AVAILABILITY OF ALUMINUM GOODS IN THE USSR
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00046R000300010012-4
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RIPPUB
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S
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 27, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 28, 2013
Sequence Number:
12
Case Number:
Publication Date:
November 10, 1953
Content Type:
REPORT
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REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR DATE DISTR. /6 0P4o. :fa
SUBJECT Availability of Aluminum Goode in the USSR NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. Prior to World War II there was a very short supply of aluminum hard-
ware in the USSR. In the Georgian SSR these goods were especially
scarce, and what was available was shipped from plants in the central
USSR, During World War II aluminum goods were practically unobtain-
able in the USSR.
2. After World War II, however, starting with the end of 1946, large ,
quantities of such goods as aluminum hardware, toys, kitchen utensil's
and store furnishings began to appear on the market. In the Georgian
SSR these goods were manufactured mostly by the Aircraft Plant #31 in
Tbilisi which had been partly diverted to production of consumer goods.
I obtained this information while ordering aluminum hardware for the
Workers' ConsUmer Goods and Food Supply Sections of the enterprises in
Georgia for iihich I worked, and I know that from the end of 1946 on
the aluminum goods received on my orders were manufactured by the
Aircraft Plant #31.
3. Prices of aluminum goods sold in the Georgian SSR after 1946 were
rather low; aluminum hardware was sold at a cheaper price than enameled
ware had been before World War II. As far as I remember, the prices
were as follows:
Article Price (in rubles)
Sauce pan of two to three liters 15
Frying pan, 25 cm. in diameter 10
2i lit. teakettle 25
Teacup 2.50-3
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ArticlI Price (in rubles)
Wash basin, 50-60 am. in diameter approximately 30
Dinner plate 7-8
Aluminum plates shortly disappeared from the market, since there
were not too many customers for them. When chinaware came on the
market, people preferred to buy china or cheap porcelain rather than
aluminum plates.
I remember that aluminum goods manufactured by Plant #31 in Tbilisi
bore a special trademark, but I am unable to remember what it was.
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