TRENDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY IN COMMUNIST CHINA IN 1964

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Approved For Release 2001 /03/2.EC A DP79T01003A002200110001-4 r.vr0 FOREI GN DISSEM CIA/RR CB 65- 3 1 February 1965 Copy No. 199 INTELLIGENCE BRIEF TREE NDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY TN COMMUNIST CHINA IN 1964 IDIRECI"ORA'I'E OF INTELLIGENCE Office of Research and Reports GROUP 1 NO I'OREt..ICAN DISSEM Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification Approved For Release 2001/03/22 :F&k- P79T01003AO0220 1-4 Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 WARNING This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws, Title 18, USC, Secs. 793 and 794, the trans- mission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 Approved For Release, Ma 22~CIA-RDP79T01003A002200110001-4 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D TRENDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY 1,N COMM NIST~ CHINA IN 1964 Although there was sti . i .le capacity in the industry in 1964, t e Chinese resumed production at two plants that had been shut down for a number of years, started initial. production at one completely new plant, increased output at some plants that had been operating below capacity during 1962 and 1963, and expanded the .support facilities at three or four additional plants. This increase in activity suggests that production of cement from major plants may have increased by 15 to 20 percent in 1964. Because most Chinese industrial plants still have excess capacity, expanded pro- duction of cement probably is related more to the resumption of con- struction of transportation and municipal facilities than to renewed indus- trial investment? 1. Areas of Increased Activity the industry opera - ol c h t y -~.__~_ - - p i men highest level since the retrenc - 25X1 D implemented in early 1.961. 1/ Two plants in Manchuria, -- the heart of the cement industry in. China --- that were idle apparently have resumed pro uc tion. ese p located at Fu.-shun and Pen- ch' i. in Liaoning Province and have a com- bined installed capacity of roughly 600, 000 tons per year. ** The increased activity of two other plants located in the southern 25X1 D 25X1 C part of the country, however, was of greater significance. .A new plant at Liu-chou in Kwangsi Province, which has been under construction for the past 6 or 7 years and, although nearly complete, had been abandoned ca~y of about 300, 000 tons per year - - should reduce or eliminate Chinese dependence on cement imported from North Vietnam for con- struction of projects in South China. and on Hainan Island. In addition to the Liu-thou plant, the important cement plant at Kun-rni.ng in Yunnan Operation of this new plant -- estimated to have an insta since 1962, started initial production in September 1964 Tonnages are given in metric tons throughout this pu. . Ica . 25X1 D S-E--C-R-E-T Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 Approved For Releasg-WIQ$122 TCIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 25X1 D a opera e a a ou percent of uaNa.,- - ration. 1964 the second of two kilns was placed in opeon. Increased ted to have a total installed capacity province increased production in 1964 above that the K previous years. plant 25X1 D 1,?+ construction effort in the south 2s , production at this plant -- estima stepped-UP 00 tons per year -- may have been n in response to a t such as the recently rev pro- 300, 0 of production and Consumption plant s in 1964, total production of cement from and 9 ~ pion tons,nano ncrease China probably totaled between 7 million aof 1 million tons above the estimated 6 million b illionttons in 1963 (see the table). Although incomplete statistics sugges Chinese have increased gradually sed output p obably was Consumed exports of cement to the Free World the past few years, most of the increased domestically. The increase in exports exports to the USSR ~ ncea196 a3r, as has been offset by a decrease ports shown in the table. In 1964, there was not a major increase cement probably waslneeded in c tion in Communist China, but additional such known activities as the construction tlianMo~e military airavele-rs fields, 3/ ports, and railroads in re ort that there has been some resumption in the construction of p municipal projects that had been abandoned since 1961. S-E-C-R-E-T Approved For Release 2001103/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 of railroad construction. Approved For Releasg.2 041$122- TCIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 Production. of Cement from Major Plants in Communist China and Exports to the USSR 1953-64 Thousand Metric Tons Exports 1953 3,880 290 1954 4,6oo 270 1955 4,500 348 786 1956 6,390 1957 6,860 1,192 1958 ,300 a/ 978 1959 12,270 b/ 560 1960 C/ 552 595 1961 689 1962 5,000 to 7,000 d/ 1963 6,000 to 8,000 a/ 373 1964 7,000 to 9,000 a/ Less than 100 d/ a. Production in 1978 may includ e i. million tons from small backyard plants. b. Including 1.72 million tons from small shaft-kiln plants of a design alleged to be more advanced than the backyard plants used in 1958. c. The plan for. 1960 was to produce 16 million tons, with one-third of the total to come from small plants. It is probable that this plan was not fulfilled and that, at the maximum, production from major plants in 1960 did not exceed 11 million tons. d. Estimated. 25X1A 1. CIA. CIA/RR EM 64-6, Level of Operation of the Cement Industry in Communist China in 1963, Mar 64. S/NO 25X1A Analyst: -? 3 - S-E-C-R.-E-T Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 25X1 D Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 SECRET Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 Approved For Release 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP79TO1003AO02200110001-4 SE CRE T Analyst: MS I Ub1' (Project 33. 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