SHANGHAI INDUSTRIAL COMMODITY AND PRICE LIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130652-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 652
• Publication Date: October 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT. Economii. - industry,'commodity and price list
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DATE
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CENTRAL INTELLIGEN REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
IPPLEMENT TO
PORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SHANGHAI INDUSTRIAL COMMODIT; AND PRICE LIST
/Ccmment: This report lists induotrial commodities offered
for sale by the state-operated companies and prices as published
in the Shanghai lain-wen Jih- ,o of 1 March, 15 June, 2 September,
and 2 December 1952. Names of the various stag-operated compa-
nies offering the products for tale are listed in parentheses.
Commodities of for ign origin are so indicated,I -1
Th -prices quoted are in Yuan at 20,040-20,240 yuan to one US
dollar.i
Price (wanI
Items Unit 1 Meer 15 Jun 2 Se
2 Dec
Company)
26,000,000
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icon, 26g
Cast iron, No 2,
native
Round bars, 8 mm-
10 mu
Round bars, 160 mm-
200 mm
x 50 mm-90 mm
Black iron sheet,
20 g
23 g 11
Kerosene, No 3 18 liters
Kerosene, No 2 18
Fuel oil, light,
11,000,000
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1 Jun Se2 Dec
54,000,000 same
36,000,000 "
2,350,000
2,250,000
2,150,000
53,500,000 same
same
11
8,300,000
11,000,000
2,050,000
9,000,000
12,500,000
11,800,000
11,800,000
9,500,000
24,000,000.. 23,000,000
8,500 same
187,000 169,500
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Fuel oil, heavy
Fuel Oil, No 2
Fuel oil, No 3
Fu41oil, No 4
Lubricating oil,
No 18
Unit 1 Mar.
Mr 4,449,000
Sifted . lumps, Yang-
ch'uan ton 545,E
Sifted lumps, Chiao-
tso
Lumps, Yang-ch'uan
Sifted lumps, Hsien-
kang
500,000 530,000 same 500,000
575,000
-- -- ---
Briquettes, "United,"
wholesale, delivered " 478,000 --
Lump,Tlad-chuang
Dust, special, K'ai-
luan
Dust, Ta-t'ung
Lump, Ta-t'ung -
Bituminous, P'ing-
hsiang
Coke, washed, Hsu-
chou
Coke, washed, T'ao-
chuang
Coke, Chiang-ts'un
Lump, Yang-ch'uan
Briquettes, "United,"
delivered picul
370,000 350,000
350,000 same
470,000 "
855, 000
650,000
432,000
28,200 'same
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470,000 47d,000 same
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5,000,000 4,62o,ooo
4,420,000 4,060,000
3,890,000 3,530,000
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3,360,000 same
CONFIDENTIAL
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Buildin'Material
China, Construction
Company)
Staves, medium,
Hang-chow
Brick, red, ma-
chine-made
unit 1 Mar 15 Jun 2 Sep
1-chang
pieces 14,000
11,000 420,000
220 lb 44,000
Hardwood, Grade B.
Northeast, 28 cm cm
Post, pine, North-
east, 4 m x 30 em --
Pine, Northeast, 4 m
x 20.5 cm, processed
in Shanghai cm
Hardwood, Grade A,
Northeast; 28 cm cm
Boards, bass, AS,
3-ply, 3 x 6 ft pieces
Pine; Canadian'
Pole, fir, large,
6 in
Board, pine, regular,
4 cm
Cement, 100 kg ".imp
.bag
Cement, 50 kg paper
bag ton
Industrial Chemicals
Chemicals and Dyes
Company)
Potassium chloride,
Swiss
1,400,000 same same
3,030,000
1,250,000
36,000
6,572,000
1,441,600
1,335,600
955,000
1,000,000
Kosmos 20, German MT 100,000,000 --
Caustic soda, Moon
brand 300`kg` 3,750,000 same
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CONFIDENTIAL
Gum arabic kg -- 15,400 same same
Bleaching powder, 100-lb
T'iem?y, box -- 280,000 same same
Yung-11 90 kg box 237,000 same
Sulfuric acid,
Sodium nitrate
Borax
Formalin
Glycerol, Yung-
hcing
Alcohol, butyl,
'Soviet
Mf --
100 lb 290,000
kg
Phosphoris, red
(June, Japanese;
September and De-
110-1b
cember, British)
box
Caustic soda, 979,
US
700 kg
Sulfuric acid, 60%,
Tientsin .
90 kg
Acetic acid, glacial,
Soviet
kg
99%, Polish FIT -- 38,000,000 35,000,000 same
-- 290,000
3,030,000 "
40,000 same same
32,000 30,000.
60,000,000 same
23,200,000 20,000,000 17,000,000
Australian
Paper pulp, un-
bleached, Soviet
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Cotton Yarn (Cot-
ton Yarn and Tex-
tile.Company)
6,;Rung-pao (Red
Leonard)
6's, Lu-hao-ch'e
(Green Train)
16's,Lan-feng (Blue
Phoenix)
16's,Fei-l'urg (Fly-
ing Dragon)
(Twin World)
20's, Fan-ch'uan
and' Deer)
(Dirigible)
(Good Fortune)
Chrysanthemum)
Price (yuan)
Unit 1 Mar 15 Jun 2 Sep
5,300,000
7,150,000 same
7,100,000 --
7,450,000 same
7,400,00o " 11
--
7,350,000 " " same
9,550,000 " "
11,000,000 11 10,750,000
10,950,000
10,200,000 " same 10,550,000
6o kg 13,200,000
16,500,000
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Items
140 direct indigo
Din itrochlorobenzol
Rhodamine_B. 500%
British
Unit
6o kg
kg
Price (yuan) L-
1 Mar 15 Jun 2 Sep
7,600,000 6,80o,ooo --
43,400 same 40,400 same
60 kg -- 26,000,000
Direct vermillion
405, German 60 kg
Tao white pawLer, 2 60 kg
Z.-Naphthylamine,
German 60 kg
B-Naphthol, German 60 kg
Blue, Milori, German 60 kg
Naphthol AS, German 60 kg
Benzo blue, BB,
Soviet 60 kg
Copper blue, direct,
BB, Soviet 60 kg
R.S.V. blue, Ponsol 60 kg
Blue, R.S.N., German 60 kg
Aniline 011 m ton
Li-te powder, 30 m ton
Acid, coal tar,
Soviet kg
Indigo, 100%, Soviet kg
Malachite green crys-
tal, 25 SE, German 60 kg
Red, bas,_, c'o%,
British 6o kg
Basic Pale Yellow
0, French 60 kg
12,000,000 --
52,000,000 same
50,000,000 ..
32,500,000
20,500,000 18,500,000
120,000 100,000 100,000
213,000 same --
30,000,0 --
18,000,000 same
16,000,000
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