Syria: An Economic Survey 



Orange Export from Jaffa in 1913-1914. 



To Liverpool 887,481 cases 



" Manchester 400 " 



" London 4,626 " 



" other English ports 3,361 " 



" Marseilles 3,412 " 



" Hamburg 9,487 " 



" Trieste 58,492 " 



" Odessa 148,409 " 



" Egypt, Australia 149,846 " 



" Turkish ports 268,942 " 



" Eoumania and Bulgaria. . . . 19,405 " 



Total 1,553,861 " 



The Jaffa oranges are exported partly by dealers who buy 

 the fruit from the planters before it is ripe. The Jewish 

 orange planters in the vicinity of Jaffa are organized into two- 

 associations (Pardess and Merkaz) which determine where the 

 oranges are to be sent. Each member marks his cases with hi& 

 own name, so that he may be reimbursed according to the 

 quality of his fruit. In the year 1913-1914 the Pardess ex- 

 ported about 270,000 cases, the Merkaz 112,000 cases, and the 

 German colonists about 40,000 cases. 



10. Olive Oil and Soap. 



The export of olive oil is inconsiderable. In recent years 

 it has not been exported but imported, and used for soap 

 making. In 1910-1911 about five million francs worth of soap 

 was exported, mostly to other parts of Turkey and to Egypt. 



11. Cocoons, Silk Yarns, and Oriental Woven Goods. 



Cocoons and silk yarns are exported from Beirut to Mar- 

 seilles. (Raw silk yarn is imported into Syria from China.) 



Oriental woven goods are sent into the interior of the 

 country as well as to Egypt, Constantinople, etc. 



12. Wine. 



Most of the wine exported is that of the Jewish Vintners' 

 Association, which exports Rishon FZion wine from Jaffa and 

 Zichron Jacob wine from Haifa or Tanturah. The wine is 

 exported to Egypt and in lesser quantities to Europe and to 

 America. In 1913-1914 the Association disposed of: 



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