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According to the Turkish official statistics, the exports to foreign countries were 



as follows: 



kilos 



via ports controlled by the Alexandrette customs-office 2551625 



„ Beyroot 83460 



„ other Syrian ports 28055310 



value in piasters 



2227516 



93571 



23280 704 



30690395 25601791 



As per the English Consular Reports, the exports to foreign countries and to 



Turkey amounted to: 



from Jaffa . . 

 „ Tripoli . 

 „ Saida . 

 „ Beyroot . 



1909 



744463 



134000 



188000 



3200 



1910 



853767 



218000 



125000 



1200 



number of cases: 



1911 



869850 



135000 



70000 



4800 



value in francs: 



1912 



1418000 



140000 



79600 



1860 



1913 



1608570 



from Jaffa . .4650000 5875000 5440000 7100000 7450000 



„ Tripoli . 600000 900000 600000 600000 — 



„ Saida . 800000 500000 300000 300000 — 



„ Beyroot. 10000 5000 15000 6000 — 



The Jaffa oranges, which can stand a longer journey, are mostly sent to Liverpool, 

 in cases containing 144 and weighing about 35 kilos. During the shipping season 

 (November to March), English ships go to Jaffa specially for the transport of oranges. 

 It takes them 17 to 20 days to get from there to Liverpool. The freight from Jaffa to 

 Liverpool generally comes up to fr. 1.50 per case. The other outlays of the producers, 

 i. e. for picking and packing the fruit, 8jc, amount to 2 or 2 1 !* fr. per case. The 

 average price fetched by the oranges in Liverpool being 7 to 8 fr. per box, there is 

 a net profit of 3 to 4 fr. for the producer. Sometimes, higher prices are obtained, 

 but it may likewise happen that, the Liverpool market being overstocked, the oranges 

 have to be sold at considerably lower rates, or that they arrive in bad condition and 

 not even cover the outlays. This risk is the most disagreeable drawback of the other- 

 wise very remunerative orange growing. In addition to Liverpool, Jaffa oranges are 

 exported to Egypt (larger cases, inferior packing and second class fruit), Smyrna, 

 Constantinople and Odessa. Attempts have even been made to start an export to 

 Australia and the U. S. A., however, no definite judgment can be passed as yet 

 regarding the success. 



The exports from Jaffa during the season 1913/14 were as follows: — 



to Liverpool 887481 cases 



„ Manchester 400 



„ London 4626 



„ other English ports ....... 3361 



„ Marseilles . . . 3412 



„ Hamburg 9487 



„ Trieste- 58492 



„ Odessa 148409 



„ Egypt, the Red Sea and Australia . 149846 



„ Turkish ports 268942 



„ Roumania and Bulgaria . . . . . 19 405 



total: 1 553861 cases 



