English Translation

- 5 - of Austria-Hungary in the Bohemian-Moravian region, the traditional relations had an impact primarily in the trade of the south-east with Bohemia and Moravia. It can be assumed that the industry of the Protectorate was in part established almost to satisfy the needs of the southeast. In the past, these natural relations have been disrupted by wrong commercial policy measures. By the inclusion in the Great German Economic Area, these inhibitions have now been removed. The development of trade in goods since the establishment of the Protectorate, especially during the first year of the war, has shown that the Protectorates represent a relatively high proportion, both on the import and export side, in the trade of the German Reich with the south-eastern states. In relation to Yugoslavia, this proportion is about 30% of Yugoslavia's trade with the rest of the Reich. With Romania, the movement of goods by the Protectorate is relatively more favourable.