ESTONIAN INDUSTRY EXCEEDS 1950 PLAN

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• Publication Date: March 28, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - Plan fulfillment
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBL75HED Tallin
DATE
PUBLISHED 3o Jan 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ESTONIAN INDUSTRY EXCEEDS 1950 PLAN
The Statistics Administration Estonian SSR reports that Estonian industry
fulfilled the 1950 plan for production volume lU4.percent. In 1950, 24 per-
cent more goods was produced than in 1949. Individual ministries,-combines,
Percent
"Estonslanets" Combine
98
Estonian Regional Power Administration, Estonian Electric Power
104
System ~
"Ulila" Peat Enterprise
6
9
"Ellamea" Peat Enterprise
96.
"Vol'ta" Plant
99
"Eeeti Kaabel "' Plant
107
4
Tallin Machine-Building Plant
10
"Kokhtla-Yarve" Shale-Processing Combine
103
Locomotive- and Railroad-Car Repair Plant imeni Kalinin
101
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
103
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
113
Ministry of Light Industry
102
Ministry of Fiah Industry
109
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
85
Ministry of Food Industry
112
Ministry of Local and Shale-Chemical Industry
105
Ministry of Housing and Civilian Construction
131
Ministry of Agriculture
130
Ministry of State Farms
Ministry of Trade Estonian SSR
135
Polygraphic Industry Trust
111
Estonian Republic Union of Consumers' Societies (ERSPO)
124
6
Main Administration of Automobile Transport
7
Ministry of Communal Economy
112
Administration for Utilization of Small Rivers and Lakea+for Transport
108
Eatonian.Republic Council of Industrial Cooperatives (Es$promaovet)
98
Union of Invalids' Cooperatives Estonian SSR
121
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The following enterprises fulfilled or exceeded the 1950 plan both. for
gross production and for quantitative production of chief industrial goods:
"Vivikond" Mine, Mine No 6, "Ub'ya" Mine, "Kokhtla" Combine; "Ellamea" and
"Pyussi" electric power stations; "Lekhtae" Peat Enterprise, "Tootai". P.eat-
briquette F'sctory; "Punane Kunda" Plant; "Sangast~," "Vyruk;.ivi," "Kvarts," and
"Silikat" brick plants; "Vazalemma" Lime Plant; "Yarve," "Yarvakanditekhased,"
"Eeeti Diatomit," "TEP," "Eeati Kaabel'," "Puaane Ret," "I1'marine," and "Pin-
ner" pleats; Woodworking Plant imeni Leyner; Tartu Comb Factory; Tallin Phar-
maceuticals Plant; Tallin Cable Factory, "Khelk" Cardboard Factory, "Murrang"
Paper-Factory, Tallin Associated Sawmills, Tartu Sawmill, Sondes Sawmill; Grain
Combine imeni V. Kingisepp, Tallies, Aarva, Kokhtla-Yarve, Kuressasre, and
Tartu milling end baking combines, Tallin bakeries No 2 and 3, Akhtme Bakery,
"Kombinat" Margarine Plant; "Karamel'" Factory, Tallin Fruit end Vege$able
Plant, "Akhto" and "Leek" tobacco factories, "Baku" Brewery, and other plants.
The following enterprises did not meet the 1950 plans: "Eetoaslaneta,"
Tallin Chemical Combine, Tallin Measuring Instruments Plant, Vil'yandi Match
Factory, Tallin Match Factory, Pyarnu Associated Sawmills,.~Cellulose and Paper
Combine?imeni V. Kingisepp, Ryapin Paper factory, "Krengol'm" Textile Mill,
"Kayla" and "Bol'ahevik" factories, Pyarnu Linen Factory, Tallin Liqueur and
Vodka Plant, Seli Alcohol Plant, "Meledki" Glass Plant, and "Viru-Ettevytted"
Plant.
The following enterprises, while meeting the gross-production plan,
failed to meet the 1950 plan for quantitative production of chief industrial
products: "Kivilyli" and "Meardu" combines, Tartu "TAV" Aluminum Factory,
"Kommunar" heather Combine, "Kroom" Leather Plant, Tartu Leather Combine,
Khaapsalu and ftarva fish combines, Tallies Meat-Canning Combine, Pyarnu, Tartu
and Vykhma meat combines, "Odor" Perfume and Soap'Plant, Vyru alcohol plants,
Locomotive- and. Railroad-Car Repair Plant imeni Kalinin, and others.
The 1950 plan?for output of chief types of industrial products was fu1-
filled as follows:
1950 Plan
in
1950 in 96
oP 1 4
Electric power
110
133
Shale
101
109
Shale oil
94
113
Peat
99.8
110
Peat briquettes
122
133
Phosphate fertilizer
99.7
155
Cement
101
99.6
Lime
111.
120
Construction brick
104
122
Tar roofing paper
93
146
Window glass
130
103
Electric motors up to 100 kilowatts
99
133
Electric motors over 100 kilowatts
74
196
Electric wiring
120
174
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Radio receivers
lOb
203
Seeders
83
176
Nai16
88
96
Logging of commercial timber
84
92
Haulage of commercial timber
103
90
Lumber
86
83
Plywood
103
108
Matches
97
113
Paper
104
131
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1950 Plan 1950 in ~
in of 1 4y
Cotton fabric
99.5?
109
Woolen fabric
99.7
110
Linen fabric
94
123
Artificial silk fabric
102
121
Hosiery
102
120
Knit underrear
103
127
Hard leather goods
83
114
Leather footgear
113
121
Rubber footwear
103
138
Fish catch
113
117
Meat
97
126
Canned meat
105
169
Canned fish
117
124
Sausage
145
143
Butter
106
98
Cheese
105
127
Flour
99
99
Bakery products
116
118
Confectionery
108
109
Cigarettes
125
.125
soap
96
110
The following ministries, xhile meeting the plan for the ma,tority of in-
dustrial prodkcts, failed to meet the plan for production of the items or for
the services indicated: Ministry of Local and Shale-Chemical Industry --
seeders, nai]$, atrd.processing of shale oil; Ministry of Light Industry --
cotton sad linen fabrics; Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry -- logging of
.commercial: timber, lumbei, and matches; Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry --
proceasirig of meat; Ministry_of Fish Industry -- smoked fish; Ministry of Food
Industry -- vodxa prociuctia Ei4d soap; Tsatonian Republic Qouncil'of'Induatrial
Cooperatives --'brick, tar roofing paper, lumber, furniture, xoolen yarn,
xoolen fabric, hard leather goods and confectionery.
Many nex sKilled xorkera were trained and several thousand xorkera im-
proved their skills~i.n schools of the Ministry of Labor Reserves, in on-the-
~ob training, and is training courses. The average monthly total of xorkera
"-in industry increased 7 percent over 1949. ~ '
The introduction of nex and highly productive processes ahd the mechsni-
zeytion of labor-consuming 'operations in enterprises of the shale mining sad '"
processing industry, machine-building, logging, textile, food, and meat and
dairy industries provided increased capaci$y, labor productivity and produc-
tion quality, and decreased coats". In 1950; labor productivity in industry
increased 16 percent over Y949.' The'ma~ority of ministries and Union eater-
prises fulfilled the 1950 plan for decreased production costa. In 1950, the
decrease in coats in comparison prices was 7 percent over 1949?
In 1950, the.collectivization of agriculture in the republic had been
completed on the xhole. By the end of the year; more than 90 percent of indi-
vidual pESSant holdings had been combined into kolkhozea. Together'xith the
organization of nex kolkhozes in 1950, there was also a further amalgamation
of the smaller kolkhozes into larger units and a strengthening of their organ-
ization and economy.
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The republic's kolkhozea fulfilled the plan Yor sowing Yor the 1950 har-
vest and successfully completed the sowing oY winter crops Yor the 1951 har-
vest. Kolkhozes exceeded the plan Yor sowing winter crops. Throughout the
year, kolkhozes were given a tremendous amount of aid by tractors, combines,
and other agricultural equipment. In 1950, 17 new machine-tractor and Yive
machine-development stations ~,rere organized in the republic. The supply of
mineral fertilizers and fuel to the republic's agriculture increased over 19+9?
In 1950, substantial funds for capital construction were allocated to the
e?rpansion oY the shale mining and processing industry, timber sad paper indus-
try, light, meat and dairy, food, local, and other industries, to the construc-
tion of new electric power stations, and to.housing and cultural needs. During
the year, projects providing additional capacity were put into service in the
shale processing, light, and local industries, into communal economy, and into
other branches of the republic's economy. Individual ministries fulfilled the
Ministry.oY Communal Economy
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of State Farms
Ministry of Local and.Shale-Chemical Industry
Ministry oY Light Industry
Ministry of~Fiah Industry
Ministry of Timbex and Paper~Industry
-Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
Construction projects in the republic fulfilled 89 percent of the 1950
capital-construction plan, including 81 percent for housing construction.
The?Estonian Railroad System fulfilled the 1950 loading plan 101 percent
Yor wide-gauge railroads and 113 percent for narrow-gauge railroads. The un-
loading plan was fulfilled 109 percent for wide-gauge railroads and 113 percent
for narrow gauge. The 1950 plan for loading chief types of freight was ful-
filled as~follows:
Wide-Gauge
Harrow-Gauge
Shale
113
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Lumber
74
122'
Firewood
95
115
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Other construction materials
97
125 ?
Petroleum materials
107
167
107 percent Yor freight haulage in tons, 97 percent Yor freight haulage in
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All trading organizations in the republic fulfilled 96 percent of, the
1950 retail-trade turnover plan, including 95 percent by the retail trade n~t-
work and 98 percent by public 'eating enterprises. Individual trading organi-
zations fulfilled the plan as follows:
Percent
Trade Enterprises
Sale of the following items in state and cooperative trading organiza-
tions increased over 1949: meat products -- 74 percent; fate -- more than 3.7
times; dairy products -- 124 percent; sugar -- 19 percent; confectionery --
18 percent; woolen fabric -- 11 percent; garments -- 53 percent; leather foot-
wear =- 43 percent; rubber footwear -- 83 percent.
'In 1950, the import to city markets of agricultural products, particu-
larly meat, milk, eggs, and others, increased over 1949 and there was a fur-
ther decrease in prices on agricultural products.
In 1950, substantial gains were made in construction Por cultural needs
and in increasing the cultural level of the ;,rorkero. The number of et~waents
completing secondary schools increased in 1950 by 6 percent over 1949. In
1950, the number. of students .in technical schools and other secondary special
training institutions increased 4 percent over 1949. At the end of 1950, 3
percent more students were enrolled in higher educational institutions than in
1949. The total number of specialists graduated Prom higher, educational in-
stitutions in 1950 was 16 percent above 1949?
Service to workers by sanatoriums and rest homes was considerably im-
proved in 1950. The number of sanatoriums and the number of beds in them-ln-
creased 5 percent over 1949. The number of beds in rest homes increased 44
percent over 1949.
The Ministry of Communal Economy fulfilled the 1950 plan for services to
the pgpulation as follows:
1950 Plan
in
1950 in 96
of 1 49
Electric power
120
~5
Gas
98
113.
Water
111
111
Public baths
103
107
Mechanized laundry services
110
128
The.numbar of apartments ttith gas facllities increased 37 percent over
1949. Passenger transport on the Tallin streetcar system increased 7 percent.
The length of streetcar tracks was increased 4 kilometers over 1949.
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