SOVIET AID TO ALBANIA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600300455-3
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 455
• Publication Date: April 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION Cu1FIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
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AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Economic - Industry, commerce
HOW
PUBLISHED Periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED Not indicated
DATE
PUBLISHED Sep/Oct 1949
LANGUAGE Russian
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DATE DIST. .7 Apr 1950
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
MARCH, SEPTEMBER 1949 SHIPMENTS FROM USSR
At the beginning of September 1949, Albania received economic aid
frcm the USSR without a payment deadline. Among the items received were
21,246 tons of wheat, 227 ZIS-trucks with trailers, 2,587 auto bodies,
16 railroad cars, 4,716 tons of construction iron, railroad tracks, and
iron parts; 3,025,345 meters of textiles; window glass, drugs, and con-
sumers' goods.
In March 1549, the USSR supplied Albania with equipment for a textile
combine with a yearly capacity of 26,600 cubic 5'_c7 meters, for a wood-
impregnating factory, for a plywood factory, for'an iron drum factory,'and
for a rice-cleaning factory, as well as plumbing pipes, machinery for the
hydroelectric power plant in Selite which has a capacity of 6,000 kilo-
watts, machinery and instruments for a petroleum combine, and equipment for
'chrome and lignite mines.
in 1946, the Albanian government invested 14 million lek for industry;
in 1947, 179 million lek; and in 1948, 192 million ley..
Industrial production in 1947 and 1948 compares with prewar production
es follows (1938 = 100):
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Power 814
Chemical industry 154
Construction materials 83
Lumber 800
Food products 176
Leather industry 325
Textile industry 100
Tobacco industry 203
Capital investments under the Two-Year Plan for the development of
industry (not including mines) will be 1,103,000,000 lek, of which 384 mil-
lion will be spent in 1949 and 719 million in 1950.
The plan calls for the construction of a large cotton and paper combine
in Tirana with a yearly capacity of 20 million square meters of fabric. The
USSR is to supply the equipment. Construction of the combine began in
duly 1949; the combine will be in operation in 1950. The entire investment
for the combine will be 374 million lek. The plan also provides for the
construction of a factory for the initial processing of hemp and wool, as
well as equipping existing factories with new machines.
The plan calls for the construction of a large sugar factory with a
yearly capacity of 10,000 tons in the Maliq (Korce) Valley. The factory
will begin production in 1951. Construction of the factory began at the
end of May 1949. The total planned capital investment was 205 million lek,
of which 41 million will be for 1949 and 164 million for 1950. The machinery
will be provided by the USSR.
The plan also calls for the construction of a vegetable oil factory
with a yearly capacity of 4,000 tons, and the rationalization of existing
macaroni factories during 1949 so that their production capacity will be
246 percent in 1950 as compared to 1948.
The plan provides for the completion of the hydroelectric power plant
at Selite, so that it will be in operation in 1951. A total of 274 million
lek will be invested in the project. The machinery and other equipment will
be provided by the USSR. The plan also calls for the improvement of exist-
ing power plants and for research on the possibilities of further electrifi-
cation.
In order that the Two-Year Plan may be fulfilled, all brick factories
will increase their production, so that their capacity of 9 million bricks
in 1948 will be increased to 23 million in 1950.
The plan calls for the construction and operation of two trood-drying
factories, a wood-impregnating factory, a plywood factory, and a cardboard
factory, and for the equipping of existing sawmills with various machines
and instruments. The annual production capacity of the two wood-drying
factories will be 25,000 cubic meters, of the plywood factory 3,000 cubic
meters, of the cardboard factory 100 tons, and of the sawmills 66,000 cubic
meters.
Studies will be made in preparation for the construction of a cement
factory with a yearly capacity of 40,000 tons.
Shoe production in 1950 is expected to be 772 percent greater than
in 1948.
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The construction of a tobacco-processing factory will permit the annual
processing of 1,500 tons of tobacco.
The operation of the new foundry in the "Enver" Enterprise will permit
an increase to 355 tons of iron in 1950 as compared to 57 tons in 1948.
ALBANIAN C024fERCE UNDER THE TWO-YEAR PLAN
Albanian local resources plus imports from the USSR and Satellite
countries will make possible an increase in commercial operations of 91.1
percent in 1949 as compared to 1938, and of 123.9 percent in 1950.
The state sector will account for 43.6 percent of all the merchandise
turnover in 1 49, the cooperative sector 42 percent, and the private sector
16 percent figures as in text]. In 1950, the merchandise turnover for the
state sector will be 47.5 percent, for the cooperative sector 43.3 and for the private sector 9 percent. percent,
The different categories of consumers' goods in the state and coopera-
tive sectors as compared to 1948 will be increased in 1949 by 126 percent
foresanufactured goods, 17.5 percent for food products, and 116 percent for
In 1950, the increase fo-ver 1448 for manufactured goods will be 189.7
percent, for shoes 124.8 percent, and for food products 136.2 percent. The
distribution of the above products to individual consumers will be increased
as compared to 1948 to 117 percent in 1949 and tc 135.84 percent in 1950.
capital 1938, consumers' goods constituted 94 percent of all imports, while
goods amounted to only 6 percent. In 1949, 65.18 percent of the
imports were capital goods and only 34.12 percent were consumers' goods.
In 1950, the imports of capital investment goods will make up an even greater
proportion.
The 1949 exports increased to 431.8 percent as compared to 1938 and
135.5 percent as compared to 1948. The 1950 exports
cent a8. 622
as compared to 1938 and to 195.2 percent as compared will to rise to 1944 8 per-
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