ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF AGRIMPEX

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003300310009-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Hungary
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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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Organization and Operations of
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le The Hungarian state enterprise Agrimpex is one of 20 or 22 import and export firms un-
r the direction of the Ministry of External and Internal Trade. Agrimpex controls
the-import and export of agricultural produce and industrial agriculture products.
Three categories of commodities are assigned to the three main departments of
Agrimpex:
a. Quantitative products: grains, legumes, forage;
b. Industrial products: cocoa and oil, malt, hops, beets, sunflower and pumpkin seeds;
c. Seed products, including garden seed.
2. All Hungarian seed imports are handled by the seed department of Agrimpex. Export
of seed is currently at a minimum. This department is also handling Hungaryls entire
produce export, due to a shortage of qualified officials in other departments.
3. The main Hungarian produce exports and imports in 1953 were as follows:
a. Exports: wheat, corn, sunflower seed, pumpkin seed, hemp, mustard seed,, eu ar7 oils,
malt, clovers, alfalfa;l
be Imports: low grade food oils, suet, potatoes.
Agrimpex representatives in Vienna sold nearly $4,000,000 worth of agricultural
products in the period 15 September to 25 October 1953. A list of products and
prices received are as follows:
Corn $1,100,000
Refined brown sugar 1,100,000
Sunflower seed oil 1,070,000
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Rice $ 72,000
Sunflower seed 500,000
Malt 120.000
Total $3,962,000
5. When the Agrimpex representatives are not in Vienna, the business of Agrimpex is
handled by Intrac, Singergasse 27, Vienna I.
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IF- -IC omment. Exports of rye, barley, oats, beans and peas were curtailed
because of the poor harvest in 1953.
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