
34,998
Lambskins
219
33,798
Apricots ...
4,841
30,023
Almonds ...
3,811
23,376
Raw skins
3,373
16,789
Opium
132
14,644
Tanned hides
1,165
14.195
Exports to Germany, which was the largest consumer of Iran’s produce,
amounted to 393,332,442 rials (£5,094,980) the highest figure recorded, repre
senting 48-9 per cent, of commercial exports. The principal exports were:
wool, hair and carded wool 9,318 tons valued at 107,475,883 rials; raw cotton
11,692 tons, 65,905,100 rials; raisins 25,390 tons, 58,129,290 rials; carpets 915 tons,
40,273,250 rials; apricots 4,400 tons, 28,770.400 rials; lambskins 95 tons,
20,969,100 rials; casings 243 tons, 19,859,400 rials; gum tragacanth 819 tons,
13,150,420 rials; and tanned hides, 883 tons, 11,859,140 rials.
The United States of America were the next best customers, with
92,888,160 rials (£1,203,210) or 11-5 per cent, of the total. The principal com
modities sold to the United States were 1,154 tons of carpets valued at
40,541,190 rials; 1,227 tons of gum tragacanth, 17,823,390 rials; and 220 tons of
casings, 13,744,870 rials.
Exports to the United Kingdom amounted to 74,544,590 rials (£965,600)
representing 9-2 per cent. The principal exports were 458 tons of carpets of a
value of 14,958,710 rials; 633 tons of gum tragacanth, 10,300,450 rials; lambskins
102 tons, 10,545,880 rials; and 1,143 tons of almonds, 10,239.060 rials.
Exports to India were valued at 56,734,500 rials (£734,910), or 7 per cent.
The chief exports were 2,333 tons of almonds, 15,184,090 rials; 1,994 tons of
spices, 12,169,770 rials; and forage and various plants amounting to 6,410 tons
valued at 9,074,300 rials.
Japan took 8,751 tons of raw cotton, valued at 49,253,340 rials, and 365 tons
of gum tragacanth valued at 3,352,360 rials. These two commodities almost
account for the total exports, which were 52.818.250 rials (£684.174). No opium
exports figure in the Tableau general.
The U.S.S.R., apart from the Caspian fisheries products of fish and caviar.
9,323 tons valued at 18,214,600 rials (£235.940), only took various small items
valued at 343,286 rials (£4,446).
[16-12] B 2
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 15r:15v, 27r:27v, 49r:54v, 65r:68v, 79r:226v, 228r:241v, back
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