British exports to Egypt rose nearly fivefold under Mehmed Ali

Evidence

Nor was Britain concerned about Mehmed Ali closing off the Egyptian market to British goods for, as Marsot states, the Pasha “tried to woo British friendship by promising all manner of facilities to British trade.” Partly as a result of this assistance the value of British exports to Egypt increased from £49,377 in 1827 to £237,444 in 1840, while its exports of cotton textiles, supposedly the one item that the Pasha’s “factories” were most efficient at producing, increased from £27,939 to £179,328 over the same period. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1567

Categorization

• CANDY: A tidy stat for dinner conversation: British cotton textile exports to Egypt grew sixfold during the era of supposed Egyptian industrial competition.
• ADDENDUM: Connects to the trade-liberalization dynamics behind Balta Liman-type conventions and empire monopolies.