TANNING EXTRACTS USED BY EAST BLOC COUNTRIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000810005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Tanning ictraeta Used by Bust Bloc DATE DISTR. 8 March 1955
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East Germany
it East Germany planned to import in 1954 the following amounts of tanning
extracts:
Quebracho 2,000 tons
Mimosa 2,000 tons
Chestnut 1,300 tons
Oakwood 2,000 tone
This represented 30% of the total planned consumption in 1954. The other
?0% is made up of indigenous pine bark extract and synthetic extracts
(about 50%) manufactured by a former I.G. Farben plant.
2. Actual purchases of tanning extracts by the beginning of September 1954
were as follows:
Quebracho ' 650 tons
Mimosa lapp tons
Chestnut 100 tons
Oakwood 600-1,100 tons
3e The sharp fall in purchases are caused by a severe shortage of hides in
East Germany. It was hoped to obtain large quantities of hides
through two barter deals closed with the latter country, each
for 0.000.000.
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East Germany could only compensate for the hide shortage
importing large quantities of finished leather and shoes.
Poland
4. The annual consumption of tanning extracts by Poland is:
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Quebracho 4,500-5,500 tons
1,500 tons
An oakwood factory has Just been
opened in Poland which will cover requirements of this oommodity.
Synthetic and pine bark extracts are also produced in Poland and certain
quantities of these are also imported from East Oermaey.
Hun Laq
5. Annual consumption of quebracho and mimosa F
amounts to 1,50x'1-3,000 tons. The Hungarians pre or to take 99 Mugu 0L
this amount as possible in quebracho extract but that ends on the
smooth functioning of their trade agreement They also
use extract and valonia and Trillo sic in raw
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materials are estimated to represent 80 - 90% of consumption.
Czechoslovakia
6. Consumption averages:
Quebraoho -
Mimosa
12000 tons per year.
Oakwood and "balsa
- 1,200 tons
Chestnut - 300 tons p
in addition indigenous pine, bark extracts and home-produced synthetic
tars are used.
HulLaria
7. Consumption averages:
Qnebraeho - 4400 tons annually
Valonia - probably 300 tons
Oak bark - indigenous.
Rumania
8. The Rumanians imported large quantities of qubracho up to 19501 their
annual consumption was 1,500-3,000 tons. Nothing was bought from abroad
in 1953?
U.S.S.R.
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They appear to make-do with their indigenous production of willow bark,
pine bark, and chestnut extracts. There has been no revival of the large-
scale pre-war trade with the U.S.S.R. In mimosa extracts and mimosa bark.
China
10..Liina is again purchasing large quantities of quebraoho
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