Czechoslovakia, being a highly industrialized country has been following, for some years, the line of stimulating its oversea trade. It can be easily understood that countries of the British Empire have "been in the centre of Czechoslovakia's interest. They have offered the best opportunity for a favourable deyelopment of mutual trade, Apart from that, solid sympathies for all nations united in the British Empire exist in Czechoslovakia, where every advance in the direction of economic rapprochement is generally greeted with real satisfaction, Czechoslovak efforts towards the development of the international trade have met with considerable success, During the last two years, Czechoslovakia signed commercial treaties with different parts of the Eritish Empire and in 1937, the trade relations have consequently marked an ascending tendency. From the versea parts of the British Empire, Czechoslovakia imported, last year, for 9829 million Ko in comparison to 5062 million Ko in 1936, At the same time, the exports of Czechosloyak goods to these countries rose from 382.8 million Ko last year, to €48.3 million Ko in 1937. The volume of the exchange of goods has beer almost doubled.
The following table show the development of Czechoslovakia's trade with each of the parts of the Empire:
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