RSFSR INTRODUCES NEW TRUCK FREIGHT RATES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 305
• Publication Date: September 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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FOREIGN DOCUMEN
COUNTRY
an DATE OF
USSR - RSF INFORMATION
1950
SUBJECT
Transportation - Truck transport
DATE DIST. -1 e
9T 1950
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Monthly periodical
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2
PUBLISHED
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Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHEDr Feb 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
LANGUAGE
THIS OOCUNINT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TNR NATIONAL DEFENSE
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Avtomobil', No 2, 1950.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INrORMATION
RSFSR INTRODUCES NEW TRUCK FREIGHT RATES
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In the automobile establishments of the Ministry of Automobile Transport
RSFSR the cost of freight hauling has been reduced considerably. Ir,spite of
the change in retail prices which went into effect 1 y 1949, the cost
of one ton-kilometer has'reached the 1948 level, and the rates for truck freight
carrying introduced 1 January 1949 guaranteed the automobile enterprises pro-
fitable operations.
In connection with the reduction in the cost of freight hauling during
1949 and the new retail prices introduced 1 January 1950 on equipment, spare
parts, and materials, the Council of Ministers RSFSR confirmed and.put into ef-
fect 1 January 1950 new single rates on automobile freight hauling, and also
partially changed the rules for applying the rates.
The single.rates provide for the reduction of the existing rates by an
lp, average of 18 percent, with the existing rates on carrying over distances up
to 50 kilometers being reduced for all classes fi'I^~igh*? I(rpex gnt;.%?B ethe
rates for carrying over distances more than 50 kilometers being reduced 20-25
percent, A reduction in rates is also produced by abolishing the additional
special increase for carrying freight in foreign-make automobiles. According
to the single rate. in force before 1 January 1950 on autcmobile freight carry-
ping, enterprises and organizations whose freight was carried in foreign-make
,omobileslad to pay 20 percent more for each ton-kilometer than the corres
bnding rate for domestically produced automobiles having the same capacity.
In the new rates the payment for the use of trucks by the kilometer and
by the hour has also been.reduced. Since payment calculated by the ton-kilo-
meter promotes the best utilization of transport facilities, and payment de-
riv'ed from calculations by the hour or the kilometer should be veed only as an
exception, the new rates provide for a reduction of the existing rates estab-
.linhed for the use of trucks by the hour or the kilometer of an average of 15
percent.
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The considerable changes in the structure of the automobile inventory
of the country, in particular the increased output of large-capacity trucks,
and the necessity of increasing the economic interest of enterprises and or-
ganizations in freight carrying in trucks with trailers are reflected in the
new rates, which establish that for carrying freight in trucks with a capacity
of 7 tons or more, the rate per ton-kilometer shall be reduced by 20 percent
in comparison with the rates for automobiles with a capacity of over 4 tons.
At the same time, it is provided that in carrying freight in automobile trains
(trucks with one or more trailers) the freight rate per ton-kilometer shall
be lowered 20 percent if she automobile train has one trailer, 25 percent if
it has two trailers, and 30 percent if it has three trailers, against the cor-
responding rate for carrying freight in a truck operating without a trailer.
Increasing the coefficient of utilization of the distance traveled of
automobiles and reducing the layovers in loading and unloading operations are
important for the further increase in the volume of truck freight hauling. If
all automobile establishments of the Ministry of Automobile Transport RSFSR
were to increase the useful distance traveled loaded of each automobile by only
2 percent during 1950, it would be possible to carry an additional ,.zillion tons
of freight with practically the same material expenditures.
With the aim of educing layovers in loading and unloading operations, the
new rates provide that clients be given a reduction in the total sum charged
for carrying freight of from 10 to 14 kopecks for each atnute of.reduction of
layover, depending on the capacity of the trucks and automobile trains.
The charges introdu_ed ~,n the rules for applying the single rates encour-
age the further improvement in the utilization of the automobile park and the
reduction of empty runs by increasing the interest of clients in shipping on
return runs. The rules establish that in cases where enterprises and organi-
zations guarantee the loading of automobile transport on the return trips, the
payment for carrying freight on the return trip is reduced by 40 percent for
each completed return trip loaded, as against a reduction of 30 percent given
by the rules previously in force. The reduction indicated is applicable if the
ditfaz:d.istance'.tfairgled.by truck.to pick, up the' freight. :foretheiretdpnftripi~dctes
not exceed 15 peroe`nt of the distsnc' the freight.i6 to.bei; caraied,.nn.there-
turn.trip.
The rules also provide for a reduction in the amount of additional payment
to be made for freight hauling during the period in spring and fall when roads
become poor, and make more precise the method of collecting this additional pay-
ment. During the "roadless" period in spring and fall, which causes a reduction
in the carrying capacity of automobiles, the kray and oblast executive committees
and the Councils of Ministers of the autonomous republics will have the right to
increase the rates for truck transport of freight in rural localities by up to
20 percent.
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