ECONOMIC - FOREIGN TRADE; NONMETALLIC MINERALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600240585-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 585
• Publication Date: July 26, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCAST CO NO.
COUNTRY Communist China
SUBJECT Economic - Foreign trade, Nonmetallic minerals
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 19 Jun, 6 Jul l949
LANGUAGE Chinese
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1949
DATE DIST. L Jul 1949
NO. OF PAGES 1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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RICOBD BALT ZIEID -- Te. Kung Pao, 19 Jun 49
A recc?d yield has been obtained from the salt fields north'of the Haas
He in Kiargsu Province thus far this year. From the latter part of March
the latter part of )b{f, Lhe yiela: vas-153 ton".
iiIAia P. GUL&TI0I8 To is A1eiW D -- hua 8vaog Paz, 6 Jul 49
Tien-ohing (Tientsin) merchants have ason inforaed. that foreign trade
regulations in Bien-thing are to be aeaac,ieci in the near Thurs. The: in
oheogm viii be the diecontiunation of the bartering method of fora)-A trade
now practiced in Tien-ahing. In the future, exporters mast clear exchange
obtained by sales abrcat with the Trade Bureau, Importers may apply to the
Thueau for foreign exchange.
According to o ercial circles, the barter system was only a teMorary
ae .sere, ant now that Tien-ohing foreign trade has beoooe normal, it is nbt
unexpected that this sethd is being discontinueed. At present, there are over
70 import-export fir=s in Tien-ching licensed by the Trade Bureau.
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