LATVIAN SSR TOPS 1950 PLAN

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR _ Latvian SSR DATE OF
INFORMIATION 195
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LL9TVIAN ssR TOPS 1950 PLC
~n the following, the original Latvian ape7,l~,ngi.of the names
of enterprises has been retained
The Statistics Administration of the Latvian SSR announces the following
data .on fulfillment of the 1950 plan. The 1950 gross ,production plan was
fulfilled 108 perce.. by t~+? xhole industry of the Latvian SSR, as follows:
State industry
Union inLLUStry
Republic industry
Rayon (city) industry
Cooperative industry
108
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109
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Gross Production by Ministries and Departments
Ministry of Local Industry 107
Ministry of Local Fuel Industry 103
1N3nistry of Light Industry 10~
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry 108
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry 107
Ministry of Food Industry 1~(
Ministry of -Meat and Dairy Industry 131
Ministry of Fish Industry 118
Administration of Polygraphic Industry, Publishing,.
and Book Trade 106
::, Council of Industrial Cooperatives ~ 108
Union of Invalids' Cooperatives. 118
The volume of gross production in 1950 increased 23 percent over 1949.
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The following ministries and administrations fulfilled the gross produc-
tion plan, but failed to fulfill the plan for quantity of production of the
items indicated: Ministry of Local Industry -- steel, wire, threshers, separ-
ators, cultivators, irornrare, enamelware, aluminum ware, porcelain and pottery
ware, cotton fabric, hosiery, leather soles, leather uppers, and confectionery;
Ministry of Light Industry =- unfinished cotton and linen fabric, cotton and
linen fabric; Ministry of Construction Materials Industry -- cement, gypsua.
gas concrete blocks, and drainage pipes; Ministry of Local Fuel Industry --
peat drying aad production of peat briquettes; Ministry of Timber and Paper
Industry -- carved veneer, plywood, sulfite pulp, matchvood, matches, turpen-
tine~and logging; Ministry of Food Industry-- groats, canned goods, vodka,
and citric acid; Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry -- bone glue snd ice
cream; Ministry of Fish Industry -- fish catch; Council of Industrial Cooper-
atives -- cotton, wool, and part-wool Pabrice; knit outerwear, footwear,
leather soles, aluminum ware, confectionery, attd soap.
The 1950 plan for the most important types of products was fulfilled
as follows:
1950 Plan
in ~
1950 in ~
oP 1949
Electric power
105
115
Peat extraction
101
106
Steel
87
112
Rolled metal
99
133
Cast iron
123
123
Hydroturbines
100
61
Electrified railroad rare
Rail motor cars
83
150
Trailer cars
83
130
streetcars
75
153
Telephone instruments
82
131
Bicycles
100.9
136
Radio receivers
95
125
Aluminum +~are
86
84
Threshers
78
121
Plows
78
62
Bricks
150
153
Cement ~
99
122
Lime (Ministry of Construction
Materials Industry)
128
106
Slate
100.1
163
Roofing tar paper
112
117
Construction nails
103
109
Window glass
104
108
Logging (Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry)
90
84
Timber hauling (Ministr;~ of Timber and Paper
Industry)
100.6
91
Lumber (Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry)
110
119
Universal woodworking machines
93
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Paper
99.2
135
Cellulose
90
129
Matches
82
95
superphosphate
92
93
sulfuric acid
90
95
Various types of footwear
103
130
Rubber footwear
106.
125
Cotton fabric
94
131
W8G1 fab,.ic
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105
Linen fabric
91
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Silk fnhrir
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104 ?
136
Knit outerwear
99.8
132
Bread and bakery products
115
118
Meat
107
127
Sausage
142
153
Fish catch
113
127
Butter
121
109
Cheese
123
104
Sugar
108
102
Confectionery
107
127
Nonalcoholic beverages
104
119
Alcohol
108
85
Cigarettes
117
114
Soap
102
125
The 1950 gross production plan wsa fulfilled by individual enterprises
of the Latvian SSR as follows:
Ministry of Local Industry
"Sarkanais Metalurgs" Plant
114
"Radiotechnika" Plant
111
Riga Chemical Combine
106
Riga Porcelain Plant
104
"Sarkana Zvaigzne" Bicycle Plant
101
"Darba Spars" Plant
100.3
Riga Bolt and Nut Plant
100
Riga Porcelain and Pottery Plant
Ministry of Light Industry ,
99.6
"Varonis" Rubber Products Plant
118
Yelgava Flax-Spinning Factory
109
"Komunars" Leather Factory
109
"Pirmais Maids"' Shoe Factory
108
"Sarkanais Kvadrats" Rubber Products Plant
107
"Juglas Manufaktura" Factory
105
ktura" Factory
"Rigas Manufa
105
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Riga Textile Factory
105
"Parizes Komuna" Factory
104
"Mara" Knitted Wear Factory
102
"Meteors" Rubber Products Plant
100.7
"Aatotais Marta" Factory
94
"Sarkana Tekstilniece" Factory
93
"Zasulauka Manufaktura" Factory
91
"Rigas Audums" Factory
90
"Bol'sevicka" Factory
90
Ministry of Construction Materiels Industry
"Segums" Roofing Paper Pleat
125
Kalntsiyem Brick Combine
120
n Ceramics Plant
Bolderaya Constructi
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119
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113
Riga "Rigipss" Dry Plaster and Gas Concrete Plant
111
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Riga Cement Plant
110
Rige Slate Plant
107
"Sarkandaugava" Glass Factory
106
Brotseni Combine
101
Ministry of Fish Industry
"Latvi~as Konservi" cannery
139
"Kai~a" cannery
133
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
L?igatne Paper Factory
135
"Ventspils Koks" Sawmill
122
"Vulkans" Kuldiga Flywood Factory
119
Furniture Combine No 3
102
"Vezuva" Match Factory
100
Sloka Cellulose and Paper Combine
91
"Lignums" Plywood Factory
89
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
Riga Meat and Canned Goods Combine
158
Riga Dairy Combine
140
Ministry of Food Industry
Tobacco Factory No 1
118
"17e Junius" Confectionery Factory
11:L
Brewery No 1
111
Tobacco Factory No 2 ~
109
"Laima" Confectionery Factory
107
Riga Liqueur and Vodka Factory
104
Union Enterprises (subordinated to Union Ministries)
Machine-building plant, Ministry of Meat and Dairy Irduntry
126
Riga Petroleum and Oil Plant
123
"Etalons" Plaut
123
Kegr~ Hydroelectric Power Plant
117
Pharmaceutical Plant No 3
116
Electrical equipment plant, Ministry of Construction
of Heavy Industry Enterprises
115
Chemical and pharmaceutical plant
113
Machinery plant, Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
111
Daugavpils Locomotive and Railroad Car REpair Plant
106
Cark and linoleum plant
105
Woodworking combine, Ministry of Petrr~leum Iadpstry
104
Turbine and machinery plant
104
"Avtoelektropribor" Plant
103
VEF Plant
100
Riga Electric Machine Plant
98
Cai~ographic factory
95
Riga Ship Repair Plant
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93
Superphosphate !plant
93
Railroad ca: plant
90
Hydrometeorological Instrument Plant
88
Machinery plant. Ministry of Transportation ..
87
Machine-building plant, Ministry of the River Fleet USSR
72
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Of the preceding enterprises which fulfilled the 1950 gross-production
plan, the following Mailed to meet the plan for quantity o! production of tha
items indicated: VEF -- telephone equipment and radio receivers; turbine and
machinery plant -- turbine vane's, turbine pumps, and batch3rig pups; "Sarkanais
Metalurgs" Plant'--'steel and wire; Brotseni.Combiae -r cement,.clink4r,,and
slate; porcelain factory -- chinaware;,Riga Bolt and Aut Plant:--?chaf.~e-;
rivets, calxs, horseshoes and horseshoe"nails; "Darby Spare",Plant --.enamel-
ware, s7.uminum wexe,? and teaspoons;: !'Meteprs"? ,Rubber Prodgota;~Flant .r,; chrome
leather shoes; Yelgava Flax-Spinning Factory.'=- linen"~rarn;;,"Rigirpss",:Plant --
gas concrete blocks; "Kai~a",,.Gann~r~r:?~-:canned sardines and other.caaued fish
in oil; "Latvi~as Konservi~' Calu~ery -- sardines in oil; 'liqueur and vodka
factory -- vodka.
Latvian transport organizations fulfilled the 1950 transport plan as
follows:
The Latvian SSR completed 92.5 percent of the 1950 plan for capital
construction. Individual ministries and departments ,fulfilled the plan
as fellows:
Ministry oP.State Farms
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Fish Industry
Ministry of Food Industry
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry'
Ministry of Education
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96
106
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Ministry of Cinematography
Ministry of Agriculture
Msi.^. nA^i ni atng+,i nn of Aii+_.~mnhi l e Transport, Council
of Ministers Latvian SSR
Council of Ministers Latvian SSR
Ministers Latvian SSR
and Book Trade
Administration of Arts, Council of Ministers Latvian SSR
Administration for Utilization of Small R'vers for
Transport, Council of Ministers Latvian SSR
99
l04
113
111
83
100
38
65
77
71
86
94
72
57
77
37
88
Republic and Union-Republic contracting organizations fulfilled the
1950 capital-construction plan as follows:
Ministry of Housing and Civilian Construction 95
Construction and Assembly Office, Ministry of Light Industry 105
Construction and Assembly Office, Ministry of Meat and
Dairy Industry 117
"Meliovodstroy!' Construction Office, Main Administration of
Land Development, Council of Ministers Latvian SSR 129
Construction Office, Ministry of Agriculture 73
Construction and Assembly Office, Ministry of Local Industry 100.1
Road and Bridge Construction Trust 120
Riga City Repair and Construction Trust 11~
Daugavpils City Repair and Construction Trust 89
Construction Trust, MinistFY of State Farms 88
Construction Administration, Ministry of Trade 80
Construction an3 Assembly Administration No 8 of the
Construction Trust of Food Industry Enterprises 97
The development of the main branches of housing, communal econo~y, and
city transport, was as :ollows during 1950:
' 1950 Plan 1950 in $
in of~l
Water,;@uaply to consumers 104.5 1G8.4
Gas simply to consumers 1C4.6 112
Passenger transport
By streetcar 100.5 98.4
By trolley bus 117 178
By bus and electric bus 99 123.8
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Fifty-two percent of the 1950 plan for completion of new housing was
.fulfilled.
The number of workers and employees in the republic increased 5 percent
during 1950?
The 1950 plan for placement of graduates from trade, railroad, and FZO
(factory plant training) schools was fulfilled 100.2 percent.
Auring 1950, Soviet Latvia achieved important results in all branches
of socialist culture. At the end of the year, the number of students in
higher educational institutions, technical schools, and other specialized
educational institutions, as well as primary 7-year schools end secondary
schools, was higher than in 1949?
Compared with 1949, tr_e number of beds in hospitals, maternity
hospitals, and other medical institutions, increased and the hospitals
were enlarged. The number of physicians increased considerably.
The republic completed 96 percent of the 1950 plan for commodity
turnover, including 96 percent by the retail trade system and 97 percent
by pU`viiC eating ciatcrpriG.^..-,.
Individual trade systems fulfilled the plan as follows (in percent):
Turnover
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Enterprises
Ministry of Trade
95
96
93
Including:
Local trading organizations
93
94
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Uni,cn " "
100
100 ~
101
Latvian Consumers' Union
97
95
105
Latvian Fishermen's
Consumers' Union
125
126
116
Council of Industrial
Cooperatives
87
88
61
Invalids' Cooperatives
99
100
95
Ministry of Local Industry
91
91
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Ministry of Food Industry
81
81
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Ministry of Meat and Dairy
Industry
113
113
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Administration of Polygraphic
?~Industry, Publishing and
Book Trade
100
100
--
Ministry of Local Fuel Industry
108
108
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Ministry of Health (Main
Pharmaceutical Administration)
104
104
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Ministry of Fish Industry
77
77
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Soviet trade continued to expand in 1950. The lowering of prices on
1 March 1950 increased the purcheaing power of the population. During 1950,
there xas an increase in the sales of animal fats and dairy products, meat,
fish, poultry, sausage, margarine, sugar, confectionery, garments and knitwear,
silk fabric, and leather footxear.
Compared with 1949, there was an increase in the ssle of the following
farm products In kolkhaz markets: flour, groats, vegetables, eggs, poultry,
butter, potatoes, milk, and honey. Prices for farm products in the kolkhvz
market continued to arop in 1970.
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