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Professor J, E. MSADE,
London School of Sconomics,
Houghton Street, Aldvjyck,
L o n d o n W.C.2

With reference to your letter of April 27» 1955»
to professor THIBERGSN I herewith send you part of the information you asked for» It is a matter of regret toraethat
it was not possible to send this reply sooner»
Detailed and comparahle balance of pas^nents
figures are availahle for the period 1948-1954 only, A classification of these figures hy geographical areas is lacking» Instead you will find a classification hy currencies.
In table I the foreign p&ytnents as .recorded 'hy
The Netherlands Bank have been specified as follows:
i) all cureeneies
li) U.S. dollars
iii) total S.P.Ü. currencies
i^) other currencies.
A more d e t a i l e d c l a s s i f i c a t i o n by S J - . U , c u r r e n c i e s
cannot be given as Dr HOUvVINK of TJie Netherlands Bank infoiroed
rae t h a t the Bank does not want t o ^ i v ^ f t h i s information,
Figures for the y e a r s 1946 and 1947 have been
published i n Voliroe 5 of the Balance of payments yearbook
issued by the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund. These f i g u r e s have
been prepared i n accordance with the Fund's "Balance of
pasnaents manual" and cannot be compared with tiie f i g u r e s given
in t a b l e I ,

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Index nurahers on the volume of Dutch and Belgian
Imports and exports of manufactured products are given in tahle
II, In case you are interested in an overall index of the Dutch
imports of capital goods and consumer goods the weights for
these groups given there may be of use to you. These weights
are not available for Belgium,
If any further information is required, please
let me know.
Sincerely yours.

(¥ƒ, Drees Jr)

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