"كتيّب الجزيرة العربية المُعد تحت إشراف القسم التاريخي لوزارة الخارجية – رقم ٩٠". [‎١‎٠‎١] (١٤٨/١١٦)

FOREIGN COMMERCE
101
The exports of raw hides to the United Kingdom,
and of goat-skins to France, showed a notable increase
between 1909 and 1913. Turkey, once a large
customer, had dropped out by 1913.
In 1916 the import of hides from Africa was about
stationary, while that from the mainland by camel had
greatly decreased. The United 1 Kingdom and e
United States took goods to the value of £545,000 and
£438,000 respectively, but the increase in quantity did
not correspond to the increase in price.
Coffee exported from Aden was formerly chieiiy ot
Arabian origin, but since 1914 less has been received
from Arabia, while the African has held its ground, so
that coffee has become more and more an article o
trans-shipment. Comparing the trade m 1900, lylo,
and 1916, we get the following figures:—
1909
1913
1916
Place of origin—
llodeida ..
Mokha ..
Jibuti and Obokh
Jeizan
British Somaliland (A.byssinia),.
Country of destination-
France ..
United States ..
United Kingdom
Africa
Germany..
Austria ..
Italy
f
151,000
64,000
123,000
10,000
148,000
79,000
42,000
31,000
29,000
17,000
15,000
£
167,000
43,000
170,000
8,000
103,500
145,000
24,000
60,000
17,000
19,000
28,000
£
10,000
117,000
73,000
11,000
48,000
38,000
49,000
95,000
16,000
Up to 1914 the Aden coffee trade was steadily
increasing at the expense of Hodeida; the Tiirko-
Italian War brought about an abnormal increase m
1912, which was not maintained later. The great de
cline'of 1916 is largely in Arabian coffee, the imports
at Aden from Jeizan having failed to come up to the
large import from Hodeida of previous years. A