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Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax;.—(Received April 9.)
(No. 83 E.)
My Lord, Tehran, March 19, 1940.
WITH reference to Sir Horace Seymour’s despatch No. 166 E . of the
11th May, 1939, I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship, under separate
cover, one copy of the Tableau general issued by the Iranian Customs for the
nine months the 22nd June, 1938, to the 21st March, 1939. It is obvious that
the calculation of the economic year June to June, introduced in 1931, has now
been abandoned, and the Persian year, March to March, is to be adopted again.
A memorandum prepared by the commercial secretary on the foreign trade of
Iran during the period is enclosed.
2. Both commercial imports and exports, exclusive of oil, show a decline,
when allowance is made for the three months short, as compared with the previous
twelve months. The adverse balance is, however, considerably less, the figure
being only £1,220,293 as compared with £3,712,500 in 1938.
3. Duty free imports of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company amounted to the
impressive figure of £7,320,315, of which £6,379,300 were from the United
Kingdom. Exports of the company’s oils are valued at £16,220,100.
4. Copies of this despatch are being sent to the Department of Overseas
Trade, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department, and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
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Enclosure.
Memorandum on Iran's Foreign Trade in the Nine Months June 22, 1938,
to March
21, 1939.
THE Customs Tableau general published in the first week of March 1940
gives statistics for nine months, so presumably the Customs are reverting to the
Iranian year and giving up the economic year which was adopted in 1931.
The figures for the nine months, and figures for the previous year, are
as follows : —
June 1937- June 1938-
June 1938. March 1939.
1,000 rials.
, 1,000 rials.
Commercial imports
Duty free imports ...
970,012
(£12,049,840)
424,866
(£5,277,848)
562,148
(£6,983,201)
623,895
(£7,750,250)
Value of goods in transit ...
Value of goods re-exported ...
Value of goods transhipped
1,394,878
(£17.327,688)
1,186,043
(£14,733,451)
48,509
(£602,597)
1,747
(£21,703)
4,277
(£53,128)
Total imports
1,240,576
(£15,410,879)
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