Odrodzona Rzeczpospolita na rynkach zamorskich. Handel polsko-arabski w latach 1918-1939
Reborn Poland on the overseas markets. The Polish and Arab trade in 1918-1939 (100 Years of Independence series)

Author(s): Konrad Banaś
Subject(s): History, Economy, National Economy, Economic history, Political history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Polish and Arab trade; international trade 1918-1939; economy of Arab countries 1918-1938; North Africa; Middle East; Algeria; Saudi Arabia; Egypt; Iraq; Kuwait; Lebanon; Libya; Marocco; Palestine; Sudan; Syria; Tunisia
Summary/Abstract: This book is the first comprehensive analysis of trade between Poland and Arab countries in the interwar period. The main source material is archives, which are the legacy of the activity of Polish diplomatic establishments, consular institutions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the first place, the reader is introduced to the situation of reborn Poland and the evolution of its trade relations with foreign countries. At the same time, a new geopolitical system in the Arab world was presented that had been created after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Then, the book has a geographical layout, referring first to the countries of North Africa, and then to the Middle East. The first subchapters of the main part refer to the economic characteristics of a given Arab country and its foreign trade and customs tariff. The next part concerns Polish exports to a given Arab country broken down by the 1920’s and the 1930’s. This division allowed to show the dynamics of the trade turnover and the impact of the Great Depression on mutual exchange. Subsequently, imports to Poland are characterized. The next subchapters analyse the issues of bilateral communication, mixed chambers of commerce and the impact of trade fairs on the development of cooperation. At the end of each chapter, the author raises an issue of the conditions and balance of mutual trade. The book ends with a comprehensive summary that relates globally to the problem.

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