MILLING INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015300310010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 51-IAA
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Milling Industry
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1. Before nationalization there were 180 large, so-called "industrial" Mille
and approximately 2,000 small mills in rural districts. The industrial
mills were amalgamated and their number reduced. to about 110, while the
rural mills worked unchanged. The industrial mills were first put under
the control of the Ministry of Industry (through Comcereal) but were later
attached to the Ministry of Food. The mills work an average of one month
out of three, since they supply only the civilian population, The
Rumanian Army is supplied through an organization known as Manutanta. The
rural mills are attached to the Ministry of the Interior. The peasants
take their grain there to be milled; 12 percent of the flour is retained
as payment for the milling and handed over to the Manutanta.
2. The following industrial mills are known:
a. Flamura Rosie (formerly Assan),
Location: 137, Soseaua Stefan Cel Mare, Bucharest.
Personnel: 100 workers.
Equipment: 22 Zack "double" machines (with two openings for grain).
One silo, up-to-date, with a capacity of 3,000 tons.
Production capacity: 170 tons in 24 hours.
b. Constantin David (formerly Herdan) consisting of a mill and a bakery.
Location: 115, Soseaua Stefan Cel Mare, Bucharest.
Personnel: 800 workers, most of whom are employed in the bakery.
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Equipment: No details on the mill; the bakery has eight oil-burning
ovens.
Production capacity: Mill: from 80 to 90 tons in 24 hours,
details on the -bakery.
c. Steaua Rosie (formerly Gagel) consisting of one mill and two bakeries.
Location: 163, Soseaua Stefan Cel Mare, Bucharest. (One bakery is
located on Strada Putul cu Apa Rece, Bucharest,)
Personnel: Over 8000
Equipment: No details.
Production capacity: 120 tons in 24 hours. No details on the bakeries.
do Tudor Vladimirescu (formerly Doatnei)o
Location: No. 240, Calea Rahovei9 Bucharest.
Personnel: 50 workers.
Equipment: No details,
Production capacity: 40 tons in 24 hours,
e. 7 November (formerly Baron Neumann) at Arad.
Production capacity: 240 tons in 24 hours.
f0 Lichiardopol (former nan ) at Braila (located in the port)
Production capacity: 240 tons in 24 hours.
go Violatos (former name) at Braila (in the port).
Production capacity: 170 tons in 24 hours.
ho Steaua Rosie (formerly Herdan) at Braila.
Production capacity: 100 tons in 24 hours.
io Friedman (former name) at Iasi.
Production capacity: 50 tons in 24 hours.
3. The total annual cereal production is about 1,200,000 tons. This yields
a similar weight of flour, as the loss occurring through milling is made
up by the addition of water. The annual corn production is about 5,000,000
tons.
4. In keeping with the Soviet baking system in use in Rumania, the bread contains
15 percent of flour and 85 percent of bran and water. (Previously, the
proportion of bran and water was as much as 94 percent.)
5. The civilian population of the towns, approximately three millions, consumes
1209000 tons of flour per year, or ten percent of the total production.
Bucharest alone receives 61,000 tons: 59000 tons for rationed brown bread
and 1,000 tons for unrationed white bread, Villages and small places produce
their own bread; they consume about 360,000 tons of flour annually, or 30
percent of the total production,
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