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relationlo their gold parity3 TPhe'curves’Tre bas^t"o^the vsflife in1^Sh/°WSf Vvf ^lsc?unt in % of certain currencies
own in Table XV? (F^r further expKtiJm, see bdow ) °f the f°reign currencies in New York as
|,;Mm4C\?rSegennpirtlV«SS^ the
31 MU 89.7
IV-VI 87.3
1931 VII-IX .
X-XII .
84.6
92.3
1932 I-III
90.1
I'omaSnVatowX'theyeSTMi been revised a“ordi"« «• 'he latest
fit’s omitted) : Y a d 1932‘ Flgures for the first S1X mon^ of 1931 are given below (Pesos oro,
57,528 II
50,892
III
56,570 IV. .'[ 45,758 V
43,467 VI
43,042
-he« - -
ports
sorts
18,298
11,043
II
II
14,038
11,567
III
III
15,131
10,464
IV
IV
14,740
11,849
V
V
19,426
16,319
VI
VI
16,089
15,139
aths^of ^1931 ^re^as foliows*S; C°Untry b“" m»Slted ^
1931
Values
iGold Roubles, 000’s omitted).
Weight
(i metric tons, 000’s omitted).
Month
/ Imports
\ Exports.
/ Imports.
\ Exports.
I
61,548
60,116
218
1,091
II
62,932
68,137
201
1,224
III
126,745
67,685
323
1,380
IV
89,093
55,240
259
1,379
V
101,294
58,235
321
1,498
VI
75,667
56,843
282
1,668
‘Thillnd^h01 dh0leKle Precompiled for Indo-Chtna by
ii|?m>n. For a few commodities awra^ nf ^ri * S based1on tbe Prices m piastres of 37 commodities
b he Chamber of Commerce of this citv or m some mr are nmp+0yemu The OU01^0118 used are furnished
tube two following systems : 5 S°me aSe directly by merchants. The commodities are grouped according
i o' j^udstuffs (17 commodities, of which 11 are home products);
J 2. Other products (20 commodities, of which 11 are home products).
/ 1. Home products (22 commodities) ; J
' 2- Imported products (15 commodities).^
a-v age exchange rat7sTf „" X x.X ^unimomues. in aaamon, a goia index is compiled on the basis of the
SP e onlv tiiic°rf/yia /l0 bave been practically stable since the beginning of 1930. For reasons nf
as ollows^^18 ^°^d index on the 1913 basis will be given in the Bulletin. r.nrrpsnnnHinrf fimiT-pc -f'non j
Corresponding figures for 1930 and 1931 are
19i
19 •
Month
I
127
111
II
127
107
III
126
106
IV
131
102
V
126
100
VI
125
98
VII
125
99
VIII
124
107
IX
121
103
X!
115
103
XI
115
103
XII Average
115 123
100 103
rofienTbth^^ver^e^orbthe6vear^RbM^has^hepPave been re^sed. As no figures for 1913 are available at the
, In Tahlp VTv/not tue year 1914 has been adopted provisionally as pre-war basis.
Pufehed by ifc, h2 been’taduS t# 0t pr‘Tate disCOUnt rates »» Sofia
°f IlatesA bas been altered. It is now divided into three parts. The first part mves a summa™
Su*ension 0Pf Fdirf8^68/^1111^^31186 rates adoPted since 1928 grouped as follows : (1) Legal Stabilisation (‘I)
°%e informat?ond hvndard °r oi Gold Exports, (3) Foreign Exchange Control. The summary is bksed
uni icial control Of fnrpPfnVaS ahvailable at tbe moment of going to press. Countries in which there has bee/a merelv
exiifded. f fom°n exchange operations, and those in which temporary restrictions have been abandoned, are
0r the tab1^ sha^s1the value in U. S. cents of the unit of currency of each country and the premium
j P cent as compared with the par rate. This method of presentation has been employed since February 1929