ABSTRACT
Shoes and Boots Shoes and boots were predominantly hand-made, but there were seven factories using electrically operated machinery. Production was estimated at 40,000 pairs of shoes and boots per annum. (As imports from the Bata firm of Czechoslovakia dropped because of high tariffs, local production increased by about 20%.) Liquor and Tobacco
Distilleries. There were a number of distilleries producing arak, the national alcoholic beverage (made from dates or grapes), and also methylated spirits for local use.
