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CHAPTER XIII.
QUANTITY AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED 1
1942-1944 (Contd.)
l 1942 1943 1944
Commodity I Unit IQuantity/ Value Quantity/ Value Quantity Value
CLASS IL-RAW I I £P. I £P. I £P.
MATERIALS & ARTIC•
LES llAJNLY UN•
JUNUFACTURED
Coal. other I '.9" I 125,~~ \ ss~::~i I 1~:i: I :~:gi1 I :::~g I 88,54.5
Sulphur 74,089
Boards or planks
of ebony, ma.110-
gany, sandal, oak,
rose, beech, nut- I 1,537 I
wood & gum wood l!3 S,185 83,162 86,646 271 l H,840
Board or pla.nks, "
other 030 10,624 1,879 56,404 4,HO 144.912
Cotton, raw T~n 1,221 91,26-l 2,843 828,228 2.800 827,Hi9
Wool, raw 87 24,576 150 51,782 *** 67,794
Copra. 7,736 24.8,959 5,921 229,921 10,685 884,115
Groundnuts
decorticated U,782 404,485 8,655 277,439 21,fll2 841,568
Crude petroleum 2,058,096 1,629,182 2,849,360 6,961,884 S,868,808 8,319,518
Cotton seed 22,240 201,025 1,898 20,719 9,654 104,095
Linseed 8,878 95,015 814 80,251 680 27,569
Sesame seed 579 H,881 s.ns 849,485 7,881 291,705
Cattle, camel or
horse hides. raw
or dried 1,562 187,906 l,H>G 182,668 1,463 292,154
Sheep or goat hides, "
raw or dried 956 87,BOG 899 242,959 200 79,195
Locust beans
(carobs) 13,828 US,705 20,128 248,781 94,770 862,658
Agricultural seeds Carat 1,758 75,919 1,891 101,790 4,782 259,188
Rough diamond 189,087 881,179 *Bl,802 1,198,426 416,039 1,522,361
Diamonds, cut or
polished Ton 1,886 66,754 628 67,007 2,000 183,074
Tanning substances 8,224 1117,7:!6 2,472 86,784 2,079 61,383
Other articles in -
class II 424,972 829,682 403,698
Total class II -15.W.259 -- 10,860,611 ___ 18,784,120
CLASS III.-ARTICLES
WROLLY OR MAINLY
MANIFACTURED
Pig iron Ton I.SOO 29,269 2,SS6 49,818 '" 8,847
Iron bars, rods or " 48,255
angles 1,628 77l 19,'751 l,379 42,SSS
Iron black sheets "
and plates 2,491 88,463 1,126 35,218 r.us 27,124
Tinned plates Kilo 5,100,941 277,362 100 s 189,188 6,784
Iron pipes, other Ton '" 28,492 " 8,956 1,773 88,925
Iron wire, other " "' 4,693 1,787 122,0()1 19 1,2'74
Tin ingots 159 65,545 ' 1,797 . ** 26,1111
Cinematograph film,
synchronized with
sound on film Kilo 6,800 17,288 6,541 19,653 7,599 49,SSS
Dental, optical,
surgical, and
medical appliances
and apparatus
veterinary instruments I -I 6S,441 I 4.f,7071
- 86,862
Photographic paper,
apparatus, cameras & accessories -1 51.5'0 - 12,861 12,430
Machines and parts - - SS9,914 - 816,553 786,526
Wood prepared for
citrus cases "' 861 5,920 "' 8,995 5,952 51,516
Cotton yarn T::?D 2,296 589,456 1,149 487,748 2,125 756,146
Cotton piece goods e.en 1 '•"'•05l 961 936,562 *** 651,289
Cotton thread other Kilo 21,446 26,966 8'7,838 68,852 59,807 103,658
Woollen & worsted
yarn " 128,798 108,278 120,118 1119,555 195,610 258,694
Woollen tissues 519,450 I 64.8,tlSS 84,193 120,626 29,294 50,190
Artificial silk yarn 187,123 116,902 45,810 S6,'714 129,871 86,961
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