English Translation

5 - The export surplus is quite high, which is due to unilateral relations with some countries. Foreign trade with the individual trading partners in March 1944 shows the following results /in Mill.K/: Country: Turnover: Imports: Exports: Balance: Slovakia 156.2 84.5 71.7 - 12.8 Romania 18. 3.1 114.9 +111.8 Croatia 79- 79.- + 79.= 17.4 Hungary 76.5 59.1 + 41.7 Spain 1.8 4.5 473 + 42.8 Sweden 44.8 8.4 36.4 + 28.= Bulgaria 35. E 20. 15.3 - 4.7 Switzerland 29. 5 5.1 24.4 + 19.3 The eight countries mentioned represent 85.4 % of total foreign trade turnover in March 1944. The large export surpluses with Romania and Croatia arose, as it is evident, from the unilateral trade relations with these countries. IV. External trade in the first quarter of 1984. The development of foreign trade in the first quarter of 1944, compared with the previous and the same period of the last two years, is reflected in the following combination: y i r t e L j a h r : In Mill.K: e I.1944: IV.1943: f.1942: Imports 497 583 480 590 Exports 1.481 1,284 296 608 Turnover 1.978 1,867 1,447 1.399 Balance + 984 + 701 + 487 + 219 Imports in the 1st quarter 1944: The breakdown of imports of goods in the I.Quarter 1944 according to the groups and subgroups of the food economy and the industrial economy in comparison with the preceding results gives the following picture: