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(p. 472) (§ 77)

The countries of origin of Palestine's import trade are shown in the following table :-

VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MERCHANDJSE FOR CONSUMPTION, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 1945 AND 1946.

Country of origin I 1945 1946
United Kingdom 4,228,013 14,208,511
British possessions 10,515,695 12,634,694
Belgium 185 1,147,028
Bulgaria 50,826 164,659
Czecboslovakia 1,510 228,613
Denmark 44 79,410
France 5,356 416,515
Germany 5,363 7,652
Holland 2,868 544,196
Hungary 2,381 6,891
Italy 1,964 2,660,685
Norway 658,468
Poland 6,171 6,500
Portugal 463,347 823,364
Rumania 6,700 159,967
Russia 83,736 184,802
Sweden 41,674 535,233
Switzerland 87,450 336,513
Yugoslavia. 500 64,540
Abyssinia 315,167 369,108
Egypt 1,312,921 1,666,553
Arabia 155,937 2,222,647
Tran 312,645 2,396,280
1 rutch East Indies 1,532 663
Iraq 12,258,395 10,482,398
Japan 1,369 353
Syria and Lebanon 1,623,008 3,145,953
Turkey 2,562,176 5,170,920
Trans-Jordan 1,783,194 1,697,037
U.S. A. 4,455,911 5,773,611
Other countries 405,289 2,638,065
Total 40,691,327 70,431,829 (p. 473)

The percentage of imports from certain countries and regions was:-

Country of origin

1945

1946

Total

10.4 23.l 11.0 51.9 3.6

20.2 16.9 8.2 39.0

15.7

United Kingdom Hritisb possessions U. S. America

Middle Eastern countries Other countries

100.0

100.0

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