DRAFT OF A NEW IMPORT PROCEDURE FOR INTRA-GERMAN AND FOREIGN TRADE (4 PP; GERMAN; 3 DEC 51)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R010800190001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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German Democratic Republic
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DRAFT OF A NEW It 'ORT PROCEDURE FOR INT AA-G ~ i 1'3ih FOREIGN TRADE ( 4 pp; `ierman;
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Thsa 4-page typewritten document, a draft ~Tf a new import procedure for intra-German and
foreign trade, furnishes the following information:
1. Purchasing procedures
a) The import orders furnish the spec: .,:.cations for the annual import order plans
b) The import orders together with the %mport quotas are transmitted by bhe DIA (Intra-
German and Foreign Trade Agency) uni s to the DHZ1s (German Trade "enters) for furhher
specifications of the items,
c) The DIA units are responsible for >kai:::mrts.
d) Direct delivery from foreign plants is preferable. If many small orders are consoli-
dated into a large order the goods are delivered to the DHZrs and distributed by them
to the enterprises which placed t'-e orders.
2. Import contracts and procedures for f6 reign trade transactions
a) Purchasing: After the conclusion of an import contract the DHZ receives pertinent
mxcerpts from it and has the authot:_ty to receive the goods. Changes of, supplements
to, and cancellations of contracts f ust be executed in the formes of contract correc-
tions. The DIA units and the DMZ mm.;t conclude overall agreements which determine
shipping and purchasing conditions tnd set penalties for late delivery or late
acceptance.
b) After acceptance by the DIA the mer;handise imported is transferred from the DIA to
the DHZ at the border-point and, fro.i there, it is forwarded"or distributed by the DHZ,
3. Purchase contracts and procedures for intra- xerman trade transactions
Similar to 2 above.
4. Reporting procedures for imports fron foreign countries,
5. 'Reporting procedures for imports from intra-German trade f~ p
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6. Payment for imports *` ~
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7. Settlement of imports within the 'i
a) DX prices; b) DM invoices
8. Settlement in intra-German trade (sirmli_ar to 6 and 7 above)
9. Penalties for violation of these fu,a. tJ regulations.
10,. Concluding regulations
a) The new regulations are appl:Lcab:_e starting 1952 (for new business)
b) Import transactions for which dot'iuacrts were submitted or approved prior to the
effective date of these regulat:i_{}ns,R` as far as they apply to the plan year 1951
(old business) may be settled ac=tor .in , to the old regulations.
c) This procedure does not apply to imports outside the foreign trade plan (shipment25X1A
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