THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 551, sig. 110-4/399

Page 107

English Translation

5 %0 Name of product: IX.1943: VIII.1942: IX.1941: Sugar ... 25.4 15.5 118.5 Hardware . 263'7 8 2 48, 6 Ko. 26.7 5= 8 1$ Glassware .. 13, - 14.2 7.1 1.4$ Motor vehicles and aircraft.... 12, $13\ {}$ 21.7 Electrical products - 9 7 tool washers 10, O 8,i I6 Clothing and linen of wool 6 2 7,2 5,6 4. 9 Bars and moulds 4 A 21,9 18, 9 Sheet iron 1 5 12 4 Agricultural machinery ... eh', - - The main buyer countries according to the values: In Mill.K: IX.1943: VIII.1942: IX.1941: IX.1041: Romania . 230,6 87 45. 46.5 Slovakia 72 8 121 1014 Croatia 2 2 9 CO 27,5 Spain... O 3 5 Hungary 3 Gen.Governement 17 2 8 Bulgaria ... 17. 16, 9 Italy.... 9.1 17.5 17 5 2 The eight countries mentioned were involved in the whole of September's exports of 9l.6%. Romania alone accounted for 44%, followed by Slovakia with 14%. From the point of view of the balance of payments and the attitude of the groups of countries to the Great German Reich, the following breakdown of exports /in Mill.K/: IX.1943: VIII.1942: 1/ Clearing countries .. 479, = 292, 9 328,1 2/ Occupied Countries .. 44,9 92 49 Total ....... 523,9 332,1 377,7. In the first nine months of 1945, total exports of goods amounted to 3,579,2 millionK compared to 2,951,7 millionK, i.e. 21.2% more than in the same period of the previous year.