PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES DURING FEBRUARY 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004001110003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION -:REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Production of 'rincipal Commodities
during February 1954
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
619563 25X1
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 7 May 1954
NO.OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE .EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL Of CONTENT IS. TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Production of princi
t o f,:
Measurement
dtkrine Februar
Production
Power
Electric power
million Kwh
2,254.8
Coal
Hard coal.
1,000 tons
22345
Crude brown coal
n
14,161.2
Brown coal briquettes
N
3,572.0
Brown coal coke
29.2
Ores and Mined Chemicals
Iron'grel
Copper ore
Potassium salts
Pyrites
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
al commodities in East German
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tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorlsed person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form to prohibited.
31,700
1, 540
117,400
10,600
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Unit of
Commodity Measurement
10. Food
Production
Margarine tons 87L.
Sea fish catches it 1,816
Comments: 25X1
1. Production below the average expected.
2. The number of all vehicles produced is greatly below the planned average.
3. It will be noted that Perlon has now been added to the list of commodities of
particular interest. This may be connected with East Germany's efforts to
increase its supply of wool substitutes as reso'iv.a by the Central Committee
of the SED at the and of 1952 and set in motion by the Academy of Sciences.
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Commodity
Unit of
Measurement Production
Pig ironl
Crude steel ingots
Hot-rolled steel (including semi-
finished products)
Refined and electrolytic copper
Nonferrous rolled products
5. Transport 2
Passenger cars
Trucks
Wheeled tractors
Caterpillar tractors
Electric motors over 100 Kw
Tires
tons 8I,100
182,100
" 133,000
Chemicals
a s
Sulphuric acid tons 34P,500
Cale. soda " 25,500
Caustic soda 18,200
Calcium carbide 61,700
Cale. alumina 3,600
Nitrogenous fertilizers 23,700
Phosphorus fertilizers 6,800
Synthetic rubber " 5, 700
P.O.L.
Gasoline
Diesel. fue.l., u
8. Building Materials
Cement
9. Paper and Plastic Materials
Artificial silk
Cellulose
Perlon3
Paper (all types)
2,300
71200
1,082
295
105
81
132
86, 700
51,400
61,200
" 182,900
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1,690
25, 300
109
33,100
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