BULGARIAN FOREIGN TRADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400560010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIREq
Bulgarian Foreign Trade
DATE DISTR. 9 March 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Rumania,, East Oerrriar r 125X1
and a Trade Agreements Unit headed by Merdzhanov (fnu).
2. (Every year Bulgaria makes a 1-year trade agreement withthe Soviet Union, Poland.
1. The Ministry of Foreign Trade is divided into three directorates., as follows-,
a. Export Directorate., headed by Milushev (fnu) who is assisted by Patskov (fnu);
the Directorate has divisions for industrial goods., .food.., TRetals,, and tobacco;
b. Import Dire ctor.?a.te, headed by Ivan Popov who is assisted by Kamenov (fail) o the
Directorate has divisions foy:? heavy machinery,, light machinery,, metals, 'books
and paper; chemical goods and technical projects,, and luxury goods and cosmetics;
the chemical goods and technical projects division is headed by Todor Tsolov and
the luxury goods and cosmetics division is headed by Anton Vasilev; and
c. Custom Di-sctorates, headed by Panov (fnu)-, this Directorate has a Personnel Unit
headed b Kamenov (fnu)., a Budget Unit headed by Boris Letkov;, an International
Exhibits Unit headed by Vidinov (fnu);, a Secret Documents Unit, and Accounting
Unit headed by Pitskikov (sic., fnu)s a Plans'Unit headed by Pla.ntikanov (sic, fnu),
Bulgarian trade with the following countriess
(1) Exports: Leather goodsa plastic goods; cement products, erxulsions9. unprocess-
ed leather, :metals, canned vegetables., fruits, eggs: tobacco, etc.
(2) Irtports: Automobiles, watches, medicines,., agricultural equipment, geological
apparatus, sugar, and heavy axachinery.
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b. Poland
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(1) Exports-, Unprocessed leather, vegetables, fruits, and charcoal.
(2) Imports: Fish and cheese
c. Hungary
(1) .Exports; W?od, leather., metal, charcoal, plywood., plating (sic), canned
vegetables, etc.
(2) Im.portse Agricultural machinery:, bicycles, athletic goods., watches., ala: n
clocks, cotton materials, and chemical goods.
(1) Exports-, Wood., plywood, p".atings, leather, emulsions, glycerine., ceramics,
rtet-?,'.ls,, vegetables, fruit, wine, etc.
(2) Imports: Bicycles., vehicles, electrical products., light -machinery, medical
equipment,, radios, rubber goods, medicines, sugar, beer., athletic equipment,
writing materials., rubber and leather shoes, Q.nd household goods.
e. Rumani a
(1) Exports: Legumes, metals, cement., plaster.
(2) Imports; Petroleum, salt, sugar, and gasoline.
f. Last Germany
(1) Exportso Canned vegetables, fruit,, marmalade,, eggs., milk products., and
legumes.
(2) Imports-, Precision machinery, radios, sewing machines,, bicycles., and metals.
.g. Albm.nia
(1) ?xportsn Food and other items.
(2) Imports- Olives,,; lemons==, and oranges.
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