BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

IMPORTS

Imports.—The chief articles imported into Buldhana district at present are: cloth articles, readymade clothes, sugar, gul, spices, wheat, gram, provision articles, stationery and cutlery, medicines, hardware, utensils, electrical appliances and goods, machinery, footware, watches and a number of other consumer articles. The imports comprise mainly manufactured goods, while the district is fairly self-sufficient in respect of agricultural produce except wheat and rice.

Cotton cloth, sarees and dhotis are imported from Bombay. Nagpur, Ahmedabad, and also procured from the distributers of the textile mills at Madras, Kanpur and Nadiad; nylon, terylene, rayon and silk fabrics are imported from Bombay, Surat, Calcutta and Bangalore, while zari sarees from Bombay and Banaras, Chanderi sarees from Bangalore, Surat and Bombay, voiles and printed cloth from Bombay and Nagpur, hosiery and readymade garments are brought from Bombay, Nagpur, Ludhiana, Delhi, Jullunder and Dhariwal.

Stationery articles, such as, fountainpens, pen-holders, inks, pins, nibs, paper, notebooks, pencils, etc., are brought from Bombay, Akola. Nagpur and Jalgaon. Cosmetics and cutlery goods are imported from Bombay and Nagpur as well as from the agents of manufacturers. Building material and hardware come from Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur.

Radio sets and other electrical appliances find their way into the district from Bombay, Nagpur and the sole distributors at Akola and Amravati. Machinery and mechanical appliances are imported from Bombay, Nagpur, Calcutta, Kirloskarwadi and Poona. Timber is imported from Chanda.

Sugar and gul are brought from Kolhapur, Sangli, Nasik and Ahmadnagar; while most of the articles of grocery are brought from Akola, Amravati, Nagpur and Jalgaon. Utensils are imported from Bombay, Nasik, Poona and Nagpur.

Drugs and medicines are imported from Bombay, Calcutta, Baroda, Bulsar, Panvel, Ahmadnagar and Jalgaon. Though some of the dealers bring their stock directly from the manufacturers, many of them book the indents with the travelling agents of the manufacturers.

A bulk of the imports from distant places like Bombay, Calcutta, Poona, Baroda, Kolhapur, Ahmedabad. Kanpur, Jullunder, Madras and Bangalore are transported through railways, while the cargo from Akola, Amravati and Nagpur comes through trucks. Malkapur, Nandura, Jalamb and Shegaon arc the railway stations where the consignments of imported articles arrive. These consignments are transported further to the other towns in trucks.

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