COMMODITY PRICES IN CH'ONGJIN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900490004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 25, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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was in the ChlongJln railroad station (EB665262). The dining room was operated
and administered by the Commerce Administration Office of Ch'ongjin North 25X1
Bamgyoong Province, which office was part of the Ministry of Commerce.1 The
stall in the waiting room of the station was also under the same management
and was operated by two saleswomen. The prices of goods sold at the stall
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COUNTRY Korea
Coiodity Prices in Ch'ongjin, DATE DISTR. 25XL,y1955
North Korea
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Comment. Possibly staff section is meant: for
l~ La government-managed dining roam open to the general public,
were fixed by the government as follows:
ITTK UNIT PRICE IN WAN
Bread 1 loaf 30
Cigarettes 1 package 30-50
Matches 1 package 10
Tooth brush 1 200
Towel 1
180
2. Alcoholic beverages containing 40 percent alcohol were in bottles equal in
size to a small beer bottle and sold at 370 won each. The price of these
beverages was not government controlled.
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ommerce c"sie d Of the following sections: staff section, clerk section,
secret affairs section, secretariat section, export bureau, and import
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