ACHIEVEMENTS OF YUGOSLAV LIGHT INDUSTRY DURING 1949

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• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
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• Publication Date: July 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN REPORT
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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Economic - Light industry
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ACHIEVEMENTS OF YUGOSLAV LIGHT INDUSTRY DURING 1949
Quota Realization
Josip Cazi, Minister of Light Industry in the federal goverment, an-
nounced recently that the ministry completed its 1949 industrial production
plan by 100.6 percent. The various administrations completed their plans
as shown below:
.Main Administration for the Federal Cement Industry completed 92.4 per-
cent of its plan, 10.1 percent more than in 1948.
Main Administration for the Federal Asbestos Industry, 93 percent, 83.8
more than in 1948.
General Administration for the Federal Chemical Industry, 101.6 percent.
General Administration for the Federal Glass Industry, 104.3 percent,
10 more than in 1948.
General Administration for the Federal Paper Industry, 99.8 percent, 1.8
more than in 1948.
General Administration for Federal Drug Manufacture, 96.4 percent, 45.5
more than in 1948.
General Administration for the Federal Food Industry, 98.1 percent.
General Administration for the Federal Tobacco Industry, 104.2 percent.
General Administration for the Federal Printing Industry, 102.3 percent.
Yugoslav light industry fulfill,Sd?Ste 5revenue plan by 96.8 percent, with
a total of 17,786,148,000 dinars, and;ts"investment plan by 100.8 percent or
18,265,608,000 dinars.
Because of a critical shortage of manpower, 22 percent of the planned con-
struction for 1949, including 33 percent of the social standard construction
was not realized. For the same reason, only 65 percent of the total investment
credit was spent in,1949. y
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The chemical administration completed its 1949 investment plan by 92 per-
cent in 11 months, the paper administration by 61 percent, and the food admin-
istration by 42 percent.
In the General Administration of the Federal Cement Industry, two verti-
cal furnaces, with a total capacity of 120 tons per day, began test operation
recently.
In the General Administration of the Federal Glass Industry, a new ampoule
factory, with a capacity of 750 tons of glass tubes, and 250 tons of ampoules
and flasks per year, began test operation recently.
In the General Administration of the Federal Food Industry, a factory for
extracting oil from sunflower seeds to a capacity of 100 tons, and for proc-
essing corn kernels to a capacity of 80 tons, began test operation recently.
The General Administration of the Federal Tobacco Industry recently put
into test operation a nicotine factory in Skoplje with a yearly production
capacity of 6 tons. The administration recently also put into operation two
fermentation installations in Skoplje and in Capljina, with a total yearly
capacity of 4,800 tons of cured tobacco.
The General Administration for Medical Production recently put into test
operation a penicillin factory in Zemun which will produce 100 billion units
once the technical production method is mastered.
The General Administration of the Federal Asbestos Industry recently put
an asbestos separator into test operation in Belci.
The yearly production capacity of the "Jugovinil" Plastic Factory for
polyvinil chloride now amounts to 5,000 tons of finished products.
In 1949 the chemical industry mastered the production of chloroform at
the "Elektrobosna" Factory in Jajce, dicyandiamide at the nitrogen factory in
Ruse, calcium cyanide at the nitrogen factory in Ruse, aluminum chloride at
the "Elektrobosna" Factory in Jajce, pure sodium hydroxide in bars at the
"Elektrobosna" Factory in Jajce, copper carbonate at the "Zupa" Factory in
Krusevac, and sodium silicofluoride at the Celje chemical factory. The pro-
duction of metallic sodium, carbamide, and fuller's earth was also mastered
in 1949.
The glass industry mastered the production of neutroglass for ampoules,
flasks, optical glass, laboratory glass, fire-resistant glass dishes, glass
for signal lights, glass for reflectors, and thermos bottles. The paper in-
dustry mastered the production of packing paper for eggs, tracing paper, bank-
note paper, photographic paper, black paper for wrapping photographic paper,
cardboard for corks, cardboard for molds, cigarette paper made from hemp seed,
blotting paper, and cellulose made from annual plants. The cement industry
mastered the production of Salonite pipes, and the asbestos industry mastered
the technical method for exploiting asbestos and Salonite products. The dry-
ing industry mastered the manufacture of anesthesia apparatus and universal
operating tables, dental cements, waxes, material for silver amalgam fillings,
sulfonamides, "Kromival," sodium chlorate, methylthiouracil, and "Sekalin".
The tobacco industry mastered modern cigarette manufacture and the production
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Industrial Personnel
During the past 3 years light industrial production increased more rapidly
than the number of workers employed in such industry. The number of workers in
1948 was 120 percent as compared with 1947, and in 1949, 107; production, how-
ever, in 1948 was 117.4 percent of 1947, in 1949, 119.8.
In 1948, the increase of skilled workers in light industry in relation to
the total number of workers was 16.3 percent, and in 1949, 17.9 percent.
In 1948, engineering and technical personnel represented 3.2 percent of
the total number of workers, while in 1949 they represented 4.2 percent. The
number of personnel in the chemical and drug industry is scheduled to be in-
creased by at least 10 percent as soon as possible.
The number of administrative personnel in light industry, in relation to
the total number of workers, amounted to 10.3 percent in 1948 and 12.5 percent
in 1949. The number of apprentices represented 4.9 percent of the total num-
ber of workers in 1948, and 5.6 percent in 1949.
In the federal enterprises of the Ministry of Light Industry, 7.27 percent
of the total number of workers employed were hired in 1949, and 7.24 percent
left their jobs. Of the total number of light industrial white-collar workers,
5 percent were hired and 4.5 percent were discharged in 1949.
The Office for Promoting Production submitted the following suggestions to
the Ministry of Light Industry:
1. To include the remaining sugar factories in high-tension power-line
nets, and thus save 14,000 kilowatts for the winter and spring months.
2. To transform the "Tamis" Brick Factory in Pancevo into firebrick fac-
tories with a yearly capacity of 15,000 to 20,000 tons of firebrick ("Tamil"
will begin operation in the first quarter of 1950).
3. To produce cardboard in the Split and Anhovo asbestos and cement prod-
ucts factories so that 6,000 kilograms daily can be produced by the end of 1950
(Thus 60,000 dinars will be saved in foreign exchange, and a constant maximum
daily production of 10,000 to 12,000 kilograms will be facilitated.
4. To produce combs from hard rubber in a small Ljubljana factory. This
suggestion was adopted; today 6,000 combs per day are being produced, while
10,000 combs are expected to be produced daily in the first months of 1950.
5. To increase manpower in the match factory in Osijek in order to raise
production from 170 to 280 boxes of matches daily.
6. To clean asbestos by means of simple machines which will be produced
during 1950 in Yugoslav workshops, so that 4,000-5,000 tons of asbestos and all
necessary asbestos-cement plates can be produced by the end of 1950. In this
way, large quantities of ordinary asbestos can be exported, and since none will
be imported, about 50,500,000 dinars in foreign exchange will be saved. Semi-
industrial tests have been successful, and the first installation is expected
to be in operation by April 1950-
7. To produce domestic adhesive plaster and save 2,500,000 dinars worth
of imported plaster. This suggestion also is being carried out.
If the above suggestions are realized, the Yugoslav economy will save
about one-half billion dinars, mainly in foreign exchange.
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CONFIDENTIAJ
The 1950 production plan for light industry is 19 percent greater than in
1949. For the drug industry, the 1950 plan is 27 percent higher than in 1949,
for the chemical industry 19, for the glass industry 16, for the paper industry
6, for the food industry 31, for the tobacco industry 5, for the cement indus-
try 19, and for the asbestos industry 126.
The 1950 investment plan for federal enterprises of light industry amounts
to 2,159,900,000 dinars, which is 2.5 percent greater than the 1949 plan. The
1950 investments in the chemical industry are 36 percent greater than in 1949,
in the cement industry 32, in the glass industry 33, and in the paper industry
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