LETTER TO RICHARD KAUFMAN FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M01152R000400520008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 5, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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TO: Joint Economic Committee
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Attn: Richard Kaufman
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attached is an unclassified table: China:
Selected Economic Indicators.
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China: Selected Economic Indicators
(1979-1984)
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984 est
Growth in GNP (percent change)
7.0
6.4
4.9
8.3
9.1
10
Gross Value of Industrial Output (percent change)
8.5
8.7
4.1
7.7
10.5
13
Heavy Industry (percent change)
7.7
1.4
-4.7
9.8
12.4
13
Light Industry (percent change)
9.6
18.4
14.1
5.7
8.7
12
Output of Selected Products
Grain (million tons)
332.1
320.6
325.0
354.5
387.3
400-410
Raw Cotton (million tons)
2.2
2.7
3.0
3.6
4.6
5-5.5
Cloth (billion meters)
12.2
13.5
14.3
15.4
14.9
14
Watches (million units)
17.5
22.7
29.1
33.1
34.7
36
Sewing Machines (million units)
5.9
7.7
10.4
12.9
10.9
9.5
Bicycles (million units)
10.1
13.0
17.5
24.2
27.6
28
Volume of Freight Traffic (percent change)
11.0
5.6
1.0
6.8
7.2
N.A.
Volume of Passenger Traffic (percent change)
12.9
15.9
9.6
9.8
12.8
N.A.
Total Energy Production (million tons standard fuel)
645.6
637.2
632.2
667.7
712.6
759
Oil (million tons)
106
106
101
102
106
114
Coal (million tons)
635
620
622
666
715
760
Natural Gas (billion cubic meters)
14.5
14.3
12.7
11.9
12.2
12
Hydropower (billion kilowatt hours)
50.1
58.2
65.5
74.4
86.4
83.2
Exports (billion US$)
13.7
18.9
21.5
22.9
23.5
27
Imports (billion US$)
14.4
19.3
18.0
16.7
18.3
24
Foreign Exchange Reserves (billion US$)
2.2
2.5
5.0
11.3
14.9
23
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