A hundred years ago | Calcutta’s foreign trade
This historical retrospective examines Calcutta's foreign trade statistics from July 1926. It highlights a significant increase in imports, particularly cotton goods, alongside a slight decline in export values compared to the previous month.
Why it matters
Provides historical context on colonial-era economic trends and trade dependencies in India.
Calcutta, August 18: Calcutta’s trade with foreign countries in July 1926, compared with the preceding month, shows a smart advance in the total value of imports from Rs. 5.74 crores to Rs. 8.03 crores, but a failing off in exports from Rs. 9.41 crores to Rs. 8.77 crores. Compared with the trade during the corresponding period last year, imports record a remarkable improvement by Rs. 223 lakhs, while exports declined by Rs. 24 lakhs. Imports of cotton goods continued in great demand which rose from Rs.
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