English Translation

Xn13/44g GEHFIM National Bank for Bohemia and Moravia in Prague. Study section. Národní banka pro Cęchy a Moravu v Praze, studijni oddğlení. 99 *118/44 Prague, 7 February 1944. From 7 copies Evid. No. 2. The foreign trade of the Frotektorat Bohemia and Mähren. The latest statistics provide an overview of imports and exports during the last month of 1943. I. Imports of goods in December l943. Total imports of goods were 193.3 million K in December 1943. The comparison with the import results in the previous month and the same month of the last three years shows the following picture /in Mill.K/: 00 XII.1943: XI.1942: XII.-1941: XII.194: 193.3 174,5 213,2 260,3 300.5 Compared to the preceding month, an increase of 18.8 million, i.e. 10.7%, was recorded; imports increased by almost the same percentage in volume terms. In the year l943, the import of goods had a value of 2,500,7 millionK compared to 2,632,9 millionK in 1942. As a result of the increased imports of raw materials, the import in 1943 was 10,6 $ higher than in 1942 in quantity. Breakdown by groups and sub-groups of the food and industrial economy shows the following picture compared to the previous month and with the results of the same month of the last two years: