Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: VIII

RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO KHORASSAN AND SEISTAN DURING
THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03

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Value.
Articles. ------------------------
1900-01.1901-02.1902-03.
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£ £ £
Almonds and pistachio
nuts 404 3,297 1,479
Animal products, crude 22 68 25
Butter and other fats 2,070 14,100 6,486
Camels -- 188 351
Carpets 1,291 1,091 2,524
Cattle -- 357 --
Cotton, raw 18 388 358
Drugs 1,759 741 1,189
Fruits, fresh and dried 16 171 15
Grain 594 889 671
Gum 5 -- 21
Horses -- 33 1,116
Indigo 77 161 231
Iron, manufactured -- -- 17
Leather work -- -- --
Mercery and hardware 229 819 391
Oils 47 118 --
Opium 682 865 197
Packing materials 164 630 1,015
Provisions -- 436 650
Raisins 1 440 201
Rice 5,791 5,737 2,426
Rope -- 43 24
Sheep -- 2,039 12,223
Skins--
Tanned 3,493 1,635 8,638
Untanned 1,548 1,640 7,526
Spices 24 1,347 305
Thread 62 113 702
Tissues 1,062 1,703 774
Tobacco 230 307 174
Wearing apparel 781 1,184 1,120
Wool 11,245 29,156 45,113
Miscellaneous 37 420 156
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Total £31,652 £69,759 £96,475
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1903-04.
Articles. -------------------
Quantity. Value.
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£
Almonds and pistachio
nuts -- -- --
Animal products, crude -- -- --
Butter and other fats Lbs. 38,318 1,231
Camels -- -- --
Carpets Lbs. 18,857 1,285
Cattle -- -- --
Cotton, raw Lbs. 57,779 1,061
Drugs ” 78,072 1,742
Fruits, fresh and dried ” 69,999 607
Grain ” 4,355 56
Gum ” 131 7
Horses -- -- --
Indigo Lbs. 6,747 720
Iron, manufactured ” 3,419 58
Leather work ” 208 58
Mercery and hardware ” 2,399 400
Oils -- -- --
Opium Lbs. 104 46
Packing materials -- -- --
Provisions Lbs. 28,756 285
Raisins -- -- --
Rice Lbs. 74,302 731
Rope -- -- --
Sheep Number 8,388 2,048
Skins--
Tanned Lbs. 11,363 833
Untanned ” 324,617 8,235
Spices ” 87,126 1,060
Thread ” 2,783 380
Tissues ” 6,815 271
Tobacco ” 1,762 22
Wearing apparel ” 1,534 275
Wool ” 3,240,692 90,366
Miscellaneous ” 80 3
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Total £111,780
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Articles. Remarks.
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Almonds and pistachio
nuts Included in “Fruits, dried”; separate
figures not obtainable
Animal products, crude
Butter and other fats Decrease of importation in 1903-1904,
due to mortality among the sheep
owing to drought
Camels
Carpets
Cattle
Cotton, raw Re-exported to Russia
Drugs Partly Indian
Fruits, fresh and dried
Grain
Gum
Horses
Indigo This is entirely indigo come through
Afghanistan from India
Iron, manufactured
Leather work
Mercery and hardware
Oils
Opium Decrease due to heavy increase of
duty under new tariff
Packing materials These are woollen sacks for packing
wool, &c.
Provisions
Raisins Included in “Fruits, dried”
Rice
Rope
Sheep Decrease due to mortality among the
sheep
Skins--
Tanned These are chiefly postins (sheep-skin
coats)
Untanned Large part re-exported to Russia
Spices Come chiefly from India
Thread
Tissues
Tobacco
Wearing apparel
Wool Re-exported to Russia, and to United
Kingdom and America _via_ Russia
Miscellaneous

Total
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