CHINNAMPO CUSTOMS SERVICE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900380008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Chinnampo Customs Servico during 1950 was organized as foUows
a. Chief officers: Ha ' Ik au
Pa, ' 42, former :laborer, C ust.ome
Controller; XI, Man-'chung , ) h.6, formes ?ss ae z, chairman
of the Not (sic) Co=mittee - 101 Ckao -shun - y ,~ ):36former
dock laborer, Trade Union Customs Comlrittee c:aa r +n,
b. Staff: 18 members, including those mentionord abc we, of whom 15,
were North Korean Labor Party (NI LP) Le bees,
government by the Chinnar po Gustom3, had cnt;ered and left that
port daring 14.9 and had paid a total or-150,000,000 North Korean won to
the Customs as duty. About 40,000,000 North Korean won was collected as
additional taxes by the Customs during 1949.
.Most of the shipping business in Chinna was In idled
~ by the Chinnampo
c. Offices: Bepidea the main office in Ch:iniw npo there were branch
offices in Pyongyang and Haeju (125.4,.2, 38.02) and agencies in lohyon
(326-26, 38.00) and Mongg o - (124-4+8, .38-10).
2. According to a report made to the Finance Ministry of the North Korean
4, 000 tolls
3,500
20500
(British built 4, OW
(Japanese built)
SS AIVAZ( SEY3? r.
(German built)
SS AZC"1*+c
(Soviet built)
SS ALMN**
Na, Tone
September 1949 to August 1950:
Ow- r
Owned by Sov3ot-Kgroan
Sea Transportation Co.
Soviet--Korean Sea.
Transportation Company
Soviet-Korean Sea
Transportation Comp V
British compax y
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branch office of the Soviet ?Korean Sea iransportetion Coiu ;"with main
office in Pyon, ane e.nd other branches in ChongjLi, ilon au, cmd Hungnam.
The manager of the Chinnampo office was a Soviet, aaulated by a Kor n.
The followingg. is a table of ships which entered and left Chinnainpo from
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 In addition to these ships the following also entered Chinrampo:
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q. ss GOLGOflI (?GOGOL): 4,000 `tons; 3 entries; Soviet registra"i .on; no
Sported goods; 8,000 tons of rice exported for
Vlnciiv'ostok; no customs duty bochus ox' ert was
ride as a govcr meaatal transacts an.
-so TAE CRANE. (3 80 Tirio"ioi~m tdortl^ Korean firm
8S III SUI 300 , Uraknowm North Xoresr firm ?
SO SONG 100 Unknown North Nors n firm. 0 7
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10,000 tons; British regi.sta ?ttidn;
1950; no imports; 10,000 tons of corn for the
Netherlands exported by the Chosen Shipping Com)any;
value of the export 75,000,000 North Korean won;
30 men of the 80-m n crew were Greek.
d. Name unknown : 7 - 10,000 tons; Soviet registration; 4 entries;
destination Kyotn po (125-38, 38-44)-, arrived from
SakTsc Iin; exported coal..
6. Korean or other crew members of foreign ships in Chini anpo wore a "loved to
bring only the following ashore duty free: two suits, two suits of under-
wear; one wztch,'one fountain pen, two pencils, two cake: of soap., one tooth-
brush, one package of toothpaste, one towel, and six pairs of socks. In
March 19X the Customs Office sold illegal possessions confiscated,from sea-
men in post;' most of the goods were United States nenufactured medicinos. An
incgme of 1,000,000 North Koream-i won was realized from the sale.
7. The following companies dealt with the Customs Service:
a. Chosen Tradine Company,* Pyongyang, a governtaont' -a.,;e aCy.
b. Yong 1?13n Company, # Pyong;; ang, NKT P agency.
o. Churin '#* Trading Cos pany, Pyoag,,-ang, run by a Soviet basins man who
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also had s departs+ent sto a in Pyon rang.
d. Sonil Firm, #** Pyongy^.ng, connected trith the North Korcan Pcdplo I s lrsry.
8. The following were the various im)ort and export items from, Chim arnpo:
a. Import items from 11on Kong: Vehicles, presNes, text 3.0 machinery, rat=
12,000 tons; British registration; enteicd October,
1950; no imports; exports uiknovrn.
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rayon yarn, ginseng, dried cuttlefish, clam meat, crab ma-a.
d. Export items to Hong Kong,: rornt bean-cake, starch, dried cattle'ish,
dried semaieQd, dried clams, crab neat, ginseng.
e." Export items to China: Corn, beancake, carbide, eyaphite, arsezAnasi acid,
.Taport items from Soviet Union: Patroleum, oil, kerosene, wool, cotton
fabrics, ovie film.
robber, sterilizers, medical supplies, modicines, paper, conayr, faori.cs,
tires, radio sets. 1,.11 these were United States products.
Import items from China: Broadcloth, blankets, 'si11 a CYinc;3e nedicine.
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f. Export items * to the Soviet Union: ' Iron, fertilizer, soaps,, ~ioeY,
.98
The exchange rate during this period was Ze;nerally It North Korean won to
one ruble, 45 North Korean won to one Hong Kong dollar and 315 North Korean
on to one United States dollar.
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Comment0 The Soviet.-Korean Sea Transportation Cozpan ? is also
a seen Sangsaf, the Chosen Trading Coruparry (} artrans) ? For
information on the corgection of this
ry~company with the Metropolitan
Casmercial. Camn E;/STERN VU1TJlR., the ikrth Korer',
trade see 25X1A
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C end Activities of the AIVAZOV. I';, AZOV,, and ALDA:.N in con<
c on w t-Korean Sea Transportation Co, have been
reported in 25X1A
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Comment? Activities of the Sonil Co,pany and the YonL Min
Trading Company were reporrte The Churin. organizat ion in
North Korea was discussed in Arm 25X1A
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