Paris, Sept. 22.
The statistics of France's foreign trade for the first eight months "f 1920 show that the imports amounted to Frs. 24,561,000,000, an increase of Frs. 2,818,000,000 as compared with the corresponding period 1919, but imports of raw materials essential to French industries were responsible for Frs. 1,000,000,000 of this total. The exports for this period amounted to Frs. 14,406,000,- 000, an increase of Frs. 8,663,000,000 as compared with the corresponding period of last year.—Reuter.
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