Description

This booklet, Al-Taʻrifah al-jumrukīyah sanat 1357 (Saudi customs tariffs for 1357 AH), published by the finance ministry of Saudi Arabia, which contains schedules for the Saudi tariffs for the Hijri year of 1357 (1938‒39), offers insights into the workings of the Saudi economy before large-scale development of the oil industry in the 1950s. The publication begins with a one-page bayan (declaration) specifying the values of the official currency, weights, and measures in the kingdom. This is followed by the tariff schedules, with import items ordered alphabetically. The schedules start ...