English Translation

The main buyer countries were /in Mill.K/: Country: IV.1943: II1.1943: IV.1942: IV.1041: Slovakia 130 124 115 100 Romania 82 29 54 15 Croatia 94 4 II 17 Italy. 42 26 27 Bulgaria 36 50 16 30 Government 26 15 1 5 Hungary ... 14 0 20 13 Ostlnd 13 il 1 14 24 17 Switzerland .. 11 Sweden 10 21 $ra 8 Holland.... 10 9 12 20 These eleven countries are involved in the whole of April 1943 with 92.2%. The most important position among these countries remained Slovakia with 26.6%. Significantly, exports to Romania and Croatia increased. From the point of view of the balance of payments and the ratio of the groups of countries to the Great German Reich, the breakdown of exports is as follows in comparison with March 1994 and April 1942 /in Mill.K/: Country : IV.1942: II1.1943: IV.-1942: 1/ Clearing countries 421.- 408.4 297.8 2/ Occupied countries 67.5 37.5 30.6 30.6 Total 488.5 446.- 328.4 In the four months of the year l943, total exports of goods amounted to 1,455,3 mil1.K compared with 1,137.2 millionK in the same period of the previous year and compared with 1,293,6 millionK during the same time of year I94l.