POLAND CUTS FOOD PRICES; RESTRICTS RAW-MATERIAL USE; SUGAR OUTPUT, HUNTING INCREASE SEEN

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY Poland
SU BJECT Economic -Consumers' goods
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INFORMATION 1950 - 1951
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POLAND CUTS FOOD PRICES;
RESTRICTS RAW-MATERIAL USE;
SUGAR OUTPUT, AtJN'PIRG IRCREASE SEER
INSTITUTE PRICE REDUCTIOIiS -- Berlin, Rachrichten Peer Aussenhandel, '.7 Jan 51
As a result oP last November's currency reform, the Polish government has
ordered the Following price reductions Por Pood items and other essential con-
sumers' goods, eFFective 1 January 1951 (in percent):
Pork and sausages 10
`Shoes
Electric bulbs
Electrical goals
Various types oP metal goods
Window glass
.Various products of the metallurgical industry
Price reductions Por machines, electrical equipment and apparatus, and trans-
formers amounted to 25 percent, and for tractors, trucks, trailers, engines and
electrically driven pumps, to 15 percent.
'~~These reductions are to remain in ePFect Por the. duration of the Six-Year Plan.
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GOVERNMENT CONTROLS CREATE CONSUMERS' GOODS SRORTAGES -- Rome, Bollettino Danu-
biano, 29 Jan 51 - "
The Polish government, acting on Marshal Rokossovskiy's demand, has tightened
its control over essential raw materials necessary for war industry, beginning
15 January 1951. All available stocks 'of iron and cement have been frozen and
placed at the disposal of the General Staff of the Army.
The rations of liquid fuels have been reduced to a minimum; this applies
also to vehicles used by government offices. The disappearance of many common
hardware items from the stores and the reduction of consumers' goods distributed
to the workers on ration cards has also been noted. Almost nothing can be ob-
tained in so-called free stores run by the government, even for the high prices
established by the Ministry of Trade.
SET UP MODERN DAIRY -- Zycie Warszawy, 14 Jun 50
Cooperative Building Enterprise No 2 is constructing modern dairies at
164166 Pulaweki Street, Warsaw. The dairies are expected to produce 60,000
liters of milk daily. Initial production is planned for 22 July 1950, provided
the necessary equipment and machines are delivered on time.
The dairies have a processing room where the milk will be pasteurized and
bottled, a boiler room, garages, and stables., The total volume of the dairy
buildings is 25,000 cubic meters.
PLEDGE INCREASED SUGAR PRODUCTION -- Warsaw, Zwiazkowiec, 8 Oct 50
The workers of the Malbork Sugar Plant have pledged to increase the daily
norm for sugar-beet processing from 17,500 quintals to 18,500 quintals. The
plant's workers have called on workers of other sugar plants to make simllar
pledges.
EXPLOIT WILD GAME -- Berlin, Nachrichten fuer Aussenhandel, 23 Dec 50
Game supplies Poland yearly with 12 million kilograms of meat, besides hides
for domestic use and export valued at 6,600,000 zlotys. The hunting grounds take
up 27,000 hectares and are estimated to contain the following number of animal~i
Bucks
27,500
Does
85,000
Boars
38,000
Pheasants
34,500
Mouflon
65,000
Partridges
1,000,000
WS3d ducks
1,000,000
Hares
1,200,000
Wild rabbits
210,000
In the 1948 ~- 1949 season, 10,000 boars, deer, and fallow deer were bagged.
A minimum seasonal bag of 15,000 game animals is expected during the Six~w~
Plan, three-fifths of which is to consist of boars.
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