MISCELLANEOUS ECONOMIC INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009700390008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Economic Information
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The Albanian Cbvernment does not distribute rationed foods in the vi3lages,
and peasants therefore do not have ration cards. Every three months,
however, there is a general distribution of 1,800 grams of kerosene per
family and 600 grams of salt per person.
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Butter
Eggs
Meat
free market prices for food:
110 lek per kilogram
500 "
10-12 lek each
100 lek per kilogram
30 In early 1951, work was begun on the construction of a wagon road between
Maliq and Potikoria (sic), a distance of about 20 kilometers0 The road,
which was supposed to be completed by the summer of 1951, was intended to
facilitate transport of beets to the new Maliq sugar refinery.
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