The United States ranks second among the countries importing from Palestine during the third quarter of 1923, having imported goods to the value of ???68,980. Egypt heads the list with a total of ???191,823. The total value of the goods exported from Palestine during the third quarter of 1923 amounted to ???411,552 as against ???389,894 of the corresponding period last year. The total value of goods imported by Palestine during this period amounts to ???1,251,713 during the third quarter of 1922.
Great Britain is the greatest exported to Palestine, Syria, ranking second and the United States third.
A comparison of these totals show the steady and continuous progress of Palestine in commerce. Whereas, the amount imported by Palestine has decreased from ???1,251,713 to ???1,077,777, the amount exported has increased from ???389,894 to ???411,552.
Trade between Palestine and Syria has increased considerably in the past year due principally to the shortage of cereals in the Transjordania.
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