ECONOMIC - TEXTILE INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
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• Publication Date: April 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFI ATION
CEN I RAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY TUSOSlavia
SUBJECT Economic - Textile indastry
HOW
PUBLISHED Monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED Dec 1947
LANGUAGE Russian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE Tek' ' 11 a Pro ilhleauwst No 12, 1947 (FIG Per Abe 20G65' --
canslatiou requested.
TErZILE INDUSTRY IN YUGOSLAVIA
The Yugoslav people, under leadership of Marshall Tito, have made
great strides in reconstruction of their economy. Extraction of iron
ore, smelting of pig iron and steel, output of ootcon cloth and other
products have been almost completely restored.
Before World Par II, the principal textile products of Yugoslavia were
cotton, wool, silk and linen. Cotton goods constituted one half the out-
put of the textile industry, woolen goods one quarter, silk goods ei,d hemp
products one eighth, Frith the proportion of linen and ,jute goods compara-
tively low
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In 1940, 150 textile onterprlses -'cyloyed 20 perrdnt of all workers
in Tugoslavian industries.
Of the total capital invested in all branches of industry, 12 percent
war apportiond io the textile industry. Thus, the textile industry occu-
pies third plane among the feuding branches of Yugoslavian industry.
Were World War II there were approximately 250,000 spindles, 14,000
zaohanical loos and 50,000 hand-operated looms in the cotton industry.
't'heir apir.ni g satisfied only 60 percent of the demand of fabric factories.
The annual output of cotton cloth did not completely satisfy the
deasnds of the population and a considerable quantity of textile goods was
imported from other countries.
There ws$e about 70,000 spindles and 16 000 looms operating in 48
woolen factories before World War II. In 140, the woolen industry re-
processed a large part of the internal production of wool, approximately
16,000 tons. In addition, 4,230 tons of wool and 1,650 tons of woolen
yarn were Imported.
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Production of goods made of hemp, 11`?:i:, and date was low. Before
World War II, there were abort. 60 emei _e :-oriee pro weing hemp, one
for spinning and two for weaving.
5,500 tone of these fibers were Impor!ed. In 19!0,%bout~40,00o tone of
r a w hemp were harvested. HaW of t eJ1eid was sold to Germany, Sweden,
Denmark, Belgium and other uou:.tries.
In 1910, 31,500 Workers were employed in the milk industry in Serbia.
During World War I a large part of the mu*l+erry 'trees was destroyed.
Only 636 tons of silk-vorm ooccon9 were gathered in 1940, as compared
with 3,000 tone in 1914.
Yugoslavia, in the years immediately preceding World War II, began to
Import a large quantity of natural silk. Thus, in 1921, 138 tone of natural
silk and fiber were imported and imports rose to 3,244 tons in 1936. Before
World War II, production of synthetic silk goods was very poorly developed.
In 1936, Yugoslavia imported 3,1Co totem ,g fiber and synthetic silk products.
The lep4ing textile enterprises were located in three cities: Zagreb,
Belgrade and Wayzata.
Before World War II the principal enterprises were the Joint Stock
Co ny of the National Cotton-Spinning Factories in Duga Beta and the
Joint Stock Company of Yugoslavian Textile Ehterprisee of Mautner In Zagreb.
Theme companion owned 80,000 spindles or '0 percent of all the cotton
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usurppera. exploited the textile enterprises and Shipped the entire outrut
In April 1941, the Hitler hordes invaded Yugoalavia The F ^i
and retarded the development - ?~~ ?~~.. 4uelr Soons
of a significant number of smaller enterprises.
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most Important equipment, stocks of rev materials and finished goode, and
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astically.set to reconstructing the enterprises of the textile ind:eatry
which had been destroyed by the Germans.
The National Sk'upshohina of the Feders.ed National Republic of Yugo-
slavia passed a law concerning the nationalization of individual economic
enterprises having general governmental or republican importance.
In conformity with the Constitution, a law was passed instituting
the Yugoslavian Five-Year General Governmental Econemio Plan. A. Xhebrang,
Chairmen of the State Planning Coemmission, stated that "the five-year plan
of developeent of Yugoslav national economy mast 11quidate the economic
and technological backwardness of the country; i must raise and strengthen
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socialistic national eCQ '~ u???. vyiuo"' 01 Tare
soapy and the new production relations connected
With it; it must improve the general welfare of the workers in the so-
cialist, cooperative and private segments of economy."
The five-year plan provides for growth of produ:tion of the textile
industry by more than twice its present output. Production of linen and
weaving of synthetic fibres will increase; considerably.
According to the plan, the Bowing area for cotton will increase by
413?percent, which will, to a significant degree, satisfy demands of the
domestic cotton industry. Productivity of labor in the textile industry
in 29}1 will be 55 percent higher than in 1946.
Per capita weaving Production was 8.7 motors in 3.939. Per capita
output will reach 19.4 motors by 1951. This constitutes an increase of
223 percent over the 1939?level:
on 22 August 1947, the Planning Ccamisaion published information con-
cerning fulfillmsnt of the gov'srnment plan of the first 6 months of 1947.
Tbs result, convincingly demonstrated the reality of the Yugoslavian
.. ive- ,ar plan. The textile and silk industries plan had been fulfilled
103-. percent.: for the first 6 months of 1947.
Yugoslavia is establishing close business relations with European
countries, there 'a genuine democratic structure has been not up.
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