Supplement to Commerce Reports Daily Consular and Trade Reports: Turkey, HarputDavis, Leslie A.
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Supplement to Commerce Reports Daily Consular and Trade Reports: Turkey, Harput
Davis, Leslie A.
Harput (Turkey) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Turkey -- Commerce -- United States; United States -- Commerce -- Turkey
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Articles. | 1913 | 1914
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Aniseed | $3,500 | $3,500
Butter | 150,000 | 132,000
Copperware | 45,000 | 5,000
Flour | 2,000 | 1,760
Henna | 1,500 | 2,200
Horseshoes | 4,000 | 3,500
Ornaments, gold and | |
silver | 4,800 | 3,500
Rice | 17,000 | 26,400
Salt | 145,000 | 30,000
Shares, plow | |
(native make) | 1,500 | 880
School supplies | 5,000 | 2,500
Sheetings | 4,400 | 4,400
Sheep and goats | 280,000 | 180,000
Soap | 85,000 | 17,600
Timber | 5,000 | 5,000
Tobacco | 34,500 | 26,400
Towels | 3,500 | 1,760
All other articles | 42,000 | 40,660
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Total 833,700 487,060
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+Effect of War on Export Trade.+
The effect of the disturbed conditions on the export trade was much
worse, as most of the articles exported from here are agricultural
products and are not shipped until the latter part of the year. By that
time all animals that could be used for transport were requisitioned
for the army and shipments either abroad or to other parts of Turkey
were impossible. Consequently, the export trade to foreign countries
from this Vilayet in 1914 amounted to only $137,100, as compared with
$494,390 in 1913, and the value of shipments to other Provinces of
Turkey to $139,600, as compared with $599,740 in 1913--a total of
only $276,700 in 1914, whereas the total exports in 1913 amounted to
$1,094,130. These exports were as follows:
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