ECONOMIC - TRADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230503-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 503
• Publication Date: June 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEMEORrA.GLICY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS. CD NO.
COUNTRY Cceosanist China
SUBJECT &mud o Trade
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
Hong Kong
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PUBLISHED 14, 30 may 1949
LANGUAGE Chinese
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1949
DATE DIST.A0,7nn 19119
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1"/EN4N1NO GOVERNNINT 11331,18 TRADE RELKYLATIONS Rha-c'llig Pao, 14 Nay 49
The following trade regulations were recently promulgnted by the Tlien-ohing
People's Government:
1. Earohanto will be permitted to transport commodities in or out of the
city with the exception of the following, Which are government controlled: guns,
ammunition, saltpetei, sulfur, zinc, lead, antimony, nickel, antimony sulfide,
TNT, acids (including byLJoyenici sulfuric, hydrochloric and nitric acido),
radio traammitters, bullion, foreign currency, wireless telephones, and receivers
and tranenitters.
2. All production units of government agencies and military forces state
enterprises, and 000peratives managed by helen government or above desiring to
purchase government-controlled or noneontrolled oommodities in the city must
resdutur with the Tlien-ohing Trmet Company. Nersomvr, the purchasing moot be
'entreated to this company and an experi, license must be obtained before the com-
modities are removed from the city. nolatore will be 'abject to punieheent
un-
der military cods.
3. Merchants planning tc go to a !oriesdly area or cities under military
control to purchase or sell large amounts of noseceersmaest-ocatrollef1 goods must
first file an application far a trading license at One of the branch offices of
the liminstry and'Commaroe Bureau. This license Till pirmit the applicant to
enter such areas; upon returning to the city, it most be surrendered. In addi-
tion the individual will be required to anbmit to the *Kiss issuing the license
a report showing the type and quantity of gOods treennt into the city.
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NANO-HAI MUMS DIFORTS,.-7 Acuacloo, 30 May 9
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: Urge aneunts of necesoterfood, 6114: end coal are again flowing into Shang-
bat fron all points.!::11ince the liberation, aone 180 million pounds ofeleodatuffs
heve been imported to enpply the demands of thin city. At presont,.40110 ?4'w11
lion pxwods of food ond::14 million Pounds of cooling nil are on theit'yoy, stile
coal is being chipped frowthe Ebel. -hat Om;
The'officcial Central Chine Communist paper, Chiei-fang reported that::
the first train fro* North China loaded with abot.1,000 tone of coal, rice, ant
assolitie oriented in Shampasi,.:".: Foreign mail servicMhat'been'resumed by the Shang-
bat ?cat Office, and it is expected thatHforeigMehipe will se0n,:ba?eaillog into:
Shang-hal port.::
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