craft industry and a part of the iron producing industry-reach the conclusion that direct deliveries to Germany are continuously increasing.

The increase in production expressed in value, is actually greater than the increase in the quantities delivered, owing to the increase in prices which has taken place since 1940.

As the French Central Orders Office's statistics about deliveries to Germany show, the building industry provides nearly half the production for the German account and the aircraft industry about 5 percent in spite of everything. If one adds to the figures in the Industrial reports an estimate of the missing branches of industry, the result shows that in the second half of 1943, the German share of French industrial production amounted to approximately 50 percent.

The available stock of steam locomotives in France fell in 1943 to about half of the prewar number owing to the handing over to Germany of about 4,300 locomotives, to scrapping, destruction and falling out of commission.

The wagon park also contained in 1943 only a little more than half (58 percent) the prewar number.

Transportation in the German interests (Wehrmacht transportation and program goods "priority A") made greater and greater demands on the total transport supplied. The German share amounted to

It was possible to increase the transportation provided by French inland shipping constantly. In 1943 about half of all transport was used in the German interests, namely:

In 1,000 ton loads

Building materials (Todt Organization, Air force etc.)

5,000

4,800

650

600

Wheat

150

Oats

120

Limestone

100

Other goods (Straw, Chalk, Bauxite, Wood, Liquid fuel, etc.)

240

Total in

mill. RM

German economy thus received from France considerably more than Germany herself delivered to France. German foreign trade statistics do not include her deliveries to German Wehrmacht and other authorities which must be estimated as additional imports from France.

France's Share in German Foreign Trade

14. France's Place in German Foreign Trade, 1935/38 and 1942

When deliveries and return deliveries in foreign trade with different countries are compared with one another, the importance of individual countries for German imports and exports has changed almost completely since prewar times. In 1942 France was far in the lead of the countries from which Germany received more than she sent to. The Southeastern European countries, which were before the war the chief exporters to Germany, have dropped considerably behind. The drop in deliveries is indeed partly to be attributed to the unfavorable harvests in these countries.

to France

mill. RM

%

Excess of

imports from France

mill. RM

The Excess of imports

amounted to:

In 1942

The Excess of Exports

amounted to:

MILL RM

25

50

Government General.

Rumania

15. France's Place in German Foreign Trade in 1942

according to groups of goods

As a source of supply of food and luxury food items for German food economy, France occupied in 1942 the second place after Italy and has since undoubtedly become Germany's most important supplier of foodstuffs. The most important commodities imported. from France are the following:

Food industry total

352.4 Mill. R.M.

of this Wines

118.7 Mill. R.M.

Wheat

70.9

Cattle, alive

44.7

Meat

23.8

As a supplier of raw materials too, France occupied in 1942 by far the leading place. The following goods were chiefly supplied:

Raw materials, total

171.0 Mill. R.M.

of these iron ore

In foreign trade in semimanufactured goods, France was in 1942 also one of the countries from which Germany received more on balance than she delivered to. She occupies the fourth place in the order. The chief goods delivered were the following:

Semimanufactured goods total

of these Wool yarns

France was furthermore the chief supplier in 1942 of finished goods of all 35 kinds. The following goods were delivered chiefly: Fully manufactured goods, total 694.8 Mill. R.M.