Foreign Trade of Palestine: Percentage of Exports to Certain Countries and Regions, 1939 - 1944, and Transit Trade in Palestine between the years of 1939 - 1944 before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 480. Chapter XIII: Section 2

CHAPTER XIII.

PERCENTAGE OF EXPORTS TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, 1939-1944.

Country I isas I 1940 f194111942 I 1943 11944
United Kingdom 47.68 SS.Hi 17.11 9.88 s.cs H.90
British possee- 3.11
stons- 8.<0 8.47 ..*. t.11 *...
US.A. s.es 1.95 s.ss 10.00 18.IJ.t 16.119
Middle Eastern
ccucwtee-" 10.18 24..15 71.H '74.M 67.58 59.56
Other coumrtee 85.94 27.88 .... 0.29 1.85 0.91
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 " Excluding Cyprus and Sudan which are included under Near Eastern countries .

.,_,, Middle Eastern countries comprise Cyprus, Sudan, Egypt, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey and Trans-Jordan. Figures for the trade with Trans-Jordan were not compiled before July, 1941.

While a large part of the exports to Middle Eastern countries consists of petroleum products the value of exports of other commodities is considerable, having increased from £P.518,401 in 1939 to £P.4,158,083 in 1944.

87. Transit. trade of Palestine=-: Transit trade includes all goods passing overland through Palestine for purposes of transport only, without being placed at the free disposal of the importers. Goods in transit do not pay import or export duties on entering and leaving Palestine.

Owing to its geographical position, Palestine has become an important transit country for the exports from and imports into the neighbouring countries.

Transit trade is classified by importing and exporting countries.

Exporting countries are the countries of origin and importing countries are the countries of destination of the goods.

The following table shows the value of the transit trade by principal countries of destination.

TRANSIT TRADE, 1939-1944.

Country of destination

1939

1940 1 1941

1942

1943

1944

£P. £P. £P. £P. £P-.-1W.-
United Kingdom 116,517 58,511 - 99,919 7, *** 1,168,665
Australia * se , ., 21,797
Cyprus - '" SS,091 158 4,158
All other BritiJ1h
pceeeeetona 41 ** 716 s.ese
Egypt s, ,,.., 166,4114 396,642 549,272 8,400,l!f.l S,756,828
Arabia. ea ese '" 27,971 '1,819
1...,... 1'6,866 146,114 21,247 89,888 1'74,612 lSCi,262
Syria. 1,723 14,508 72,817 1,852,106 i,074,5'19 814,876
Turkey 1,834. 78 00,516 62,278 8,048
Trans-Jordan 178,209 289,619 417,689 460,445 88'1,264 826,898
U.S. A. 76,684 106,765 4,611 886 116.,667
/\JI other coontriei .*.*.. ~ ---"~'-~ ~ ~
Total N9,87i '196,276 918,SU 8,04G,7'J8 &.~.20i 6,99~~
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