English Translation

The economic development of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the first year: its existence. From the economic development of Bohemia and Moravia since March 1 939 the following interesting remarks are made : There were various organizational problems resulting from the necessary structural restructuring of the Bohemian-Moravian region for the purpose of integrating into the economic conditions of Great Germany. The time was also extraordinary and a large part of it was due to the war months, since which peace production had to undergo a useful change. Finally, it is not possible to make any observations in relation to the period of peace, since the statistics necessary for comparison are not available because of a change in the statistical basis with regard to the territory, the population and the production equipment. The more important it is to point out some favorable moments, which result from the development of the just past period. It is remarkable in material terms that during the last few months production has been satisfactory, mainly in heavy industry, metal and machinery industries, further in the chemical and other industries have been worked very intensively. The construction season unfolded particularly lively : The construction movement in the year l939: 1939 1938 The total number of building permits The cubatur of the approved ( in 1,000 m3 ) The number of new dwellings The result was also well developed In the production succeeded, by obligator