English Translation

Národní banka pro Čechy a Moravu v Praze, l. Ausferti Fun 0 studijní oddělení. St.762/Ing.H./P. Prague, July 7, 1944. 9/4 The foreign trade of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia in May 1944, I. The import of goods in May of 1944. The total import of commodities in May, 1944 had a value of 169,4 million.K. Compared to the previous month, a decrease of 14.9 % in value was recorded, by 5.9% in volume terms. The evolution of imports of goods gives the following picture /in Mill.K/: V.1944: IV.1943: V-1942: V,1941: V1940: 169,4 199,0 261,5 251,5 295,6 447,8 Grouped by the groups and sub-groups of the food and industrial economy, May imports show the following trend compared with the previous month and with the results of the same month of the last two years: in Mill. K: T V.1943: 16 1/Food industry: 73.7 78.3 93.7 268 of which: live animals 1,I 0.4 0'9 Foodstuffs of animal origin 7,3 14.0 7,6 10.7 Vegetables I1, 43.7 22 35,6 64.5 Food 21.6 40,1 50,1 8.0 2/Commercial economy: 93.5 119.8 167,8 163,3 of which : raw materials 25.7 20$ 75.7 g'99 Semi-finished products 20.1 23.6 35.3 34.7 47,7 599 56,8 62,4 3/Refunds: 2,2 6'0 The share of imported food in total May imports was 43,6 % /in the previous month 39,3 %/.