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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
