BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE

IMPORTS

The chief articles of import [The word import is used to connote the goods brought in this district from outside places either in India or abroad.] in Sangli district comprise consumers goods, manufactures, industrial raw materials, industrial appliances, building material, etc. Among food grains, rice is imported from Bombay, Panvel, Pen, Mahad and Karwar; wheat from Madhya Pradesh and the Punjab; tur dal from Surat and Belgaum: tobacco from Nipani and Kolhapur; tea and coffee from Bombay, Cochin and other centres in South India; cloth from Bombay. Sholapur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Madras and Bangalore: hosiery from Bombay, Delhi and Ludhiana; sarees from Bombay. Ichalkaranji, Nagpur, Malegaon, Bangalore.

Coimbtore and Madura; dhotis from Bombay, Nagpur and Sholapur. As regards building materials, timber is imported from Kolhapur, Nasik, Malbar and Karwar; hardwares from Bombay, Poona, Calcutta; cement from Bombay, Porbundar and Okha. Drugs and medicines are brought from Bombay, Poona, Baroda, Calcutta, Ahmadnagar, Panvel and Satara; brassware and copper-ware from Bombay, Belgaum, Hubli, Poona and Rajapur; glassware from Oglewadi and Talegaon; leather goods from Bombay, Kanpur, Lucknow and Kolhapur; and stationery and cutlery articles from Bombay and Poona. Mechanical appliances and machine tools are mainly brought from Bombay, Poona and Calcutta.

The pattern of import trade in the past was in keeping with the then existing economy. The chief articles of import were groceries, rice, salt, metals, coconuts, dates, hardwares, machinery and cloth. Copper and brass were sometimes imported in sheets and then shaped into various utensils. Mill-made cloth was imported from Bombay.

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