The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 202)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 202)

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more than 90 percent of its agricultural exports and almost 80 percent of its total
exports.
This export dependency on a single commodity made Palestine vulnerable to
the price fluctuations of the world market for citrus. The extent of this
vulnerability can also be seen from the share of citrus in the total wage labor and
national income of Palestine: According to one estimate, the former was 7 or 8
percent and the latter about 10 percent.”
The export dependency on a single commodity was aggravated by its
dependency on one country, the United Kingdom. Between 1920-1921 and 1939-
1940, excluding 1925-1926, nearly 70 percent of all citrus exports went to the
United Kingdom (see Table 4.5). These dependencies were to prove disastrous
after the 1936-1937 season when prices and profits declined sharply.
The increase in the output and export of citrus in the 1930s was not
confined to Palestine, although it had the highest rate of increase, but included
other citrus-growing countries, most notably Spain, Italy, the United States, South
Africa, and Brazil.** This increase in supply had a worldwide impact in the
lowering of citrus prices. However, Palestine in its competition for markets with
other countries had peculiar disadvantages stemming from its Mandate status.
Nathan et al., 209.
Horowitz and Hinden, 67.
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