LISTS COMMODITY PRICES THROUGHOUT CHINA; GIVES WAGE-PRICE INDEX FOR NORTHEAST

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 818
• Publication Date: September 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
L!^,7';; CC*NOPITY PitICES TEROUGHOUT CHINA;
GIVFS 1iACE1 PRICE INDEX FOR NORTHEAST
C?;mmodity pri.rc;; for the LIT I6 flO dates inh.ic:ated were selected from
the daily pri::Te lists app?nrln, In the fol.lowing newspapers:
picui
21,500-25.700
crack
51,130
.atty
4,600
catty
5.500'
Catty
1,500
catty
620
ratty
tin
3,000
bolt
14,850
market p1c111
108,00
bolt
275,000
market catty
9,000
market picul
140,000
ton
490,000
market pi.cul
630,000
sacb (1!'; lbs)
54,500
'bolt
244,000
ce,,Ly
1,000
ton
126,000
DISTRIBUTION
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Rice
Standard flour
Bean oil
Peanut r,)21
Salt
Briquettes
Coal.
Keron,7?ne ( d :. re 1
Muslin, 20 gu'i u
CAN70N Idan.fe.,t: J ih-.pao, 24 11-1. 50
Standard rice 5,921
Bleached muslin
Gra.nulat.3Ti Si:gnr
Salt,
Kailan soft coal
Peanut oil.
K our
Cotton Cloth
Salt
Coal
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Rice
arty
1,450
Corn
c aLty
760
l,i11et
catty
1,040
Br iquet.tec
ptcr.1
8,000
;Ave -.lai
Rice
pr
idyl
pi:: ii
3,571
Standard (81)
:.ack
164,000
Sugar
piul
923,333
Sesame oLl
picul
41.61667
Salt
Pi'=ul
123,883
Kailan coal
t.
350,000
Coal briquct,ttcc
picul
16,000
Cloth
bolt
262,500
Rice
I ic:u1
198,000
Flour
sack
70,000
Peanut all
catty
6,200
Salt
c;ttty
1,300
Cotton riotb
tclt
198,000
Wood ct:_,.rccal
catty
500
Standard (~`]1) flour
gtty
1,222
Millet
ytty
832
Rice
catty
936
Cornmeal
catty
910
Bean of 1
:tt ty
3,500
Peanut. oil
cc,tty
4,400
Kerosere
catty
3,700
Salt
catty
940
Mine-run co.
catty
94
Potatoes
catty
400
Cotton cloth
Chinese
ft
2,300
Local coerce
sq ft.
56o
Flour
pack
69,000
Rice
catty
1,550
Millet
catty
1,200
Cornmeal
catty
1,050
Peanut oil
catty
5,000
Salt
catty
1,100
Kerosene
catty
4,400
Sugar
catty
8,800
Kailan coe.].
ton
245,000
Mentoukou cool
ton
170,000
Coal brigi'ei te?
catty
160
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OONFII ENTIAL
Cloth
bolt
258,000
Flour
sack
37,000
Wheat
catty
573
Salt
catty
1,100
Kerosene
drum
(t'une)
1,100,000
Coal
ton
l?&., 000
LANCHOW -- Jen-min Jih-pao, 24 Jul 50
Cloth
bolt
284,000
Flour
sack
29,200
Millet
catty
460
Sugar
catty
5,800
Kerosene
drum
750,000
Coal
ton
195,000
Cotton cloth
bolt
250,000
Flour
sack
53,000
Rice
catty
923
Salt
catty
1,620
Coal
ton
220,000
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WAGE-PRICE INDEX FOR MAY 1950 -- Mukden Tung-pei Jih-pao, 25 May 50
The Economic Planning Committee of the Northeast People's government has released the following
wage-price index for May 1950:
P A S T T Y UK I T S
16-Gauge
Parity
Kaoliang
Millet
Corn Coal
Bean Oil
Salt
"W
e Cloth
Equivalent
(catty)
catty)
(catty) (catty)
catty
(catty)
Chinese
(yuan)
sq ft)
Shan-hai-kuan
8,800
9,300
11,000
400
36,000
9,500
8,796
Chin-chou
5,200
5,200
4,400
405
25,000
8,000
8,906
Ying-k'ou
4,700
5,500
4,300
400
25,000
7,500
8,906
An-tung
4,600
5,500
4,000
350
24,000
7,500
8,906
TI ung-hua
4,400
5,500
3,800
360
24,000
8,100
8,979
I
Fu-shun
4,800
5,300
4,000
420
25,000
8,000
8,979
I
W
Pen-ch'i
4,800
5,300
4,200
370
25,000
7,700
8,979
An-shan
5,000
5,300
4,000
430
25,000
8,000
8,979
I
d
Liao-yang
4,800
5,600
4,000
425
25,000
7,700
8,979
Mukden
5,000
5,000
4,200
450
25,000
7,800
8,979
Fou-hsin
5,200
5,500
4,200
400
25,000
8,100
8,979
Ssu-p'ing
4,500
4,800
4,000
430
24,000
8,000
9,053
Sian
4,600
4,800
3,900
410
23,000
8,000
9,053
'h'ang-ch'un
4,500
4,800
3,900
370
23,000
8,100
9,053
Kirin
4,200
4,700
3,800
360
23,000
8,200
9,053
Harbin
4,600
5,000
3,800
370
22,000
8,200
9,090
x`n
Mu-tan-chiang
4,600
5,300
3,800
370
23,000
8,300
9,126
Tsitsihar
4,600
4,800
3,700
370
22,000
8,400
9,163
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Chia-mu-ssu
4,600
5,000
3,800
395
23,000
8,400
9,12
a
Hsing-shan
4,600
5,300
3,900
395
24,000
8,400
9,126
Pei-an
4,500
4,100
3,200
370
23,000
8,700
9,163
Pei-p'iao
5,500
5,800
6,000
450
26,000
8,500
9,580
Ch'eng-te
9,000
9,500
11,000
1,700
34,000
10,000
10,000
Ch'ih-feng
8,500
8,500
8,500
650
33,000
7,500
10,213
Wa-fang- ien
5,000
6,000
4,500
370
25,000
7,300
8,979
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21,500
13,300
13,100
12,500
12,400
13,000
12,800
13,200
12,900
13,200
13,300
12,600
12,100
12,200
11,900
12,300
12,500
12,100
12,500
12,700
11,500
15,100
29,000
21,000
13,500