EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400100009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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4, On all deliveries of goods fAm Poland, the Poles pay the freight charges,
The Poles deliver shipments only against letters of credit which are negotiable
upon receipt of consignaisnG. The Pules extea~d no credit to firms with ~iob
they deal,
"orbs, ohiooxy, honey, fresh a??f'8
eggs, frozen eggs, batter-, pot.,.,_y.
ellulose, barley, bacon, ha?, drii&.,wpd-toams, medicinal
obtain markets +n the idAaae Africa, and South rwriea,.
Paland +P t *sted in exporting the follcidmg agrieultm~al products
Pdlisb prices are constantly fluctuctin . This increases the difficulties of
doing business uith Poland, 25X1
the rraotias often leas a la- of business for Poland.
prospective customers with price lists. The Poles do not calculate prices or
coamnoditips on the basis of cast of raw materiels, hcndling, and profit, but
rather on a basis of the price they would lobe to obtain, or the highest price
obtainable on the world market at any given time. As a result of this practice, 25X1
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