SINO-SOVIET BLOC EXPORTS OF MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TO THE FREE WORLD 1952-54

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BLOC EXPORTS OF MACH
L Exports of Machine and Trans ort
European Satellite Nations. 952
Pic/ID-l38 Supplement 1
In general., the bulk of Free World imports of machinery and
transport equipment from the Bloc during 1952 and 1953 has come from
three Satellites m Czechoslovakia, Feast Germany., and Hungary, The
Soviet Union ranked fourth in Bloc exports of machinery and transport
equipment to nations of the Free World, Other European Satellites
exported negligible amounts of this general category to non-Bloc
Countries, (For a comprehensive account of Bloc Exports of machinery
and transport equipment see Tables 1 and 2,)
The largest Bloc exporter of both machinery and transport equip-
ment to the Free World during the years under consideration was
Czechoslovakia,, Czech machinery and transport exports to the West
aggregated $25 956,000 in 1952 and $29,,287,000 in 1953, East German
export aggregates for the same types of commodities totaled $16,235,000
in 1952. In 1953, East German exports of machinery and transport equip-
ment to the Free World increased substantially and totaled $24,326,000.
Hungary stood third in the exports of this type-of equipment, exporting
$3,575,000 to nor-Bloc countries in 1952 and $8,217,000 in 1953. The
1953 Hungarian export figure was largely due to an increase in the
export of transport equipment. Whereas the-value of Hungarian exports
of transport items totaled $691,000 in 1952, substantial shipments of
railway vehicles and motor vehicles, which reached an aggregate value
of $3,418,000, largely accounted for the 1953 increase in the value
of Hungarian machinery and transport exports to the Free World,
The Soviet Union ranked fourth among the Bloc nations in the
export of machinery and transport equipment to non Bloc countries, USSR
exports to the West under this general category totaled $1,681,000. in
1952 and $3,564,OOO in 1953. The bulk of these exports was accounted
for by shipments of motor vehicles, Exports of road motor vehicles
were valued at $1,180,000 in 1952, and $3,082,000 in 1953,
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The other European Satellites exported minor amounts of
machinery and transport equipment to the Free World during the years
under considerationo Machinery and transport equipment exports from
Poland, Bulgaria and mania reached an aggregate of $417,000 in
1952 and $713,000 in 19530 Albania did not export any equipment of
this type to the Free World,
forts of machinery and transport equipment from China to the
Free World have not been included in these compilations for 1952 and
1953 since they were negligible.
11. Exports of Machiiner and TraneDort Equipment from the Gino-Soviet
Bloc 1 .
An analysis of available trade data shows-,that Bloc machinery
and transport shipments to various non-B1,6c areas have continued to
increase during 19540 As was the case in the two previous years, the
bulk of these exports have come from East Germany, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary and the USSR.
During 1954, East Germany replaced Czechoslovakia as the leading
exporter of both machinery and transport. equipment to non -Bloc areas0
East German exports of goods in these categories totaled
$
Czechoslovakian shipments of machinery and transport equipment t,0(100
non Bloc nations aggregated 29'o652'000 which was substant a~-1the
awe as the value ~'7 t
exported in the previous years Hungarian"shipments
of machinery to the Free World showed a moderate increase over 1953,
while exports of transport equipment remained at approximately the
same level. Hungarian exports for 1954 totaled $11,012,000. The
Soviet Union in 1954 substantially improved its position as a Bloc
.exporter of machinery and transport equipment, and total exports of
goods-in this category totaled $11,092,000, which was an-Increase
of $7,9528,000 over the relatively small 1953 value of similar
efforts 0
Again, as in 1953, the bulk of USSR exports of machinery and transport
equipment to the Free World was accounted for by shipments of motor
vehicles. Trade data for 1954"shows that Soviet exports of "road
motor vehicles'$ totaled $6,512,000 whereas si_ilar exports to the
Free World in 1953 aggregated only $3,082,000. Another factor which
was responsible for the 1954 increase was the'shipment of railway
vehicles to Argentina which were valued at $3,705,0000 No exports of
railway vehicles from the Soviet Union to non-Bloc areas were reported
in either 1952 or 19530 On the basis of the incomplete trade data now
available for 1954, it appears that the Soviet Union may have replaced
Hungary as the third ranking. Bloc exporter of machinery and transport
equipment to Free World arease
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The other European Satellites exported limited amounts of
machinery and transport equipment to non Bloc nations during 1954,
Shipments from PolandA Bulgaria and Rumania aggregated $8279000 for
the year. In Table 3, a column entitled "Unspecified European
Satellites" shows that an additional amount of Bloc exports in the
categories under consideration totaled approximately $2,0009000,
These shipments were reported by Free World countries but the
Satellite exporter was not specifically identified,
Communist China exported a negligible amount of machinery to
the Free World during 1954, Total exports from Communist China were
valued at only $108,000.
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