Foreign Trade of Palestine: Quantity And Value of Principle Articles Imported, 1942 -1944, in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba). British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 469. Chapter XIII: Section 2

CHAPTER XIII.

75. The quantities and values of principal articles imported in the last three years are given in the following table :-

QUANTITY AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED, 1942-1944.

I 1942 1943 1944
Commodity Unit Quantity I Va.lne !Quantity Value
Quantity Vaine
£P. LP. £P.
Oiaas 1-Fooo. DRINK
AND TOBACCO
Barley T~n 9,656 166,340 18,745 410,840 84,042 2.980,910
Ha.rricot beans 26 686 2,180 107,556 1,481 '11,900
Chick pea.a " "' 29,87" 1,718 90,102 I,OS6 4.0,846
Lentils " 8,827 llS,Ul 1,804 88,038 8,107 112,009
M:a.ize " 8,597 124,540 " 685 1,296 29,286
Malt .. 6?8 86,658 1,667 93,897 2,157 117,9tl
Millet, unhnsked " 911 15,916 23,508 504,328 5,528 189,Stl
Rough & clean rice " 2,772 63,987 4,2<12 187,081 6,797 289,869
Wheat " 95,888 1,752.299 '74,840 2,249,97'l 104,567 8,249,708
Wheat flour " 86,280 714.,577 84,007 975,528 26,890 801,069
Bakieh, oelbane1i "
and kenem1eh 998 89,280 1,98'7 88,642 2,471 81,762
Cake and meal of "
8.sh and meat. 2,813 77.407 5ll 12,261 '" 22,660
Cake and meal of
rape, soya., nut "
seed and oil seed 11,762 141,271 4,712 63,991 U,466 181,449
Hay, tibben & bran " 9,851 80,979 20,067 279,258 7,~4 lOfi,786
Cattle & buffaloes,
a.e.e.) No. 20.628 E98,6H 12,620 299,114 19,567 626,080
Goa ts and kids " 19,888 48,727 M,70<1 116,109 40,918 l.62,796
Bbeep and la.m ba " 102,646 221,405 91,211 410,797 166,611 782,698
Cheese, in brine
and other Ton llS 20,109 "' 85,801 *** 1G6,886
Ergs 1000 8,8'5 80,018 1,009 24,74( 1,968 29.158
Condensed milk Ton *** 46,972 60 6,258 *** SS,188
Milk powder and "
milk food(*) 1,079 60,897 84 8,<169 l,056 186,IK>&
Samneh " 10? 18,527 *** 103,589 *** 203,215
Fresh fruits reseted-
ing citrus fruit) " ...*. 10f,Of8 7,417 814,898 6,797 829,815
Edible nuts, in shell " 90? aa.saa 621 88,499 1,450 206,865
Edible nuts, with• "
out shell 1?5 26,927 *** 118,450 *** 202,984.
Fresh vegetables " 8,845 88.695 4,919 132.600 tl,787 176,554
Fruit juice un- "
eweetenedt-") "' 8,756 1,490 106,041 29'l 16,70'1
Oocoa. beans, raw " 2,946 166,500 2,457 282,8.'W 401 45,771
Cocoa. butter " 8'5 61,468 "' 40,472 108 21,67'1
Coffee beans, raw " l,969 157,222 2,197 228,789 601 90,618
Fish in brine " 969 88,591 2,188 2<15,882 1,203 145,020
Fish, dry salted "
or smoked 9S 2,206 898 4.2,815 1.665 185,185
Fish, fresh or frozen " 1,017 U15,615 696 142,229 1,284 22'7,505
Fish in tin11 " 268 42,905 507 188,068 615 216,209
Apricot paste " "' 20,277 ?68 84,899 BIB 2'1,272
Dried fruits " 8,846 Bll,149 7,90? 466,54.5 7,181 406,913
Fate, edible, n.e.e. " ?66 56,020 sos 86,588 I lll'l
Seeds, edible " ass 25,705 008 15,245 *** 80,719
Spices " "' 71,949 149 86,096 .,, 66,500
Starch " 418 25,784 89 11,819 '" 86,240
Sugar " 18,081 471,HS 2.B,4fi7 681,120 17,181 490.882
rea " '" 171,753 ,,. 48,4.23 129 83,988
OTHER articles Kilo 92,264 84,540 106,528 118,946 100,889 1~9.511
Tobacco leaves. un- " 489,480 188,029 501,().18 251,589
manufactured 193,612 60,918
Other artrolea in 430,863 - 681,959
ctaee I - - 680,~57 -
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TotaI class I 7,067,885 9,0~.284 H,285,186
* Including 535 tons of dried leban, to the value of .£P.68,629, imported from Syria and Trans-Jordan in 1944.

** Including dibs, t.e. concentrated fruit juice such as grapes, etc.

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