DATA ON 1953 PRODUCTION, 1954 PLANS OF USSR CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRIES, AS COVERED BY MARCH-APRIL 1954 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

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Economic -Industry, consumer goods, INFORMATION
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATA ON 195 PRObUCTION 1954 PLANS OF USSR CONSUMER GOODB INI)iSTRIES~
AS COVERED BY MARCH-APRIL 195 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS t
[Summary: This report presents information from March-Apiil. -
1954 Soviet newspapers and periodicals on production sad develop-
ment in the following USSR consumer goods industries; textiles,
clothing,. leather and footwear, fish, meat and dairy, fpod prod-
ucts, local, and industrial cooperatives. On the whole, infor-
mation included is on the national or republic level, the prin-
cipal exception being data concerning construction and reconstruc-
tion of individual enterprises. Some criticism of industry opera-
tion as well as a few items on capital construction and invest-
ments are also included in this report.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources.]
1. COttOn '~??. .
In 1953, the Estonian textile industry produced 23 percent more cotton
fabrics than an 1952.(1) In March 1954, the Pourth mill of the 14'engol'mskaya
Manufacture Combine, the Aowtkatskaya Mill, was under construction not far Prom
the Narva Rydroelectric Station in tuu Estonian SSR.(2)
In 1948, cotton fabrics production in the Ukrainian SSR was. 85 per-
cent of 'that of 1940 and 1951, 205 percent of that of 1940.(3) In 1953,
enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goode Industry Ukrainian SSR produced
79 percent more cotton fabrics than in 1952.(4)
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Ia 1953, the Georgian textile industry produced almost 10 times as many
cotton fabrics as in 1940.(5) In 1953, 8} percent more cotton fabrics were
produced in the Georgian SSR than in 1952x(6)
During the first quarter 1954, cotton-ginning enterprises in the
Azerbaydzhan SSR produced 78'j metric tons of cotton fiber and 1,320 metric tone
of cottonseed above plan. During this same period, the republic cott~n industry
produced 53 metric tons of yarn above plan.(7)
In 1954, enterprises oY Rosglelopprom (Main Administration of
Cotton Industry RSFSR) are to produce Million more meters of fabrics than
in 1953?(8)
With the addition of nex production capacities and better utilization
of existing equipment, in 1954, enterprises of Glavtsentrokhlopprom (Main
Administration of Cotton Industry in Central Regions) are to increase yarn
produc~,ton by 10,000 metric tons, gray goods production by 130 million meters,
and finished-goods production by 81 million meters. During the year, 47,000
spinning spindles and 3,700.nex-construction looms are to be installed in Glavt-
sentrokhlopprom enterprises. By 29 March 1954, 10,000 spindles and nearly 1,000
looms had already been put into operation.(9)
From 1 to 29 March 1954, enterprises of Glavivkhlopprom (Main Administra-
tion of Cotton Industry in Ivanovskaya Oblast) produced 894,000 meters of fabrics
above plan.(10)
Construction of a nex spinning-mill at the Kalinin Cotton Combine had
started by 29 March 1954. When the nex mill is put into {~peratioa, spinning
production at the combine is to quadruple. A weaving mill in xhich 3,000 auto-
matic looms are to be installed is to be constructed in 1954 in Vyshnyy Volochek,
1Salininskaya Oblast.(9)
From 1 January to 13 March 1954, enterprises of Glavlenkhlopprom
(Main Administration of Cotton Industry in Leningradskaya Oblast) produced nearly
2 million meters of fabrics or 700,000 meters above plan.(11) From 1 January
to 16 Aprll 1954, Leningrad textile enterprises produced more than 25 million
meters of cotton and staple-Fiber fabrics.(12)
'Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry L6SR in Moacox
pledged, to produce 500,000 meters oP cotton ~abrics and 900,000 meters of staple-
fiber fabrics above the 1954 plan. These ea a enterprises pledged to produce
22 percent more flannel, baize, and fustian and 8.7 times as much cotton broad-
cloth and "vel'veton" ae in 1953? Ministry enterprises in Moskovskays Oblast
pledged to produce 1,200,000 meters of cotton fabrics above the 1954 plan. These
enterprises pledged to produce 20.5 percent more cotton broadcloth and "vel'veton,"
88 percent more pile fabrics, 2.7 times as many fabrics with rayon, and 15 per-
cent more 61xed-yarn fabrics as in 1953?(13)
The Kamyehin Textile Combine in Stalingradskaya Oblast xhich was
under construction in March 1954, gill be composed of 11 mills, a heating and
power plant, a foundry ~~-m~ipe;~'~~-tip a!d a number of subsidiary shops and
buildings. At fall capacity, the combine is to produce nearly one mil]p`.on
meters: of top quality fabrics daily Secluding such fabrics as velveteen; cotton
'Yelvetl, flannel, cambric, veil, taffeta, sateen, calico, etc. All'shops of the
coo'mbine x111 be equipped with the newest Soviet equipment. More than 15,000
single ,looms alone are to be installed in the combine. The first section of the
combine is to be put into operation in 1954.(14)
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Enterprises of the Tashkent Cotton Procurement Trgat'in the"Uzbek SSR
pledged to fulfill the 1954 plan by 23 December and to produce 4,000 metric tons
of cotton fiber and 320 .metric tone of fuzz above plan by the end of the year.(15)
In 1954, the USSR wool induatry'is,to produce 6.5 times as much pure
wool suiting such as "boston" and 10 times as.much pure wool overcoating as in
190.(16) In 1957, the industry is to be able to produce 'il times as much pure
wool patterned worsted, 4.q times as mn~h "boston," 13 times~ae much covert cloth
and gabardine, 19 times as much semlwool patterned suiting, 5.8 times as much as
semiwool covert cloth, and 3 times as much overcoating as compared with the 1954
plan.
In March 1954, five worsted weaving and finishing enterprises, the
imeni'X"Godovahchiny Krasnoy Armii, Roatokino, and Novo-Noginsk mills and the
Kuntsevo and.Krasnokholmak combines, were being reconstructed. After reconatruc-
tion;?the increase in worsted fabrics production at'these enterprises is to;,,
amount to 10.1 million'metera annually. Also .in March 1954, the Minsk, Chern~"~ov,
Bryansk, Krasnodar, Kanak, and Sverdlovsk worsted combines were under construction.
It was also planned .that, ~.a the near future, a combine for production~of wool
fabrics using staple-fiber yarn would be constructed in Ivanovo, the Mnninn
Norated Combine would be .completed, and a new ;worsted spinning mill in Pavlovo-
Posad and Fryanovo Spinning Mill would be constructed. New initial wool-process-
ing mills in Gor'kiy, Omsk, Eagel's, and Dzhambul'would also be'constructed,(17)
During the peric~ 1954-1956, 35'enterpriaes of the wool industry are
to be reconstructed, increasing USSR wool fabrics production 'by more than 40
million meters annually. The putting into operation of new enterprises at full
capacity is to increase USSR production of worsted fabrics by 75 million meters '
so2lvally. This increase is more than twice the total?1k49R worsted fabrics pro-
duction ih 1940.(16).
In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goode Industry Estonian
SSR produced 100,000 more meters of wool fabrics than in 1952.(18)
~~ ~ In 1953, the volume of wool fabrics produced by enterprises of the
Ministry oY Consumer Goods Industry Belorussian SSR amounted to 230 percent of
that of 1950.(19)
' During the period 1940-1953, the Georgian SSR wool industry almost
doubled its production of wool fabrics.(5)
In 1954, wool.fabrics production in the Armenian SSR is to increase
by 165 'percent, and in 1955 by 226 percent, as compared with 1953.(20)'
In March 1954, construction of the Ivanovo Noolene Combine in
Ivanovekaya Oblast was progressing. The main production building of the combine
is~to occupy an area of 13 hectares including the spinning, weaving, and finish-
ing mills. All production processes will be mechanized. The combine will pro-
duce cheviot, gabardine, covert cloth,triko, as veil as"blankets and shavle.(21)
' Enterprises of the Ministry of Conaummer Goods Industr~? USSR in Moscow
pledged to produce 200,000 meters of wool fabrics above the 1954 plan. These
enterprises pledged to increase production of ell-wool worsteds by 530,000 meters
and heavy wool cloth by 470,000 meters as compared with 1953? 'Ministry enter-
prises in Mo'9kovskaya Oblast pledged to produce 500,000 meters of wool fabrics
above the 1954' plan, and to increase production of all-wool worsteds for suite
and coats by 1.1 million meters, as compared with 1953?(13)
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3? Silk
` ~ In '1954, USSR silk fabric production is-to be 6.7 times that of 1840
and twice that of 1950. All enterprises of Glavshelko (Idain Administration of
Silk Industry) exceeded?the 1953 Plan. During the year, nearly 3 million meters
of various silk Pabrics were produced above plan. In 1954, enterprises of Glav-
shelko are to produce 20 percent more rayon fabrics, 8.2 percent more natural
silk crepe, and 26 percent more linings than in 1953?(22)
During the first quarter 1954, enterprises of Glavshelko produced'
566,000 meters of fabrics above plan, increasing production by elmoat 1.2 million
meters as compared with the last quarter 1953? Before the end of 1954, silk in-
dustry enterprises are to produce at least 500,000 meters of 13 new types of
natural silk and rayon fabrics for women's suite and dresses and for men's shirts.
1)uring:the second quarter 1954, silk fabric production by Glavshelko enterprises
are to'increase by more than one million meters.(23) .-.
Ih 1953, textile enterprises oP the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry
Estonian SSR produced 152,000 more meters of silk fabrics than in 1952.(18)
In 1953, the idle time of Estonian silk-weaving equipment amoun*.ed to 11.6 per-
cent:? In 1956, silk fabric production by the Estonian silk industry is to be
3?.6 times that of 1950 and the number of looms in the industry is to be 2.4
tunas that of 1950.. -
In 1953, the idle time of Latvian silk-weaving equipment amounted to
10'percent. Zn 1956, silk fabric production?in the Latvian SSR is to be 2:6
times that of 1950 .and the number of looms in the industry is to .be 1;6 times
that of 1950. ,
In '1953, the idle time of Lithuanian silk-weaving equipment. amounted
tor20:6 percent.. In 1956, silk fabric production in the Lithuanian SSR ie to
be 3.4 times that of 1950 and the number of looms in the industry is to be 3.4
times that of 19505(].7)
in 1a5~, the v~~nre of silk fabrics nrnduced by the Ma^istrv of Con-
sumer Goods Industry Deloruscian SSR amounted to Ia9 percent of that of 1950.(19)
In 195b, silk iab,., I,,,,duction in the Belorussian oSR is to be o.~ times that
of l?+~i0 dnd the number of looms in the industry is to be 7.1 times that of 1950.
(17)
??-' 'In 1953x?the Ukrainian silk industry produced more than 8 mi171on meters
of silk fabrica.(~4) In 1953, the idle time of Ukrainian silk-weaving equipment
amounted to 10.percent.(17) By 1956, republic silt, fabric product_on is to reach
22 mil lion.meters.(24) In 1956, Bilk fabric prcrluction in the Ukrainian SSR
is to be 17 times that of 1950 s:;.d the number of looms in the industry is t~ be?
10.3 timeh that?of.1950. In the next few years [probably 7454-1956], the se,?ond
section' of? the.Darnitskiy Silk-Weaving Combine, thi 2apor~zh'~e ^iliture, and
the?new?weaving shop of the Kiev Silk Combine are to ue pug ~u~o operation,(17)
In April 1954, the new Bendery Silk Combine was one of.the aargest con-
struction projects in the Moldavian SSR. The combine is to consist of fcur
large mills: reeling, spinning, weaving, and dyeing and finishing. The combine
is to have an annual production capacity of 8 million meters:(25)
?' -?. .In .1953, the Georgian textile industry produced 2.5 times as many silk
fabrics as in 1940.(5) During the year 17 percent more silk fabrics were pro-
duced in the Georgian SSR than in 1952.(6) In 1953, the idle time of Georgian
silk-waving equipment amobnted to 11.9 percent. By 1956, silk fabric production
in the Georgian SSR is to be 3.7 times that of 1950 and the number of looms in
the industry is to be 1.7 times that of 1950.
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In 1953, the idle time of Armenian silk-weaving equipment amounted to
9.4 percent.(17) In 1954, the Armenian textile industry is to produce 500,000
more meters of new-type silk fabrics than in 1953?(26) In 1954, silk production
in the Armenian SSR is to increase by 70 percent, and in 1955 by 137 percent,
as compared with 1953?(20) By 1956, silk fabric production in the Armenian SSR
is to be 4.3 times that of 1950 and the number of looms ie to be 3.3 times that
of 1950.
In 1953, the idle time of Azerbaydzhan silk-weaving equipment amounted
to 8.1 percent.(17) During the first quarter 1954, the Azerbaydzhan silk indus-
try produced 3,236 kilograms of raw silk above plan.(7) By 1956, silk fabric
production in the Azerbaydzhan SSR is to be 3.1 times that of 1950 and the number
of looms is to be 14.4 times that of 1950.(17)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goode Industry USSR in Moscox
pledged 'to produce 1,260,00 meters of silk fabrics above the 1954 plan.(13)
Zn 1953, the-idle time of Uzbek silk-weaving equipment amounted to
8 percent. By 1956, silk fabric production in the Uzbek SSR is to be 2.2
times tFuit of 1950 and the number of looms in the industry is to be 1.2 times
that of 1950.
In 1953, the idle time of Tadzhik silk-weaving equipment amounted to
14.6 percent. By 1956, silk fabric production in the Tadzhik SSR is to be 3.3
times that of 1950 end the number of looms in the industry is to be 1.7 times
that of 1950.
In 1953, the idle time of Kirgiz silk-weaving equipment amounted to 20
percent. By 1956, silk fabric production in the Kirgiz SSR is to be 4.6 times
that of 1950 and the number of looms is to be 2.6 times that of 1950.(17)
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During the second half of 1953, USSR textile enterprises produced
nearly 78 million meters of various fabrics above plan.(27)
According to the March 1954 decree of the Council of bfinisters and
the Central Committee of the CPSU, during the first half 1954, the Ministry of
Consumer Goods Industry USSR is to produce and supply 800 25-man tents and 3,700
10-man TU-04-19 camp tents to the Ministry of Agriculture USSR and 500 25-man
tents and 2,300 10-man TU-04-19 camp tents to the binistry of State Farms
USSR:(28)
In 1953, textile enterprises of the Latvian SSR produced more than one
million meters of fabrics above plan.(29)
During the prewar five-year plans, a new branch of the textile industry
was created in the Belorussian SSR. This branch was the preliminary flax?process-
ing industry which included 68 flax-processing plants. Before World War II,
the production of these plants amounted to 25,500 metric tons of fiber. In 1940,
the republic produced 12.5 perce.^.t of the total ?lax fiber produced in the USSR.
At the beginning of the Third Five-Year Plan, one of the largest enterprises in
the industry, the Orsha Flax Combine, was put into operation. After World War II,
33 flax plants were restored or newly constructed. In March 1954, four plants
were under construction. In March 1954, flax plants in the Belorussian SSR were
processing 75.3 percent of all industrial flax products in the USSR. OP 33 flax
plants in the republic in March 1954, 31 were located in the eastern regions of
the Belorussian SSR and only two in the western regions. Of the total amount
of flax products produced by republic flax plants in 1953, only 30.1 percent
was Tong fiber.(30)
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In 1953, the volume of carpeting produced by the Ministry of Consumer
Goode Industry Belorussian SSR amounted to 248'percent of that of 1950.(19)
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? '. By 14 March 1954, the textile enterprises of Shuya in Ivanovekaya
Oblast had produced 400,000 meters of gray goods and 5~,~ meters of finished
fabrics above plan in 1954.(31)
In 1954, the textile enterprises of Leningrad pledged to produce 21
million more meters of wool,'staple-fiber, and cotton fabrics than in 1953- BY
23 March, Leningrad mills had produced more than 2.6 million meters of various
fabrics above plan in 1954?(32)
? In 1954, Moscow textile enterprises are to produce 1,251,000 meters
of wool and silk fabrics above plan.(33) Textile enterprises of the Ministry
of Consumer'Goods Industry USSR in Moscow pledged to. produce 170,000 meters: of
curtain materials above the 1954 plan. Ministry enterprises 3n Moekovskaya Oblast
pledged to produce 180,000 meters of dress fabrics above the 1954 plan.(13)
? In a speech by U. Yu. Yusupov in April 1954, it was stated that the?;;
Tashkent and Fergana textile combines, the Margelan S11k-Reeling Combines and
other?enterpriees of the Uzbek textile industry produce annually more than 200
million meters of cotton fabrics and nearly 25 million meters of silk fabrics.(34)
Jute mills of the Tadzhik SSR fulfilled the 1953 fiber 'production pisn
by only 39 percent including the plan for long fiber production by only 14.5
?percent.' The principal cause of the industry's poor operation wsa the lack of
technological discipline which was difficult to establish due to an inadequate
number. of?qualified cadres.. In ]954, republic enterprises are to process not
onlyall of the'-1953 crop, but even unprocessed stalks of past years and are to
produae several times more fiber than in 1953?(35)
1. 'Hnitwear and Stockings
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In 1953, knitwear enterprises of the Estonian SSR produced 21 per-
cent more hosiery than in 1952.(1)
In 1953,~knitwear enterprises of the Latvian SSR produced 40,000
pieces of knitted underwear above plan.(29)
r?, In 1953, the volume of knitted underwear, knitted outerwear, and
hosiery produced by enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry
Belorussian 9SR amounted to 285 percent, 184 percents and 215 percent, re-.
spectively;.of that of 1950:(19)
In 1953, Ukrainian light industry produced more than 110 million
pairs gf?hose.(24) In 1953, enterprises. of the Ministry of Consumer Goods In-
duetry,Ukrainian SSR produced 30 percent more wool and.semiwool knitted ou~er-
wear than in 1952?(4)- ?
Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Moldavian SSR
produced more than '18,000 pieces of knitted outerwear above the plan for the?
first quarter 1954:(36)
In 1953, 11 percent more knitted underwear was produced in .the
Georgian SSR than in 1952.(6) ~,.;
In 1954, knitwear production 1n the Armenian .SSR is to increase by
62 percent, and in 1955 by 89 Percent, as compared with 1953.0)
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Enterprises of the tQiniatry of Consumer"Goods Industry USSR in Moscow
pledged to'produce 139,000 pieces of knitwear above the 1954 plan. Ministry
enterprises is Moskovskaya Oblast pledged to produce 155,000 pieces of knit-
wear, 300,000 pairs of gloves, and 630,000"pairs of hosiery above the 1954
p1an:(13)
' Th:1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry
Estonie'n?SSR produced 37,500 more sewn articles than in 1952.(18) In 1953,
republic sewing enterprises produced 18 percent more sewn articles than in
1952.(1)
By 8 April 1954, construction oP the largest sewing Factory in the
Latvian SSR'had started in Moskovskiy Rayon of Riga:" The completed factory ie
to?consist'of the production building; the plant administration building, the
repair and mechanical shop, and the boiler shop: The four-story production
building alone will occupy 2,700 square meters. Four hundred sewing and other
machines requiring 'for operation more than 2,000 men are to be installed in the
new factory: The enterprise is to produce annually 820,000 costa and suits for
men, women, sad children. The sewing?factory'is to be put 'into operation at the
beginning of 1957.(37)
In 1954, construction of a new sewing factory is to begin"in bfinak,'
Belorussian SSR.' Production buildings"of the factory have beam designed Pore
300 bniversal sealing machines;(38)
? `? As a result of expansion and reconstruction of existing sewing ehter-
prises and planned construction is 1954-1956 of new large sewing factories in ?"
Vo'rbaHilovgrad; Nikolayev," Kirovograd, Drogobych, Sumy, Artemovek, Pereyaslav-
Khmel'n'itskiy, and other cities of the Ukrainian SSR, republic production oP
sewn articles in 1956 is to be 2.4 times iat of 1950.(24)
? Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Dioldavian SSR
produced 1,200 fur coats and mantles above the plan for the first quarter 1954.(36)
"'~ ~ ~In'1954', sewing factories of the Georgian SSR are to receive 130 sewing
machines.(39)
''"'~ ?'In 1954, 3,000 high-speed universal sewing machines, many special'?
machines sad table;presses, and more than 10,000 various devices are to be
allotted to enterprises of Rosglavshveyprom (Main Administration of Sewing
Industry RSFSR').(40)'
? Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry USSR in Moscow
pledged to produce 80,000 coats, suits, and dresses above the 1954 plan.(13)
CS !Leather and Footwear
In 1953, footwear enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry t
Estonian SSR produced 117,000 more pairs of footwear than in 19;2.(18)
Iri 1953; Latvian light industry produced 75,000 pairs of footwear above
pl~n:(41)
In 1953, the volume _of footwear produced by enterprises of the Ministry
of-Consumer-'Goods Industry Belorussian SSR amounted to 177 percent of that of
1950.(19)
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In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Ukrainian
SSR'produced~55 percent more styled footwear than in 1952?(4) During the year,
the~~Ukrainian footwear industry produced more than 35 million pairs of footwear..
During the period 1954-1956, two large leather and footwear combines are to be
constructed in industrial centers of the Donbass. Construction of a third each
combine is to be started in Kherson in 1955? These three combines are to pro-
duce more than lg million pairs of footwear annually. During this same period,
more than 60 footwear enterprises are to be constructed and reconstructed which
is to assure an increase in republic footwear production in 1956 of up~to 61
million pairs or 2.3 times as much as in 1950.(24)
?' .Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goods Industry Moldavian SSR
produced nearly 17,000 pairs of footwear above the plan for the first quarter
1954.(36)
`~ -In 1954, footwear production in the Armenian SSR is to increase by 40 per- '
cent, and'in 1955 by 46 percent,, as compared with 1953?(20)
Enterprises of the Ministry of Consumer Goode Industry USSR in Moscow
pledged'to produce 328,000 palre of footwear above the 1954 plan. Ministry
enterprises in Moskovskaya Oblast pledged to produce 78,000 pairs of leather
footwear ,above the'1954 plan.(13)
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:?`? ~ 'In 1954, USSR fishing kolkhozes are to deliver to the state
:more than 11 millibri?metric quintals of fish. A considerable number of boats
and fishing ,equipment and 152 MRSs (Motorized Fishing S?ations)?are at the
dispohal'of the kolkhozes Ybr this purpoae:(42)
In 2954, fishermen in the Karelo-Finnish SSR are to catch 65,000
,more, metric .quintals of fish than in 1953?(43) IIy 11 March 1954, fishermen of
the Ministry of Food Products Industry Karelo-Finnish SSR had fulfilled the first-
quarter 1954'?plan and had caught. more than 19,000 metric quintals of fish.{44) '
Reeublic:fiehermen caught 10;000 metric quintals of fish above the plan for the
Tlrst?.quarter 1951+-.(23) By 21 April 1954, the republic fish industry had ful-
fi?11ed?the plan for the first 4 months of 1954 and had caught 23;278 metric
quintals more fish than during the corresponding period in 1953?(45)
-' '?In 1953, fishing kolkhozes of the Karelo-Finnish 6SR caught 27.000 more
metric quintals of fish than in 152. However, the Union of Fishing Kolkhozes
fulfilled the 1g53 plan by only 88.6 percent. Kolkhozes did not fulfill the
fishing?plan~in the White Sea and in inland waters. In this area, the fishing
fleet. and deep sea fishing seines and stationary seines were poorly utilized.
:In ?1954; republic, fishing kolkhozes are to catch 117,000 metric quintals of
fish or 10,000 more metric?quintals than was stipulated by ?he 1953 plan.
Fishing kolkhozes. fulfilled the plan for the first quarter 1954: and caught
l?;2U0:?more metric quintals than during the corresponding period in 1953? Twenty-
seven kolkhozes fulfilled or exceeded the plan, but the majority of the kolkhozes
'failed~to fuYfiTl the plan and six kolkhozes did not catch .even one kilogram of
fish'~duringrthe entire ,first quarter.(46) During the first quarter 1954, fishing
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kolkhozes delivered to the state more than 5,800 metric quintals of fish which
exceeded the plan by more than 500 metric quintals.(47)
?'-~ 'Average-size fishing trawlers operating.in the North Atlantic caught
more"than 8,000 metric quintals of herring above the plan for the?firat quarter
1954?..(23) In 1954, Karelo-Finnish fishermen in the $arentsovo Sea are to catch
58,000 metric quintals of fiah.(48) By 10 March, fishermen of the Belomorekaya
(White Sea) State Fishing Base in the Karelo-Finnish SSR had fulfilled the p]an
fOr:She first quarter 1954 by 108 percent:(44)' During the first 3 months of
1954, average-size fishing trawlers of the White Sea State Fishing Base operat-
ing in the North Atlantic caught and delivered to the state nearly 22,500 metric
quintals of polar herring.(47)
In 1954, the Estonian fish industry is to catch 40 percent more fish
than xas,actuaily caught in 1953, During the year, the industry is??ta-catch:
7y000 more?metric quintals of "krupnyye chastikovyye ryby" [large fish of carp
and related families] than in 1953?(49)
During the past several years, the Latvian fish industry did not fulfill
state fishing planao. In 1953, Latvian fishermen Se11 short of plan quotas by
nearly, 1,500 metric togs of dish. State sea fishing enterprises operated poorly
in 1953 fulfilling the plan by only 65 percent. The lag in the republic Piah
industry was due to poor organization resulting in inadequate preparation of the
Fishing fleet and fishing equipment for the fishing seasons and Boor leadership
in MRSs and kolkhozes.
_ In 1954, Latvian fishermen are to catch 25 percent more fish than in
1953? Tiowever, by 14 April 1951F, results showed that leaders of Glavlata~ybprom
(Main gdmisiatration of Fish Industry Latvian SSR) and the republic union of
fishing kolkhozes had not profited from e..E~erienFe,of;past_~year~. The spring
fishing season plays 3~very important role in the fulfillment~of the yearly
Yishing plan,: the proportion of fish caught. during this season exaeeding.50
percent. Yet by 1?F-April 1954, in spite of the fact that the.seasom had
atart~d everywhere, a large part of the fleet and fishing equipment was not
ready for operation and a number of coastal fish-processing enterprises were
not ready to receive fish. ,
In April 1954, Glavlatpradshab (Main Administration of;Food'?Products?
Induatry,Supply Fsitvian SSR) and its chief, Geller, were not?providing fishing
org4nizationa.pith a sufficient and timely supply of necessary materials. Con-
sequently, repair Of fishing equipment was progressing very slowly: Up.`to that
time; the making of ~O stationary nets was still to be started and 114 nets were
to be repaired. Three. new boats were to be released'soon from the'Mangal'skiy
Shipyard, but up to that time there was absolutely no equipment on them.
Many kolkhozes did not repair fishing equipment even though there was
enough time for it during the winter. LeAders of the republic fishing kolkhoz
union allowed kolkhoz workers to procure ice for ofiganizations not directly re-
lated with fishing in~tead of seeing that the workers repaired tackle. ?
In April ?1954,. the Fishing Division (chief, Karnaukhov) of Glav-
latrybprom was giving the MRSs little assistance and poor guidance. For instance,
at the February 1954 meeting of activist fishermen representatives of t)}e main
ad@inistration claimed that the total rope needs of their organization to .prepare
for?,,the seasonyamounted to 50 to 70 metric tons, while at?the same time, require-
mente;of;the Meraragskays MRS alone amounted to 84 metric tons. Consequently,
the USSR Ministry of Food Products Industry inadequately supplied the republic
fish industry with repair materials and spare parts for boat motors. Also, there
was poor 'organization of professional exploration on the part of Glavlatrybprom,
and fishing boats were compelled to spenA much valuable fishing time in search-
ing for areas where fish were concentrated.(50)
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As of 25 April 1954, fishing enterprises of the Ministry of Fish
Industry Latvian SSR had fulfilled plane in percent as follows: (51)
- Oreanization.?
Goslov Trest (State
`Fishing Trust)
Gosmorlov (State Sea
Fiehirig'Enterprisea)
Republic as s'whole
Apr l,lan 2d ~t Plan 1954 Plan
30:6
57.4 23.2 14:2
74.0 18.2 18:4
In 1953, fishing enterprises of the Lithuanian fish industry caught
'i2~tiines as'much fish as in 1940 In the next 3 years [1954-1956], the
Ministry of Food Products Industry Lithuanian SSR is to restore and put into' '
operation an additional 500 hectares of pond area in the Arviday, Arnenay,
Shilapavezhupis, and Svinets fisheries.(52)
'' In'1954, Georgian fishermen on the Black Sea are to catch 90000
metric quintals of fish.(53)
In 1954, almost 2 million more pud [approximately 2,676,metric'tons]
of fish ale to be caught in the Primorskiy Basin than in '1953:(54) ?Fishermen
oY khe`V'olga=Caspian Basin pledged to fulfill the 1954 fishing plan by 7 Novem-
ber and to catch 14 million pud [approximately 18,724 metric tons] and to deliver
to the state 700,000,pud [approximately 936.3 metric tons] of fish above plan
by~the end of the year.. During the first 20 days, of April 1954, the fishermen'
caught?1,100~000 pud [approximately 1,471.8 metric tons] of fish or 112 percent
oP''the.plan:(55')
By 3o March 1954, fishermen of Murmanskaya Oblast had fulfilled the
hex'ring fishing plan for the first 4 months of'1954 and had caught 28;000
metric quintals of fish above plan.(56) By 30 March, fishermen of Mux'mansel'd'
(Murmansk Herring Associatioh) had fulfilled the plan for the first 4 months of
1954 and 'had caught more than 100,000 metric quintals of herring since the be-
ginning of the year..By 31 March, sailors of the Murmansk Trawler Fleet had
caught 686,000 metric quintals~of-fish which was 76,000 metric quinta?Ls above
the"plan for the:firet quarter 1954 and 200,000 more metric quiritals'of-fish than
8iix'ing 4he corresponding period in 1953 (57) .. '
~By 10 N.arch'1954, fishing kolkhozea of the Turkmgn SSR had caught a
tota'i of 8,793?metric'quintals.of fish which was 3,400 more metric quintals
than`by the same date in 1953?(58)
2. Processing
In'1953, the Karelo-Finnish food industry produced 28 percent more
canned fish than in 1952?(48)
In 1954, fish. products production in the Estonian SSR is to increase
over 1953 as follows: canned Pish by 5.6 million cans, smoked fish product's"by'"
1.5'times, sardines by 4 times, and sprat by 1.5 times.(59)
`'' '~ 'In April 1954, fish meal was being produced in recovery shops on 'the
shores of Chudskoye Lake in Kallast and on Syrve Peninsula.- In 1953, 2,399
metric quintals of fish meal were produced in Kallast and'100 metric quintals
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oP smelte?snaoeV Bi metr~ 7'700 metric quintals of so,ait f~h~ 1,420 metric quintals
, n1y quintals of fish scraps were used in-the production
of the above-mentioned fish meal. At the same time, a total of 14,600 metric
quintals of fish scraps were collected at fish-processing enterprises in 1953.
Tkiie amouat'would be sufficient to produce nearly 3,000 metric quintals'of fish
meal. In 1953, the Tallin Fish Combine in the Estonian SSR collected 3,280
metric quintals of fish scraps and plans to collect nearly 4,800 metric quintals
in 1954. Fish meal production should be organized at this enterprise.(60)
'3? Bleeding and Conservation.
~n 1954, nearly 8 million salmon and other fish fry are to be liberated
in rivere~end lakes of the Latvian SSR which will enable the republic fish in-
dustry to catch, in 2 or 3 years, 2,500 metric quintals of commercial fish an-
nuelly.(61)
B. Dairy and Meat Products
Dairy Products
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In 1954, 3-5 million more metric tons of milk dire to be processed in
the?USSR .than in 1953 By I1 March, 28 percent more dairy products and 26 per-
cent more condensed milk had been produced than by the same date in 1953. In
1954, 20 milk plants near stations and highways,Sa the ;USSR are to be put.into
operation,.(62)
In Apr11,1954, construction of a large milk-canning combine xhich.will
produce 25 million cans annually was progressing in Rezekne in the Latvian
ssR~(63)
ThG'large new milk plant in Vil'nyus in the Lithuanian SSR was to be
in operation in May 1954.(64)
In: 1954, enterprises of the Gomel'skays Oblast Butter.Trust in?;the
Belorussian 99R are to produce 1.5 ,times as much butter, cheese, and other
dairy products as in 1953+
By 13 April, 1954, construction of a large mechanized plant?for
producing butter. and dried milk had started in Terekhovskiy Rayon, Gomel'skaya
Ob],aet-of the Belorussian SSRti The new enterprise is to process up to~3,000
metric tons of milk during the season. The same type of plant was under co~-
struction in Narovlyanskiy Rayon. Butter and cheese plants in Bragin and
Dobrush were being cc~pleted.(65) By.Aiarch 1954, the first section of the
Minsk Milk Combine in the Belorussian SSR, which is to process 75 .metric tons
of,milk daily, had, been completed.(30)
~. In 1fl48~ butter production 1n the Ukrainian SSR was 151 percent, and
in 1951 it was 218 percent, of that of 1940.(3) In 1
Ministry of Food ,Products Industry Ukrainian SSR roduced enterprises of the
lensed milk~~han in 1 2 (4) In 1 P 37 percent. more.con-
more than 85,000 metric tons of butter.thInttheinext fewd industry produced
167 butter and cheese plants as well as-many initial milkyprocessing plants are
to be cpnstructed and put into operation; these facilities will double butter
production and more than triple cheese production in 1Q55?(24)
In, 1954, dairy,enterprisea of the Moldavian SSR are to produce twice
as:mueh,butter.as?ia.1950. During the year, butter plaats are.to process
2~y;000.more metric tons of milk than in 1953,E By 15 March 1954, only 12?of 60
butter and cheese plants ini#jyg republic and 16 of 300 separating establishmeats
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had'been partially mechanized.(66) In 1954, 2 million rubles'.worth of nex.
equipment :is to be supplied to the Moldavian milk-processing industry,.(67)
~?:. In 1954, butter and cheese production in the Armenian SSR~is to in-
crease by 13 and 36 percent, and in 1955 by 35 and 67 percent, respectively,.
as compared with?1953?(20) In April 1954, large cheese plants xere under cop-
struction in Tallinskiy and Stepanavanskiy rayons, and a butter and milk plant.
vsa under construction in Leninakan. In June 1954, six stationary cheese- '
processing points xere to be put into operation in high-mountain livestock
rayons, Sxiss cheese plants xere under construction in Martuninskiy Rayon in
April 1954.(6$)
In April 1954, large cheese plants xere under construction in Bogdan-
ovka sad Valyanka in the Georgian SSR. In April, it xas planned that in the
near future milk plants in Sukhumi, Batumi; Kutaisi, and Gagra xould be put ?
into operation.(69)
By l March 1954,' construction of a nex milk plant in Kemerovo, Kem-
erovakaya.Oblast, xhich is to produce 50 metric tons of dairy products daily
xas being completed. The same type of plant was under construction in Stalinsk.
In March, it-.xas planned that construction would begin in the.near future on
angther:?.mi3k plant in Prokop'yevsk.(70)
?? Ia March 1954, the Borovakiy Condensed and Dried Milk'Plant in'the
Kazskh:SSR was put into operation. The new enterprise is to produce annually
up to 2,000 metrio,?tone of dairy productP,?(31) In April 1954, a mechanized
milk plant was under construction in Usti-Kamenogorsk,Ka~kh SSR. The plant is
to; process 30,000 metric tons of milk in~1954?(71)
~' During the summer 1954, ice cream shops of Uzbek dairies were to be
expanded to double the 1954 ice cream production as compared xith 1953? In
April. 1954, the Karahi Milk Plant in the Uzbek SSR xas put into operation. The
enterprise is to produce dietetic dairy products, creamery butter, and ice cream.
The same type of plant xas to be put into operation by 1 May 1954 is Shakhris-
yabze,.(72)
In 1954, milk plants in Nebit-Dag and Krasnovodsk in the Turkmen SSR
are to be?put into operation.(73)
2:, Meat 'Products
. In 1953, the Karelo-Finnish SSR food industry produced 23 percent more
caugage products than in 1o59_lLA1
24 perce tnmo~e meat8aear~seeeing^enterprises in the Estonian SSR produced
In 1954, a.bacoo shop with an annual production of 1,500 metric tons
of b'scon~ is to be out into ~?o,.o+a..., ..~ ~~_ .._.
boring the eerond quarter 1954, construction of a meat combine xas to
be started in Vil'nyus? Lithnnnta~ aen ia,~
In March 1954, the Mogilev Meat Combine xas being completed and meat
combines in Pinsk, Molodechno
and B
b
,
o
ruyak, and poultry combines in Krichev,
Kobrin, and;drsha, all in the Belorussian SSR, were under.conetruction. A meat
combine is to,.be conetructoa .tr n,.e~+ ..-~ _ ,_ _.
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In 1948, meat production in the Ula~ainian SSR was 53 percent of that
of 194b and in 1951, 112 percent.(3) In 1954, the iTla~ainian meat industry ie
to produce 1.5 times as many frankfurters, small sausages, and meat cutlets)
3.2 times ea many meat dumplings, sad seven times sa much delicate
s
d
s
en canne
meat ae in 1953?(74) In 1955, republic production of canned-meat is to be 4.3
timee.and meat 2.1 times that of 1950. During the period 1954-1956, 29 meat-
proceseing enterpr ass are to be constructed in the Ulo~ainian SSR: Zn 1954,
new meat combines ~re to be constructed in Krivoy Rog, Kakhovka, and Artsyz
and existing combines. in Lvov, Dubno, Darnitsa, Odessa, and. others are to be
reconstructed..(24) .
The Kishinev Meat Combine in the Moldavian SSR pledged to fulfill
the 1954 plan by 25 December and to produce 130 metric tons of meat and 20
metric tone of sausage above plan by the end of the year. 'The Tiraspol' Meat
Combirie?in the same republic pledged torfulfill the 1954 plan by 5 December sad
to produce'150 metric tons of meat and 13 metric tone of sausage above plan by
the end of the year.(75)
' `In 1953, '14 percent more meat and 16 percent more sausage products were
.produced in the Georgian SSR than 1n 1952.(6)
? .In April'1954, a'large meat-canning combine was under construction in
Abakan in Khakasekaya Autonomous Oblast, Krasnoyarskiy Kray. The refrigeration
plant had'been constructed and the cannery was under construction.(69? gy~.
25 March 1954, construction had started on the Stavropol' Meat-Canning Combine
in Stan'opol'skiy?Kray. ,All production prpceasea at the combine will be com-
4letely mechanized.: The LSSR government allotted 96 million rubles for the~cba-
etructlon.of'this combine,(76)
During the first quarter 1954, the Rrattsevskaya Poultry Factory in
Mosk4vakaya Oblast produced nearly 65,000k7hittetic" eggs and 120 metric quintals
of killed poultry meat above plan.(7q)
In March 1954, a large meat-processing combine, the Ostankinskiy Meat
Combing, j~as under construction in Moscow. The new combine is to produce in one
shift at least 100 metric tons of sausage, 20 metric tons of wrapped meat,
160,000 pbrtions of:culinary semiprocessed products, 500,000 cutlets, 30 metric
toae'of meat dumplings, and 250,000 "pirozhki" [meat pies]. The first section
of the combine including the refrigeration plant, the cutlet, semiproceased meat,
and meat-packing. shops ie to be put into operation during the third quarter 1954
and all enterprises of the combine are to be in operation by 1956.(78}
During the first 2 months of 1954,the Mary Meat Combine in the Turkmen
SSR produced 111 metric tone of meat and 2 metric tons of sausages above plan.(79)
Cc ?: Basic Good Products
' ..In 1953, the Karelo-Finnish food industry produced 24 percent more
macaroni than in 1952.(48)
In April 1954, mechanized bread-baking plants were under construction
in Klaypeda and Shyaulyay in the Lithuanian SSR. It was also planned to wnatnrt
new bread-baking plants in Vil'nyus, Kaunas, Palanga, and Novo-Vilna in 1954.(64)
~~ ~ In March 1954, bread-baking plants in Mstisiavl and Vitebsk in the
Belofiuasian SSRrwere.under construction.(30) \
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In 1953, enterprises of the Ministry of Food Products Industry
U1a~ainian SSR produced 2.7 times as much Wheat bread of'top-grade ancllfirst-grade
ilour:and'1.6 times as many bakery products of graded Ylour as in 1952.(4)
~Zn 1953, 13 percent more macaroni products were produced in the Georgian
$$R
h
-s
op in 1952:(16)
,In 1954, macaroni and vermicelli production in the Armenian SSR ie to
increase by 50 percent and in 1955, by 68 percent ea compared with 1953?(~)~
During the first 2 months of 1954, enterprises of the Ministry of Food
Products Industry Azerbaydzhan SSR produced 77 metric tons of macaroni products
and,i,735 metric tons of bread and bakery products above plan:(80)
? In April 1954, the largest flour-milling combine in the Urals was under
construction on the banks of the Kama River in Molotov, Mo7ntovekaya Oblast.
Estimated daily production of the combine is 500 metric tone oP graded flour.
The combine is to be put into operation in 1954.(81) In March 1954, a Ylour- .
milling.cgmbine was under construction in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Sakhalinskays r'
Oblast'.' This combine is to satisfy all flour and groats products requirements
for Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. A macaroni and confectionery combine and
e mPChanized bread-baking plant were also under construction in Yuzhno-Sakha-
linsk.(82)
By April 1954, construction of the ].argent bread-7iaking plant in 2apadno-
Kazakhstanskaya Cblast, 'Cazakh SSR, had been completed in the metal workers' vil-
lage'of Ust!-Kamenogorsk. Daily production of the enterprise ie 25 metric tons
cif`bread products:(71)
In 1953,, enterprises of Turkmenkhleb Trest (Turkmen Bread-Baking Trust)
Pell short of plan quotas by more than '2,000 metric tone of "shtuchnyye" bread
pr,udPCts,(sold'by'piece rather than by weitht] from graded flour and?more than
2,500 metric tons of national breads.(83) 'In 1954, a bread-baking plant is to
be put into operation in Ashkhabad in the Turkmen SSR.(73)
!2:; Canned,Goods
~n;1953, the Estonian food industry produced 27 percent more capped
meat And` fish' than. in 1952..(1)
"'; In April'1954, it was. planned that in the near fu~vre the first veg-
etable drying plant 'in the Lithuahian SSR would be constructfQ:(64)
>'n April 1954, a cannery with an annual production capacity of 40 'million
bars rise under construction on the shore of the Danube in Izmail,?Ukrainian SSR.
the enterprise is to be put lnto operation in 1954.(84)
>rn 1954,, .canneries of the Moldavian Canning Trust pledged to produce
26 million mbre ;~ars~than in 1953?(85)
Sometimeq poor planning prevents utilization of production capacity
reser'vea. In 1953, production capacities of canning enterprises of the Armenian
SSR Canning Trust Were not fully utilized. The yearly production plan ryas set
at 40.1 "tuby" [approximately 40,100 standard 3ars] while the estimated capacity
of the canneries as of 1 June 1953 was 70.3 "tub~/'[approximately 70,300 standard
jars l . (86) ~ .
,In 1953?,canned goods production in the Uzbek SSR almost tripled as