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Department of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (India) Calcutta. Report for the year 1939-40 by the Indian Trade Agent Kabul

1941

In the year under review however I made a tour of the markets on the Kandahar and Herat side in December 1939 and informed the trading comunity of those places of the existence of the office of Indian Trade Agent and the work of dissemination of commercial information carried on by it. [...] With the revival of trade in the year 1939-40 the prices of raw materials also improved and it is claimed that the Bank by exercising due restraint in the release of its holdings of Afghanis realised good prices by its dale on the one hand and on the other improved the value of the Afghani in terms of Indian currency with the result that the value of the latter expressed in Afghanis showed a depr [...] Of the activities of the Experimental Agricultural Farm at Kunduz the following deserve mention in this report :- (a) Seeing that the use of cigarettes in the country is on the increase and with a view to testing the possibility of starting a factory for the manufacture of cigarettes the Department of Agricuture has carried out certain experiments with the growing of tobacco of golden virginia [...] In connection with the constitution of the Central Chamber and various Provincial Chambers the Ministry of National Economy consulted this Agency with regard to the rules and regulations of the various Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations in India and the scope of their activities in the direction of improvement of agriculture education industries etc. [...] Restrictions were 'placed on the import of German goods through India consequent upon the outbreak of war but the figures of import from that country during the latter half of the year under review represent the value of German goods which were bought and paid for before the outbreak of war and the import of which was permitted by the Government of India.
commerce industry
Pages
79
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.147302
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Preface
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Chapter I. Introduction
1-2 unknown view
Chapter II. Economic Developments
3-8 unknown view
Chapter III. Legislative Measures Affecting Trade
9-10 unknown view
Chapter IV. Trade Relations with other Countries
11-11 unknown view
Chapter V. Foreign Trade of Afghanistan
12-18 unknown view
Chapter VI. Trade with India
19-26 unknown view
Chapter VII. Trade Enquiries
27-33 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Miscellaneous
34-36 unknown view
Chapter IX. Exchange and Prices
37-39 unknown view
Chapter X. Publicity
40-40 unknown view
Chapter XI. Acknowledgments
41-42 unknown view
Appendices
43-74 unknown view

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