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

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6
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December 22, 2016
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August 15, 2011
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September 25, 1950
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. SUBJECT HOW PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED DATE PUBLISHED LANGUAGE C(NF1PENTTAL ~,l ,y fgj J''t 1, .ILI l CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT Economic - Coirnodity price}, Daily new;F.apers China 21i biny - 27 ,Jut I'.i ?ti THIS DOCU LENT CONTAINS INYONNAVION AFFECTI`IO TIII NATIONAL OI![N!T Y` ET NC !I AND SIT AA T! AY[NTDI D TITS TRANSMIT ION[OA TOE H EV[LATION OF ITS ^^NT[NTS IN AMT A-[. TD AM UNAUTMOPIOIO V[PTON IT IRO DATE OF INFORMATION 1950 4 DATE DIST. r Sep 1950 NO. OF PAGES 4 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 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 6 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340818-6 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