Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia [‎22r] (43/252)

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PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE.
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India?* 6 qUantitieS of indi g°-dyed shirtings are imported from
Under the heading of Bleached and Unbleached Tissues refer,
ence is made to the manner in which these Mexicans n’hin nr
regbns. ^ have dis P ,aced the home-made kerbaz in these
/Carun.—The business in Muhammerah is largely in the hands
whfrT tra 1 ders t dealln S much in odd lots and auctioned goods
which can be placed on the market at low prices. ’
R J‘. may , b ® . not lced that previous to the establishment of the
Bc'gian administration of the Customs, these fevvish traders
combined in an arrangement with the Sheikh of Muhammerah to
^X'f.ooa S dUty ° n their imp ° rtS f ° r a yearIy lum P sum
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .—lfo Bunder Abbas, Bushire, and, more recentlv
Ahwaz routes supply Central Persia, Kerman, Yezd and
Khorassan Perhaps ,o per cent, of the imports of’cotton tissues
may be in fancy goods, such as tulles, plushes, &c.: the rest are
believed to be pretty equally divided between white and erev
shirtings and dyed and printed tissues. The import of Russian
textiles by their steamers from Odessa to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has
had no appreciable effect on British trade in these regions.
■ c, RuSsian firm has established agencies in Shiraz and Ispahan
n Shiraz the goods offered by them up to March roo-i did not seem’
prTces A^ the^ t0 , ^- arket - ^ were offered at ver^W
p ces. As the firm deals in assorted bales at an average nrire
quaikfesfs'nVt po^ible 3 " SySt6m ' " C ° mpariSOn qf pnCeS " f ^ uai
Persian traders purchase largely from British importers in
Bushire and consign their goods to partners or correspondents in
in these nd Dla S c P es han Th° TT 'TV'’ 6 Br ‘r tish trade ^established
in tnese places. The direct dealings of Persian tr^dpr?
Bombay and Manchester are less important.
Russian printed and dyed goods have now estab-
rpn ln . Is P ahan - The firm alluded to just now is
eported to have sold prints to the value of 20,000/. in the last 18
months (September .903), and to have contracts running for
e ivery of an equal amount. In opening their business thevga-e
an undertaking along with their first couple of hundred biles 7 fold
to receive back any pieces not found suitable for the market ’
hey have al ready brought down a large assortment of stuffs for
a certain part of which they have found a sale apparently at
remunerative prices, and it is said they intend to bdng a area
number of sample goods, say half a bale of each kind, to test the
market in many different lines. They sell also for delivery in
Teheran, where they are not represented. This firm does quite
the largest business m Russian goods, such as muslins prims
and dyed tissues, black Italians, cotton velvets, &c., but not in
red-ground prints, which are mostly goods of another Russian
firm bought in Teheran, and disposed of on the Ispahan market to
the extent of perhaps i,ooo bales yearly.
Still, although Russian competition is distinctly felt, it has not
made a serious impression on the British trade in Ispahan The
Ferahan district and Sultanabad still deal largely with Ispahan in
dent^b g00dS, a th ° Ugh Russian P rints ar e also much in evi-
Another competition, perhaps as serious to the Ispahan traders
and certainly more aggravating, is that from Hamadan. Importers
by that route are apparently able from time to time to place croods
on the Ispahan markets at lower prices than the Ispahan merchant
is willing to accept. An instance was cited of a red twill which
was found to arrive in Ispahan 5 or 6 krans dearer than the same