English Translation

4 Exports in August l943, the special export of goods in August le4a reached a value of 357 million K and was only marginally higher than in July. Compared with August of the previous year it was smaller by la Mill.K. The breakdown according to the groups and subgroups of the food economy and the commercial economy, compared with the previous month and with the corresponding month of the previous year, shows the following changes /in Mill. K/: 1942 August: July: August 1941: 5.8 6.4 110. from:Food: animal origin 0.7 0.6 plant #1 3.1 3.- 106.8 consumables 8.7 2.7 3.7 a/ Industrial economy: 361.3 350.5 258.9 from: raw materials -9 9°9 6.6 semi-finished products 10.7 20.3 36.9 manufactured goods 338.5 323.6 885.4 As exports of sugar have been very small in recent months, the share of food exported is only 1.6% of total exports of goods in August, in August of the previous year the goods in the group "food industry" still accounted for 29.8 % of total export. The export of protectorates is now almost entirely made up of the goods of the commercial economy. In this group was accounted for: August 1942: July 1942: August 1941: 2.3 Raw materials % Semi-finished goods 3 % 10.4 Manufactured goods 94.7 93.4% 87