Foreign Trade of Palestine: Distribution of Exports By Classes And Groups, 1940 - 1944 in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 475. Chapter XIII: Section 2

CHAPTER XIII.

As a result of this reduction in citrus exports, the food, drink and tobacco class became, after the year 1940, a class of minor importance, while articles mainly manufactured increased to first importance and articles mainly unmanufactured ranked next.

82. Particulars regarding the value of exports according to groups of commodities are given in the following table :-

DISTRIBUTION OF EXPORTS BY CLASSES AND GROUPS, 1940-1944.

~[1941\19421194311944

CLASS I.-FOOD, DRINK & TOBACCO £P. £P. I £P. £P. £P.

1. Grain and flour 25,542 '11,056 2,134 18,105 86,400

2. Feeding stuffs for animals ~,440 8 1,000 18 8

3. Meat 22 9321 228 288

4. Animals, living for food 80 274 52,876 620

5. Dairy produce ae S,O'lO 1,254. 538 4,637

6. Fr(!ah fruits, nuts & vesetabtee 1,454,679 55,628 78,278 827,631 1,606,670

7. Beverages 4f,M7 52,0iS 122,564 178,249 218,SSO

8. Other food atufta 156,405 829,332 351,890 220,459 295,068

9. Tobacco and tombac 87 1,580 8,178 8,506 l,426

Tot.al food, drink & tobacco Cu.ss IL-A.RT1CLES, MAINLY UN• llANUPACTUREO

1. Coa.I

2. Non-metalliferous mining and

quarry products, other

3. Metalliferous ores and scrap 3. Wood and timber

5. Textile materials, raw or waste

6. Seeds, beans & nuts for e:xpreaing oil, oils, rate, gums and resins

7. Hides and skins, undressed

8. Miscellaneous raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured

Tot.al articles mainly unmanufactured

Cuss 111.-AaT1ci.es, MAINLY MANOPACTURED

1. Coke and manufactured fuel

2. Ceramic ware. glass and manufactured quarry nrcducta

3. Iron and steel manuructures

4. Non-ferrous metals and manufactures thereof

5. Cutlery, hardware, implement.II,

instruments & photographic film

~: ~l:~ii~ce°i-~goods and apparatus

8. Wood and timber manufactures

9. Cotton yarn & manufacture thereof

10. Woollen yarn & manufactures thereof

11. Silk yarn and manufactures

thereof

12. Other textile manufactures

13. Apparel

14. Chemicals, drugs, dyes & colours

15. Oils rate & waxes manufaotures

16. Leather manufactures

17. Paper and cardboard

18. Aircraft, ships and vehicles

19. Rubber manufactures

20. MiscellaneoOJJ articles

TotalI articles mainly manufactured

Ol.Ass IV.-ANIKALS, LITINO, N.E.S.

Total merchandise

CI.Ass V.-BULLION AN]) SPECJJJ

t,702,495 I 518,561 I 665,700 I soo,an I 2,16,,CM.1

.. ~I 00.~• 1 10.1211 "•'" I 180,85S
11,1~ 2 86 IS 15
28 - 176 680
19,27S 16,960 2,800 6,340 7,41S8
736,900 848,648 9lU,698 l,0<!.0,817 1,701,757
43,280 73,245 8,457 802 2,876 88,270 I 157.2711976,08812.63<.8451 S,28'>.789

-858,070 629,986 l,91!J,'i62 8,722,09915,126,428

1 I - 610 2,516 5,125

1,778 it~~~ I 18,469 112,762 2&1,10'1
5,612 66,796 188,042 187,254
15,204 2,588 89,716 87,512 47,288
12,277 16,lGS 23,512 50,1591 84,471
4,088 5,575 r.ese 6,504 26,890
*** B,036 4,156 13,677 80,827
16,489 5,199 19,0H 15,470 12,045
24,532 9,951 15,765 12!1,871 86,939
ssa 2,682 28,678 8,149 1,624
7'S 3,296 1,980 880 1,299
H,987 24,212 84,872 201,66\l 18,270
24,108 1153,207 588,B"6 888,258 1,078,348
719,242 ?51,994 885,069 1,205,?48 l,479,746
601,520 1,952,702 4,141,764 4,523,861S 8,031,850
11,992 10,926 56,844 808,998 267,528
7,698 15,262 4,957 15,935 16,796
2,625 8,526 2,418 6,088 20,857
"' 1,311 4,919 1,714 J,049
61,786 98.219 200,.,,; 581,668 727,6119
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1,516,711 8,071,959 6,195,607 8,229,285 7,84'1,t\H
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90 570
4,072,728 4,216,256 8,676,899 Hl,'152,851 14,638,464
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IH,627 6S,6lH 2'1,996 1,810 s.sa ,
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