TRADE

IMPORTS

THE CHIEF IMPORTS IN THE DISTRICT are building materials. Logs of timber, teak and ply-wood, nails, screws, iron-bars and other materials used in building and constructional activities are imported from Bombay, Mysore, Belgaum and Dharwar. Coal from Madras, distemper and oil-paint from Bombay; cement from Bombay and Shahabad; iron, tin, brass, copper and aluminium ware and stainless-steel utensils are imported from Bombay., Glass-wares are imported from Ogalewadi (Satara) and Bombay. Among food and grocery articles: rice is imported from Belgaum and Madras; bajri from Nasik, Gujarat and Nagpur; wheat from Bijapur and Karnatak, Kodra and Bavto (Ragi) from Karnatak; lang from Madhya Pradesh, peas from Belgaum, tur from Karnatak (when local production is less); math and mug from Bijapur, Barsi; gram from Sholapur. Tea and coffee are imported from Bombay, Nilgiri and Calcutta (Darjeeling); sugar is imported from Bombay and Uttar Pradesh; salt and spices from Bombay; dates from Bombay; plantains from Belgaum and Satara; mangoes from Ratnagiri and other fruits including dry fruits from Bombay and Kashmir. Potatoes are imported from Bangalore and Belgaum; fish and honey from Ratnagiri. Toilet and cosmetics, cutlery and perfumes are imported from Bombay. Mill-made cloth is imported from Bombay, Ahmedabad and Sholapur, hand-loom cloth from Madras and Bangalore, power-loom cotton cloth from Bombay, Sholapur and Surat and is supplemented by local production. Mill-made, hand-loom and power-loom made silk cloth is imported from Bangalore and Banaras, mill-made, hand-loom and power-loom woolen cloth from Madras and Bombay and nylon, rayon and linen cloth is imported from Bombay. Dhotars and sarees are imported from Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur and are to a certain extent supplemented by local production; Banarasi and Kasabi sarees are imported from Banaras, Cambay and Surat, Chanderi sarees from Gwalior, zari sarees from Banaras, Madura and Coimbatore, voiles from Bombay and Ahmedabad and brocades from Bombay and Surat. Ready-made clothes are imported from Bombay and Madras. Medicines, drugs and other narcotics are imported from Bombay and Baroda. Matches are imported from Madras. Of the stationery articles-fountain-pens, penholders, papers, ink, paper-weights, pins, pencils, erasers and nibs are imported from Bombay while slates are imported from Mysore.

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