SULPHUR IMPORTS AND REQUIREMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: August 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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1. For the year 1953, Czechoslovakia was planning to import a total of
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currency reform). ]
Of this Dotal lt was planned to import:
From Area I (USSR) 5,000 tn, with a value of 3,200,000 Kos.
From Area V (Italy) 5,000 tn. with a value of 16,500,000 Kos.
From Area VII (US $) 12,222_111, with a value of 2 400 000 Kos.
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2. Czechoslovakia has been entirely dependent on imports for sulphur
supplies. The sulphur imports from the USSR are, for the most part,
re-exports of Italian sulphur. The export to Czechoslovakia of
sulphur of Soviet origin has met transportation difficulties because
the USSR sulphur layers are too distant from Czechoslovakia. For
the same reason, it has been impossible to import Chinese sulphur.
From Eastern Germany Czechoslovakia imported 5,000 tn. of sulphur in
1950 and 2,000 tn. of sulphur in 1951. This sulphur was obtained in
Eastern Germany by regeneration of gas purifying mass. The price
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was US $ 55.00 per metric ton/franc German-Czechoslovak border.
One thousand tons of sulphur were imported from Poland in 1950.
The price was 2,750 crowns per metric ton/franco,Polish-Czechoslovak
border. Czechoslovakia imported no sulphur from Poland in 1951 and
in 1952, and Czechoslovakia imported no sulphur from Eastern Germany
in 1952, because of the increased domestic needs of these countries.
The USSR, China, Eastern Germany, and Poland were the only Eastern
Bloc countries producing sulphur. The imports into Czechoslovakia
of Italian sulphur from Italy have been carried out on a barter
basis only. Czechoslovakia delivered mainly coal, charcoal, and
propelling gas (Treibgas) to Italy.
3. The quantity of sulphur imported into Czechoslovakia in 1952 was
about the same planned for 1953. A total of 17,000 tn. 'of sulphur
was imported in 1951. The increased imports for 1952 and 1953 were
because of an increased production of carbon disulphide.
4. The total of imported sulphur for 1953 was planned to cover all the
Czechoslovak needs for the year. Out of this total 14,500 tn. were
to be allotted to the chemical industry, 3,500 tn. to paper produc-
tion, 1,500 tn, to rubber goods production, and the remaining
500 tn. to various industries, mainly to agricultural production.
5. The chemical industry was planning to use 14,000 tn. of sulphur for
carbon disulphide production and the remaining 500 tn. for production
of various items such as dyes, sulphates, sulphides, etc. (Contrary
to the practice in Western countries, sulphuric acid was produced
almost solely from pyrites in Czechoslovakia and only very rarely
from pure sulphur. The same was true in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria,
and Rumania.) Prom the 14,000 tn. of sulphur some 14,000 tn. of
carbon disulphide would be produced by the Czechoslovak chemical
industry. A quantity of 7056 tn. of carbon disulphide was planned
to be exported in 1953, and it was planned to use all the remaining
6,44o tn of carbon disulphide for domestic rayon production. In
1951 5,000 tn. of carbon disulphide were exported, while in 1952
the carbon disulphide exports were about the same as for 1953.
6. It was planned to set into operation an installation for regeneration
of gas purifying masa in the Stalin Works in Most 032N-1339g7 in
1953, and it was planned to obtain 5,000 tn. of sulphur there yearly.
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