1953 GRAIN AND INDUSTRALL CROP PURCHASES BY STATE AND COOPERATIVE AGENCIES IN CHINA

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• Publication Date: March 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1953 GRAIN AND II~IDUSTRIAL CROP PURCHASES
~ STATE AND COOPERATIVE AGENCIES IN CHINA
C~~'Y: Reports oa the progress of the Joint state and
cooperative grain and industrial crop purchasing program indi-
cate 1953 crop yields sad market conditions in many areas of
China.
chased byhstateeandgcooperativetpurchasingdagenciea86ranging
from 90 percent in Chekiang Province to 73 percent in Honan
Province. Instances of competitive bidding and faulty divi-
sion of labor between state and cooperative purchasing agen-
cies were advanced to explain the failure to fulfill quotas in
some areas.
Whereas 1953 grain production in the East China Admini~tra-
tive Area was substantially greater than in 1952, production in
the Central-South Administrative Area was basically the same.
The Yuality of the wheat crop harvested in the Northeast Admin-
istrative Area was inferior to that of the previous year.
Increases in the 1953 purchase for various grains ranged
Prom 5 to 15 percent in different areas_7
STATE CRAIN AGENCffi AND COOPERATIVES MUST COOPERATE IN GRAIN PURCHASE WORK --
Peiping, Jen-min Jih-pao, 10 Oct 53
Failure of state grain agencies and cooperatives in some seas to coop-
erate closely in separate and Joint purchasing operations has affected the
state's grain purchase plan and weakened the state's leadership position in
the market.
Some state grain agencies restrict the activities of cooperatives by
limiting the number of cooperative purchase points in each hsien and requir-
ing that they be located at least 10 li distance from their own purchase
points. Some cooperatives contract with private merchants and use their 5
percent commission fee to bid up the market price against state grain agen-
cies. Some state grain agencies pay a higher commission fee to private mer-
chants far contract purchasing than they pay to cooperatives for the same
service.
Generally speaking, the following division of labor should be effected
between state agencies and cooperatives in grain purchasing. State agencies
should undertake purchasing in the markets of large and medium cities and in
the maJor hsien cities. Cooperatives should control purchasing in small hsien
cities and in first-class markets below the hsien level. Local financial and
economic committees must make appropriate arrangements in areas where both or
neither state agencies and cooperatives are active in the market or where co-
operatives are lacking.
WHEAT PURCHASING FLOURISHES IN NORTHEAST -- Tientsin, Ta Kung pao, 15 Oct 53
By the end of September, the wheat purchase plan for the year beginning
1 July 1953 and ending 30 July 195+ had been 53.1 percent fulfilled in the
Northeast Administrative Area.
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In keeping xith the actual condition of this year's wheat harvest, qual-
ity standards were lowered and the price of wheat was correspondingly in-
creased. Regional variations in the wheat purchase price were adopted, the
price in the frontier regions falling as much as 5 percent below the price
paid in areas adjacent to railways.
Although the price of wheat rose, the price of flour and other raw grains
remained basically unchanged.
CENTRAL-SOUTH ADMINISTRATIVE AREA STEPS UP FALL GRAIN PURCHASES __ Tientsin,
Ta Kung Pao, 4 oct 53
Wuhan, 3 October (fisin-hus She) -- According to preliminary estimates,
the total 1953 Brain production in the Central-South Administrative Area will
certainly be no less than last year and may increase slightly. Increases in
the marketing of wheat in Honan province and of early rice in Kwantung Prov-
ince ensure that total area grain sales by the farmers will not fall below
the 1952 level.
However, grain purchase work has developed very unevenly in the past
month. The purchase plans for Flunan and Kiangsi provinces have not been com-
pleted on schedule and purchases in many hsien had to be halted for a time
because of insufficient capital.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUMMER AND AUTUMN GRAIN PURCHASE Iti EAST CHINA -- Peiping,
Jen-min Jih-pao, 11 Oct 53
Wheat purchases in East China by 1 September had already exceeded the
annual purchase plan by 39.42 percent and the amount purchased during the
same period last year by 14.25 percent. Purchases of various kinds of au-
tumn grain by 20 September amounted to (37.34 percent oi' the third quarter
plan and exceeded the amount purchased during the same period in 1952 by 22.47
percent.
The average price paid for wheat at the nine ma3or grain markets in East
CY,ina exceeded last year's price by 14.7 percent and the prices of various
autumn grains generally increased from 5 percent to 10 percent.
Cooperatives were particularly helpful in summer grain purchasing cork,
establishing 6,732 grain purchase points or more than eight times the number
established by the state grain agencies.
KIANGSI PROVINCE T?TIRD QUARTER GRAIN PURCHASITlG A SUCCESS -- Tientsin, Ta
Kung Pao, 15 Oct 53
During the third quarter, the relative proportion of grain purchased by
the state increased 11.14 percent over that of the same period in 1952 and
the actual amount of grain purchased increased 12.74 percent.
Whereas in 1952 only 31.6 percent of the total purchased was handled by
cooperatives acting for the state grain agencies, this figure rose to 58.9
percent in the third quarter of 1953?
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PLANS FOR AUTUMN GRAIN PURCHASING IN SZECHWAN PROVINCE -- Peiping, Jen-min
Jih-pao, 5 Oct 53
Cooperatives have been assigned the responsibility of carrying out 70
percent of the 1953 autumn grain purchase plan in Szechwan province. More
than 2,000 purchase points have been established up to the present.
SHANSI PROVINCE EXCSED3 SEPTEhIDF,R GRAIN PURCHASE QUOTA -- Tientsin, Ta Kung
Pno, 22 Oct 53
T'si-yuan, 18 October (Hain-hue She) -- The Shansi September grain pur-
chase quota has been exceeded by 11,97 percent, with amounts of Wheat up 6.8
percent and of autumn grain up 18.94 percent over the orlginal plan, Total
1953 grain production x111 exceed that of lest year by about 11 percent.
GRAIN PURCHASE SUCCESSES IN CHEICIANG PROVINCE -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao,
io Oct 53
Comparison of 1953 rice production with that in 1952 reveals the follox-
ing: early rice up 10 percent, middle rice slightly reduced because of
~'ou8ht, and late rice likely to increase.
Of the total grain brought to market, state grain agencies and coopera-
tives have purchased an average of 90 percent.
NEW RICE PURCHASING ACHIEVEMENTS IN HUNAN PROVINCE -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao,
l0 Oct 53
The amount of new rice purchased in the period 1 July to 20 September
increased 24.90 percent over that in the same period of 1952. According to
statistics from 34 markets, the average price paid for grain increased 13.01
percent over that of the previous year.
AUTUMN GRAIN PURCHASES INCREASE IN HONAN PROVINCE -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao,
10 oct 53
Grain purchases by state grain agencies and cooperatives in Honan Prov-
ince by 20 September were 10 percent greater than in the same period for
1952.
However, the share purchased by the state and by cooperatives has not
been according to plan, falling to 73 percent and 67.3 percent in two 10-day
periods during September. Irresponsible purchasing agents and overemphasis
on purchasing economic crops are mainly responsible for this unsatisfactory
ratio.
GRAIN PURCHASE WORK IN HUNAN PROVINCE -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao, 15 Oct 53
Ch'sng-sha, 13 October ($ain-hua She) -- At the end of September, 48.61
percent of the 1953 Hunan Province grain purchase plan had been completed.
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fiOBACCO PURCHASING IH HOHAN PROVLYCE -- Peiping, Jen-min Jih-pao, 10 Oct 53
As a result oP nex grading procedures, the average price paid for each
catty of tobacco leaves purchased in Honan Province exceeded last year's
price by 400 to 500 yusa.
TEA PURCHASES BASICALLY COMPLETED IN CHE[CL4NG PROVINCE -- Tientsin, Ta Kung
Pao, 7 Oct 53
Despite various natural calamities, the revised estimate of 1953 tea
production in Chekiang Province is about 4 percent greater than last year's
amount. The average purchase price of tea rose 17 percent over that in
1952 as a result of the higher quality of tea produced.
However, state purchasing agencies xas able to complete only 90 per-
cent of their 1953 purchase plan. This xas partly due to the activities of
private merchants who outbid state agencies, xith preliminary statistics
showing tY.e amount of tea placed on the free market to be over 15,000 catties.
SHANTUNG PROVINCE COOPERATIVES PURCHASE C01TON -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao,
16 Oct 53
In September, 186,027 piculs of cotton xere purchased by Shantung co-
operatives. Although this represented only 81.5 percent of the September
purchase plan, it xas 62 percent greater than that purchased in September
1952.
LARGE-SCALE COOPERATIVE PURCNASES OF SOYBEANS AND SESAME IN ANHWEI __ Tientsin,
Ta Kung Pao, 30 Oct 53
According to incomplete statistics, the 558 cooperative purchase points
in Anhwei Province purchased 24,030,000 catties of soybeans and 11,400,000
catties of sesame seeds in the period from 25 September to 10 October.
In accordance with the flexible price policy, the original soybean pur-
chase price in one hsien xas increased from 720 yuan to 850 yuan per catty.
Effective purchasing policies by the cooperatives resulted in their buying up
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