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Coll 28/38 ‘Persia. Trade. Trade Tables 1929/30 to’ [‎159r] (317/483)

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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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sterling; equivalent showing a large increase of £4,423,962, owing to the lower
rate of conversion in 1937. The principal countries of destination were :
United Kingdom
Egypt ...
Aden
South Africa
India
Italy
Australia
A pproximate
tons.
2,836,653
1,073.710
844.129
500,014
573.488
399,667
314.925
Rials.
644,328.300
193.311,710
115,875,250
113,246,680
89,740.300
74,922.240
69.900,800
(B1 Other Exports .—Exports to the U.S.S.R., including Caspian Fisheries
exports, amounting to 281,333,227 rials (£3 494 820), represented just over
40 per cent, of the total exports, exclusive of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company so
shipments; last year the percentage was 30-2 per cent. Germany s share of
exports was 19-8 per cent, in 1937, so these two countries absorbed about 60 per
cent, of ordinary exports. The principal exports to the U.S.S R. were cotton
86-7 million rials, lambskins 32-2 million rials, wool 29 1 million rials, nee
26-8 million rials and almonds 20 million rials; whilst Germany took carded wool
and goat’s hair 34-7 million rials, casings 20-3 million rials, carpets 15-2 million
rials, cereals 13 7 million rials, hides and skins 10-3 million rials, apricots, gums
Exports of carpets improved from 121-2 million rials to 150‘2 million rials
in 1936 37. The United States was the most important buyer with 60-1 million
rials, the United Kingdom being second with 34-8 million rials.
Annex to Enclosure.
Imports from Principal Importing Countries.
(Exclusive of non-dutiable goods.)
I.
U.S.S.R
Germany ...
United Kingdom ...
United States
Japan
India
1935-36.
1,000 rials.
241,108
119,112
84,905
83,247
78,274
56,530
1936-37.
1,000 rials.
277,858
190,412
65.880
81,455
33,616
89,546
II .—Imports of Cotton Piece-Goods.
Total imports
163,183
127,821
U.S.S.R
81,980
82,535
Japan
United Kingdom
52,710
14,910
13,546
18,892
India
8,260
6.926
Germany ...
24
1.856
III .—Imports of Pure Woollens.
Total
19,462
30,498
United Kingdom ...
6,620
5,908
Belgium ...
4,390
3,268
France
2,920
1,531
Germany ...
1,440
14,547
Italy
1,620
260

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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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1 file (240 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 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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