ECONOMIC - TEXTILE INDUSTRY

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6
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April 15, 1949
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6 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 e..-m..iiMI9n,iAIM" ???????? ????? ' on tmomm~~emi ma nm eaenonw m mm to gut own Ti .em no esawtaa viiSS w aaW CD NO. DATE DIST. /,s April 1949 NO. OF PAGES 3 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 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 AaM1/ AIR 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. CLASSIFICATION LO Wiwi ssl 50X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6 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 mm spindles i n Y ln e t 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. ugoa via, ++a, .+dc-~vu DLI Gee most Important equipment, stocks of rev materials and finished goode, and --V? -o ~mous wre 1=002 Out or -.Ugoalavia. --o?????a.+o.. yo-yl on"nu4a- 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6 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. .y. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/28: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220092-6