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published in the monthly customs returns for the period. The figures are liable
tx> minor changes when final statistics for the year are published, particularly
in vievv of the fact that the present returns include imports eM franchise :—
Total imports
1931-32.
Rials.
669,220,588
Exports of Persian produce, exclud
ing material oil products ... 718,024,736
Mineral oil products ... ... 1,017,948,566
1932-33.
Rials.
660,277,000
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535,591,049
1,133,661,951-
Total exports
1,735,973,302
1,669,253,000
Imports declined by only 9 million rials as compared with the previous year,
whereas exports of Persian produce, other than mineral oils, declined by
182 million rials. It is customary in Persia to assess the balance of trade by
comparing imports with exports of Persian produce other than oil, and on this
basis there is an adverse balance of 125 million rials, as compared with a
favourable balance last year amounting to 49 million rials. If, however, exports
of oil products are included, a favourable balance of no less than 1,009 million rials
was achieved.
Exports.
(a) Oil Products.
Exports of oil products amounted to 1,133 million rials, an increase over
last year of 116 million rials. Of this total exports to the United Kingdom
accounted for 544 million rials, Egypt for 240 million and France for 132 million
rials.
(b) Other Exports.
Exports to the Soviet Union declined, mainly as a result of the trade dispute
with that country, from 267 million rials or 37 per cent, last year to 103 million
rials or 19 per cent, of total exports this year. The United States took 79 million
rials worth of Persian produce, carpets alone accounting for almost 73 million
rials of this total. Exports to the United Kingdom, at 69 million rials, were
slightly less in value than last year, but the proportion of the total (12-9 per’cent.)
was higher. India accounted for only 42 million rials (7-5 per cent.), less than
half last year s figure, and there was also a decrease in exports to Germany, from
63 to 40 million rials. Exports to Japan were valued at only 6 million rials.
Carpets exported from Persia went mainly to the United States (73 million
rials), the United Kingdom (36 million rials) and Turkey (20 million rials).
The Soviet Union was the main buyer of raw cotton (34 million rials compared
with 104 million rials last year), and smaller quantities were taken by Germany
(6 -75 million rials) and India (5 million rials). Towards the end of the economic
year Japan began to buy small quantities of Persian cotton, and has since bought
considerable quantities, probably largely as a result of the Japanese boycott n of
Indian cotton.
Imports.
Owing to the trade dispute with the Soviet Union during the latter half of
the economic year, imports from that country fell from 274 million rials, or
41 per cent, of the total in 1931-32, to 169 million rials, or approximately 25 per
cent, of the total. Imports from the United Kingdom declined from 93-5 to
79 million rials (12 per cent.), and those from India from 110 to 67 million rials
(10 per cent). Japanese imports more than doubled during the year, the
respective totals being 25 and 55 million rials (8 • 3 per cent.).
Total imports of cotton piece-goods during the year were valued at
164 million rials as compared with 231 million rials last year. This decrease
was presumably largely due to the Perso-Soviet dispute, and imports of cotton
goods from the Soviet Union declined from 124-7 million rials last year to
70-8 million rials this year. Imports from the United Kingdom fell from
42-2 to 29-8 million rials, and those from India from 32-7 to 11 -8 million rials.