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

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- 3 - II. Exports of goods 1m May 1944. Export of goods in May 1984 had a value of 399,3 million K. The comparison with the previous month and with the same month of previous years is as follows /in Mill.K/: V.1944: IV.1943: V.194: V.1042: V1941: V-1940: 399.2 514.0 468.1 344.1 376.6 343.2 With a decrease in value by 22.4 % compared with the preceding month, May exports fell by 13.4 % in volume. The breakdown of exports by groups and sub-groups of the food and industrial industries compared with the previous month and the same month of the previous year is shown in the following table: in Mill.K: V.1944: IV.1943: V.1943: V1942: 1/Food: 31.2 33.4 35.1 32.3 of:Food: animal origin 0.2 1.5 crop " 18.1 8'98 33.4 27.8 Food and drink 3.1 6.4 1.7 3.0 a/Commercial economy: 378.0 480.6 2 311.8 of: Raw materials 5.3 5.3 7.4 6.0 Semi-finished products 44.6 45.2 14.2 8.4 Finished goods 3a8.1 431.411.4 397.4 The share of exported goods in the "Commerchant economy" group in total exports in May 194 was 94.7 % compared with 93.5 % in April d.J. The breakdown of the group "Commercial Economy" shows the following changes: i.n %: V.1944: IV.1943: V.11942: raw materials 1.4 1.1 1,? 1.9 Semi-finished products 11.8 $6 3.2 2.7 Manufactured goods 86.8 89.5 95.1 95.4