British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 847

CHAPTER XIX.

Average world per capita consumption U.S.A.

Egypt

Jewish (Palestine) estimated Arab (Palestine) estimated

3.713

14.790 2.720 6.714 3.647

Rge. I\gs. Kgs. Kgs. Kgs.

H appears that the Jewish per capita consumption is about 80% higher than the average world per capita consumption (3. 713 kgs.) and about 147% above that of Egypt (2.720 kgs.) while it amounts to only 45% of that of the U.S.A. (14.790 kgs.).

The Arab per capita is nearly the same as the world per capita consumption, and over one third that of Egypt while it amounts to about one quarter of that of the U.S.A.

PRESENT TEXTILE REQUIREMENTS.

66. On the basis of the above per capita figures, the present textile requirements (taking an Arab population of 1,150,000 and a Jewish population of 530,000) are estimated, if supplies were not restricted, to be as follows :-

Table 4.

Products

Arab

tons %

I Jewish

tons %


Share in percentages

Arab I Jewish % %

Consumption

Cotton goods 3,270 78.3212,558 71.41 [ 5,828 / 56.1 43.9
Woollen goods,
new 292 7.00 424 11.:1 716 40.8 59.2
Woollen goods,
second-hand 182 4.36 - 182 100.0 -
Silk and rayon
goods 384 9.20 555 15.49 939 40.9 59.1
Linen goods,
etc. 47 1.12 45 1.26 92 51.0 49.0
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Total 4,175 100% 3,582 100% 7,757 54.0 46.0
67. On this basis, every increase of population by 1000 Arabs or Jews would create the following additional textile requirements :-

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