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- 6 - 101 From the point of view of the balance of payments and according to the ratio of the groups of countries to the Great German Reich, the breakdown of imports /in Mill.K/: Country: VIII.1943: VII.1942: Free countries ... -02M o, 2 Clearing countries 214.2 173,- 186,5 Occupied countries 254 17,8 11 Ż Enemy countries 57 Other countries. ō,2 Total .... 239.8 190,8 198,9. IV. Exports of goods in August 1943: Special exports of goods during August 1943 reached a value of 332.1 million K. Compared with the previous month and the same month of previous years, the picture is as follows: Mil1.K VIII.1943: VII.1942: VIII.1841: VIII.19440: 332.1 280,4 357, 369,1 305.7 The increase compared with the preceding month was thus 18 % in value, but the volume of August exports more than tripled, i.e. due to a larger quantity of exported coke. The breakdown of exports by groups and sub-groups of the food and industrial economy compared with the previous month and the same month of previous years is reflected in the following composition: in Mill.K VIII.1943: VII.1942: VIII.-1941: 1/ Food: 28,6 36,8 5,8 110,1 of which: Food of animal origin 9'0 0,6 Plant origin 92 ... 34, 301 3,1 106,8 luxuries.... 2.6 1, 4