Paris, Apr. 20.
French imports for the first three months of 1923 exceeded Frs. 6,974,000,000 as compared with Frs, 5,233,000, C00 for the corresponding period last year, an increase of Frs. 1,740,000,000.° The principal increase in imports was in raw materials necessary' for industry which totalled Frs, 1,313,000,000.
During the same period exports totalled Frs. 6,499,000,000 as against Frs. 4,860,600,0¢0 in 1922, an increase of Frs. 1,618,000,000, The increase fin exports of manufactured goods Was Frs. 543,000,000.—French Wireless through Reuter.
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