'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries' [‎129r] (258/495)

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THE CUSTOMHOUSE,
BAHRAIW,
,28th March, 19^1.,
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In further refarenca to your D/0 ifo. 112 of the 28th January
1951., and to the desire of The Hon'ble The Resident for a Report uoon
state?- 8 P08iU0n 0f th9 local »arlcet for Cotton Piece Oooda, I would (
P 8 r al ,n ? f 0a f ritir of Bahrein and the Arab aide of the
. arslan ^ulf almost antiraly depends upon the prosoeritv nf 1 +h n
marlcet; and consequently a proaparoae LasL wo"d^ fouL«f K ^
quantity^ 6 ^^he'Ia^ 0f GOOd8 ' both in aVin
Past year (1950) would not, I think be a"fair ° "port for the
of trade normally passing through Bahrain ' " ^loation of the volume
prepare statistics for the thralye^^ ^ '"1
reasonable prosperous years. ' * '928, & I929, all
The long-continued existence in Bahrain of a Hindu ccnunercial
community, mostly drawn from Tatta in Sind, has resulted in the imports
ot cotton piece goods being mainly of the character most suited to'the
Indian markets, for the local Arabs purchase such as are arailable in
the bazar Thus the majority of English cotton piece goods imported
Xn™ fi^tdit varioU8 Hindu fira8 ' aU of ^
MARKET AND SOURCES OF SU PPLY:
(a) Local production is NIL,
oer fi U3h 800118 Can be reasonab ly estimated at about ten
per cent of the total quantity imported,
0 f t u r9l&aS00d8! ^ 111680 IndiR ' 1 manufactured piece zooas
would represent about seventy oer ^#»n+ ...uj i ^ ^ ^ s
would represent about twenty p^r oZT.' and other countries
into the loo^^rm^SLnr'Sr "a 8 ^ 9 " 8 noti09ab ^ intrusion
Italian and Austrian The 'in™ Zf 8 mUCh le88 ®*tent of
the Italian ^ ^ ^ quality, but
included samples to shew as fully as oossible'^.h' 11181 ^ 5 and 1 haTe
done here, y 88 p08aibl9 the nature of the trade
because the^^O) ^ ^ i8
most accustomed to use. The firat +. are the Arabs are
^ e xxrst two reasons are the most cogent.
P0SSIBIL^Ijs_0F INCREASED BRITISH
TRADE.
The possibility of an increase of Briti3h Tmnnr. +
its extension would, in my opinion maini. 18 n0t Very S ^eat, and
by the local traders of their connection UPOn ^ d ev9lopment
(It will be recalled that a poetir«l Z mainland of Arabia
of Arabia") POetical ^r Bahrain is -The Front D^r
c«Qpetitor a 088ib t Uty 0f U - K * traders securing at th.
the local piece-goods ^merchants ^buy toei^o" ^ of
But thaw* Ttlt l£l ^ ^
England. The method is Spil d^ g0O<l8 f^'
local branch of The Eastern Bank Ltd ^ 8 ^ paid tor at the
recommended. lUl - a oethod which I have consistently
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