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

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- 3 - 95 Foreign trade in April 1993 shows the following picture compared with the previous month and the same month of previous years: In Mill.K IV.1943: III.1942: IV.1841: Imports 215.4 218.3 270.3 288.5 Exports 448.5 446.- 328.5 287.3 Turnover . 703.9 664.3 598.8 575.8 Balance ... +73,1 +27,7 + 58,2 -°1'ž Foreign trade in April 1943 represents a significant increase, and/or especially compared to the lowest level of 332,9 mil1.K in January 1st. The trade balance with the individual main countries in April 1943 shows the following results /in million K/: Country: Turnover: Imports: Exports: Balance: Slovakia 192.4 62.6 129.8 67.2 + Romania 85.6 3 82.3 + 79 O G Croatia 76, 3 O 756 T 6 Bulgaria 72 36 6.3 4 2 Italy 6 25 9 41.6 + 16 - Government 316 6 + 25 - - Hungary 298 15.6 14.2 - 1, 4 The seven countries mentioned represent 79.5% of total foreign trade turnover in April, 1943, with Slovakia alone accounting for 27.4%. II. Exports of goods in July 1943: Special exports of goods had a value of 280,4 million K. This result represents a decrease of 229 million K compared to the previous month. The following table shows a comparison with the previous month and the same months of previous years /in Mill.K/: VII.1943: VI.1942: VII.19441: VII.1040: 280.4 509.4 356.9 367.8 343.4 The same ratio of exports also decreased compared with the preceding month.