English Translation

- 3 - Designation of goods: III.1943: 11.1942: III.1942: III.1041: 2/ Industrial economy: Iron ore ........ 31.3 5.9 12.3 5.5 Timber 20.4 18.6 15.8 28.4 Manganese ore 19.5 Paper and cardboard 9.5 10.1 9.8 11.8 Wood products...... 6.5 5.7 6°g Fuels and lubricating oils 5.8 3.1 .. 1.? 7.3 Bed springs 5.5 3.7 4.7 4.6 Round wood ... 4. 6 4.7 5.5 7.3 Hemp, flax .. 4.7 8*0 5.5 5.- The main suppliers were the following countries /in Mill.K/: Country: III.1943: 11.1942: III.1941: Slovakia 80.9 78.= 70.3 135.3 Ukraine 36.7 0.7 Italy .. 26.- 12.6 34.5 56.2 Hungary 17.3 14.5 24.4 14.2 Sweden 17.2 7.7 10.5 8.4 Eastern countries 5.7 80 1.4 Spain 5.4 4.6 5.1 0.5 Switzerland 5.1 7.1 10.1 15.9 The eight countries mentioned are involved in the total imports of March with 89.l %. Slovakia alone accounted for 37.1%. Imports from Ukraine, Sweden and the eastern countries increased considerably this month. From the point of view of the balance of payments and the attitude of the groups of countries to the Great German Empire, the breakdown of imports /in Mill.K/: Country: III.1943: II.1942: 1/ Free countries .. 0.7 Glearing countries 165.4 137.3 / Occupied countries 154.5 52.9 17.3 11.5 47 Enemy states . -*8 1.1 5/ Other countries . 5.2 Total ...... 218.3 156.6 173.- Imports from the occupied countries amounted to 24.2% of total imports in March, compared with 11% in February 1943 and 6% in March of the previous year.