BANKING, TRADE AND COMMERCE

IMPORTS

In the absence of any big industrial concerns the district imports a considerable quantity of finished goods from various parts of the country. The chief articles of import in the district are hardware, implements and appliances; textile, woollen and leather goods, drugs and medicines, cutlery, toilet articles, salt, spices, grains (mainly rice), sugar, stationery and utensils.

Cloth is imported from the textile centres of Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Madras, Hyderabad, Ichalkaranji and is mostly sold locally. Ready-made clothes are stocked from Jalna, Poona, Bombay, Hubli and Bangalore and woollen goods from Kanpur. Ayurvedic and Unani drugs have a large market in the district. Ayurvedic medicines are brought from Nasik and Nagar and the Unani from Jalna. The allopathic medicines are mostly ordered direct from the companies at Bombay, Baroda and Poona. Leather goods come from Kanpur and Calcutta. Electrical goods, implements and appliances come mainly from Bombay and Calcutta, hardware from Bombay, Barsi and Jalna and stationery articles from Bombay, Jalna and Latur. Utensils are brought from Poona and Nasik. Fruits like oranges and sweet lime come from Nagpur, bananas from Sailu and mangoes from Bombay. Besides, the town Ghatnandur is known for the production of bananas and Neknur for mangoes and grapes. But these are sold locally. Oranges and sweet lime gathered at Parali are further exported to Hyderabad, Barsi, Sholapur and Miraj. Salt is brought from Bombay, sugar from Nagar and spices from Malabar and Orissa. Rice comes from Nagpur and Madhya Pradesh. The forests in the district do not yield good timber. It is, therefore, imported from Nagpur and Chanda.