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... trade deficit averaged 10 million gold Turkish pounds ( i.e. $ 50 million ) , in the years that preceded the World War it had risen to double that figure : 2 TABLE IV The Ottoman Empire's Foreign Trade , 1880-19133 ( Goods only ; in ...
... trade deficit averaged 10 million gold Turkish pounds ( i.e. $ 50 million ) , in the years that preceded the World War it had risen to double that figure : 2 TABLE IV The Ottoman Empire's Foreign Trade , 1880-19133 ( Goods only ; in ...
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... Trade in 1914 ( in % ) 1 Commodities Exports Imports Industrial Products 13 59.4 Raw materials ( including tobacco ) ... trade figures . The remaining parts of the Empire , however , still constituted a single trade unit , unaffected by ...
... Trade in 1914 ( in % ) 1 Commodities Exports Imports Industrial Products 13 59.4 Raw materials ( including tobacco ) ... trade figures . The remaining parts of the Empire , however , still constituted a single trade unit , unaffected by ...
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... trade in that export prices fell much more than import prices . Between 1929 and 1935 , the total value of foreign trade decreased by 50 % but the volume of imports decreased by only 4 % while the volume of exports rose by 85 % . At the ...
... trade in that export prices fell much more than import prices . Between 1929 and 1935 , the total value of foreign trade decreased by 50 % but the volume of imports decreased by only 4 % while the volume of exports rose by 85 % . At the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Process of Disintegration and Decay of the Ottoman Empire | 7 |
Summary 265 | 15 |
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