Imported rug prices fluctuate widely, depending on supply and demand, the international currency exchange, the rate of customs duty and general economic conditions in the countries where they are made.
Oriental rugs more than doubled in price after the first World War, and during the second one they were very high because no ceiling price was applied to them.
Even so, they were much in demand because American manufacturers had converted most of their looms to making duck and blankets for the armed forces and could produce only an infinitesimal proportion of their normal output.