English Translation

-5 - compared with the same month of the previous year -27.8%, on the other hand -38.1% in volume terms, a phenomenon likely to be related to the increased price structure, particularly in the food sector. In July 1943, according to the results of the same month of the last three years, imports in Mill.K: VII.1943: VII.194: VII.1041: VII-1940: 1/ Nutrition: 64.5 81.3 103.1 196.- of live animals 0.5 16.6 1.3 16.3 Foodstuffs: 10, 10,? 33,1 30,= animal origin plant I1 42 3 40,3 62,3 76'5 consumables 11,7 13,6 $9 73,2 2/Manufacturing:126,4 183,5 206,9 243,6 35,2 80,2 44,4 86.3 of which: raw materials ... semi-finished products ...... 33,6 40,6 69,4 4.88 manufactured goods ..... 57,6 62,7 93,i 989 The proportion of imported food products amounted to 33,7 % of the total imports of July 1942: 30,6 %; 1941; 33,2; ,1940: 44,5 %/. a1bia The following changes have occurred with regard to the composition of imports in the "Commercial Virtue" group. In terms of percentages: VII.1943: VII.1942: VII1941: VII.1040: 27,8 43.8 9'8 35.4 oa Semi-finished products 9.98 2.22 22 5 36 3 56 2 450 28, manufactured goods ... 3 Among the most important goods imported in July, the corresponding values for the same month of previous years are also given for comparison: