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PERSIA

The following table shows (in thousands of krans) the values of the chief imports into, and exports from, Persia in 1910-11 and 1911-12 :—

Imports

1910-11

1911-12 1000

Exports

1910-11

1911-12

1000

1000

1000

Krans

Krans

Krans

Krans

Cottons ....

139,076

178,764

Fruits

62,597

57,792

Sugar ....

120,596

128,010

Woollen carjiets

45,138

48,871

Tea

24,822

33,043

Cotton ....

70,360

73,963

Gold and silver bars

42,467

1 79,123

Fish

5,331

8,788

Do. coined.

11,027

Rice

29,210

34,773

Petroleum

6,998

8,389

Gold and silver coined.

33,085

37,645

Yarn ....

11,145

14,584

Gums ....

11,959

16,303

Flour ....

5,326

15,377

Opium ....

13,170

22,500

Woollens ....

14,253

19,392

Wool ....

10,483

11,523

Indigo and cochineal

3,388

3,084

Cocoons ....

16,397

17,933

Haberdasheries

5,425

6,667

Skins ....

15,125

15,575

Rice. . . . •

3,388

3,610

Animals ....

7,417

9,747

Spices ....

4,310

3,217

! Silkstufts

4,624

6,854

Wool ....

2,373

3,761

Cottons. .

2,278

76,922

Animals ....

],345

1,304

Hides ....

6,224

6,776

Matches ....

3,418

3,529

Silk

1,204

1,111

Silks ....

6,0S9

6,576

Wheat and barley.

9,969

18,937

Tin, zinc and lead.

939

1,354

Pearls ....

4,311

2,930

Tobacco ....

2,079

2,569

Woollens ....

1,569

1,991

Copper and nickel.

5,587

6,455

Drugs ....

3,625

1,818

Iron and steel.

3,049

3,754

Timber ....

970

992

Manufactured iron & steel

5,465

8,963

Tobacco ....

2,879

1,864

Timber. . ..

2,030

2,3>8


 * Dyes

1,463

1,547

Eggs of silkworm.

2,587

3,401

Eggs

1,290

1,532

Wheat and barley.

1,494

3,013

Alcohol, Wines and Beer

—

1,391

In the years ending March 20, 1911 and 1912, the distribution of the trade of Persia was mainly as follows ■ —

Imports

Exports

From or to

1910-11

1911-12

1910-11

1911-12

Afghanistan

Germany ....

Austria-Hungary

Belgium ....

China

United States. British Empire. France and Colonies.

Italy

Netherlands and Colonies.

Russia ....

Switzerland

Turkey ....

Muscat ....

Oman

£

82,512

279,549

216,956

162,736

8,068

5,843

3,793,303

273,476

55,637

30,880

4,391,184

24,876

305,308

3,076

47,512

£

113,144 332,522 180,729 198,954

11,750

14,696

4,414,079

229,783

43,046

29,033 5,355,958

16,025

428,816

2,716

27,016

£

48,226

41,770

978

9,128

46,740

100,804

748,257

262,020

79,499

182

5,244,523

385

800,054

4,318

95,601

£

64,782

98,507

1,604

13,491

137,409

128,185

1,107,407

51,812

207,655

6,177

5,685,596

414

757,671

3,848

119,887

Tonnage entered at Bushire, Lingah, Bender Abbas, Mvihamrah, and several smaller ports was : in 1910-11, 1,443,838 tons (1,151,822 British) ; in 1911-12, 1,667,914 tons (1,309,119 British). At Caspian ports in 1910-11, 818,421 tons, all Russian ; in 1911-12, 825,965 tons, all Russian.

Theye ^re trade routes through Trebizond, through Resht and Meshpd