Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 211)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 211)

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economic basis of this view is concerned the argument is not baseless.
Cheap wheat and flour were indeed imported from France and the British
newly-created colony of Transjordan. The importers were mainly Jewish
capitalists.
Table 11
Wheat and Flour Imported During 1929~37, in Tons
Year Wheat Flour
1929 17,731 2s----
1930 2,207 9 =ee=
1931 13,650 --===-=
1932 27,114 20,058
1933 59,951 26,919
1934 45,318 24,611
1935 17,759 33,185
1936 21,536 30,630
1937 36,016 27,242
Source: Figures for 1929-1931 on wheat are calculated from Stein, The
Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939,1984,p.144 ; those for 1932-37
(wheat and flour) are calculated from Himadeh,The Economic
Organization of Palestine,1937, Table VI, p. 128.
From 1929-37, an annual average of 20,000 tons of wheat were
imported to Palestine (Table 11). The importation of flour which
began in the early 1930s amounted to an average of 27,000 tons pex
year. The sharp rise in the imports of wheat in 1932,33 and 34 is
partially explained by the influx of Jewish settlers to the urban
centres. (43)
From the economic standpoint, imported wheat was more profitable
than the locally produced crop. The price of imported wheat was
estimated at 50 percent or less than the price of wheat produced by
the local fallaheen. (44) The difference in prices was partly due to
international competition in wheat. Yet, more importantly, the
difference was largely due to the colonial policy of exempting ail
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