Value of Imports, Exports, Re-Exports, and Transit Trade, between 1922-1944, in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 462. Chapter XIII: Section 2: Foreign Trade of Palestine

CHAPTER XIII.
VALUE OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS, HE-EXPORTS AND TRANSIT TRADE.
1922-1944.
Year Imports Exports Re-exports Transit
trade
LP. LP. LP. LP.
1922 5,726,241 1,388,555 193,750 406,008
1923 4,948,908 1,412,520 240,056 241,820
1924 5,401,384 1,231,602 145,479 202,195
1925 7,526,657 1,330,830 148,283 126,049
1926 6,594,098 1,808,333 179,620 109,807
1927 6,184,454 1,899,759 246,592 181,029
1928 6,770,818 1,487,207 177,802 177,447
1929 7,166,593 1,554,262 197,671 265,501
1980 6,985,258 1,896,095 182,222 155,885
1981 5,940,000 1,572,061 251,888 177,162
1932 7,768,920 2,881,401 248,607 196,376
1938 11,123,489 2,591,617 819,802 187,883
1934 15,152,781 3,217,562 283,946 239,575
1935 17,853,493 4,215,486 300,671 828,088
1936 13,979,028 3,625,233 642,298 513,252
1937 15,903,666 5,813,536 636,092 828,149
1938 11,856,968 5,020,868 663,217 671,915
1939 14,632,822 5,117,769 848,682 549,872
1940 12,560,812 4,072,823 188,140 796,276
1941 18,824,983 4,216,256 662,021 913,889
1942 21,875,222 8,676,899 679,780 8,046,728
1943 27,202,900 12,752,351 492,567 6,204,209
1944 36,228,716 14,638,464 965,131 6',988,212
It will be seen that, apart from the year 1931 which was a year of world depression, the value of imports has shown a steady upward trend from £P.5.7 million in 1922 to £P.36.2 million in 1944; while the value of exports has risen from £P .1.4 million in 1922 to £P.14.6 million in 1944. These increases amount to 533 per cent. in the case of imports and 956 per cent. in the case of exports during the 23 years of Palestine's foreign trade.

62. The next table shows the value of imports, exports and total merchandise trade per head of population.

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