ECONOMIC, SOCIOLOGICAL STATISTICS ON HUNGARY, 1937-1948

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Magyar Statisztikai 2sebkonyv, Vol XIV and XV.
ECOfiTOAffC SOCIOLOGICAL STATISTICS ON HUNGARY 1937-194$
[Comment: This report contains selected statistics from the
1947 and 194$ issues of 14~ar Sta`i^zti'sai Zsebkonyv (Hun
Statistical hfanual), official ui blio ----_ 6arian .
Statistical Office. p ation of the Hungarian Central
The report consists of the folloxing sections: I. Agriculture,
II. Dlining and bfetallurgy, III, 4tanufacturing and Poxer, IV. Com-
aerce, V. Transportation and Communication, VI. Money and Credit,
VII. Nation;il Budget, VIII. Education; IX. Population Data, and
X. Standard of Living and Price Indexes.
The statistics selected for this report include figures for
the most recent year given in the source. ;;i:enecer possible, 193$
figures from the manual have also been included to serve for com-
parison of prexar and current statistics.]
I? AGRIL'ULTURE
(The figures given in the tables of this chupL-er i'or the period 1936-40
represent the average for the 5-year period, and ure adjusted to the present
area of Hungary.)
PUBLISHED Books of living
DATE DIST. / $~ Jun 1951+
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HOW , populRtion data, s`sndard
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PUBLISHED 1947, 1948
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Agricultural Distribution of Land, 1938, 1946
(In cadastral yokes)
TYPe_ of I=nd
Arable land
Gardens
Meadows
Vineyards
Pastures
Forests
Canebrakes '
Not under cultivation
1938
1946 ?.
9,770,293
9,735,674 t"
207,989
226,205
1,122,396
1,108
780
3b1,898
,
376,562
1,677,095
1,646,956 ~
i'~3'458
1,955,166
52,503
49
858
1,060,086
,
1,070,170
Area (1000
Ftarvests
cadastral Yoke^,)
(1,000 ql)
Product
1936-40
1947
1936-40
1947
Flheat
2,705
2,290
23,098
11,515
Rye
1,061
951
6,989
4,891
Barle
Y
780
730
G,2gg
3,98'0
oats
391+
31y6
2,966
1,6
73
Corn
2,02
5
2,169
25,148
17,806
Potatoes ~
496
463
=3,097
10,611
Sugar beets
82
160
10,385
11,588
Turnips
245
194
34,702
12,437
Tobacco
23
29
177
160
Sunflower
13
226
80
1,088
Alfalfa
386
3;6
10,296
5,533
Vetch
222
232
:5,851
2,885
Millet
45
60
784
695
Fodder corn
130
120
20,501
8,746
Clover and other fodders
319
132
6,340
1,562
Seed peas
54
34
393
140
need beans
7
11
38
48
Lentils
19
5
70
17
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coNFIDEU~rrEu.
1936-40
1947
8.5
5.0
6.6
5.1
8.1
5.5
f ?i
l1.d
12.4
8.2
46.6
2z.9
12V.2
72,2
141.8
64.0
7.6
5.6
6.0
4.g
26.7
14.'7
17.3
12.5
17.5
11.6
157.5
72.6
18.3
4
11.7
h
7.
5.5
.2
4.4
3.6
3.3
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Brea and Yield of Principal agricultural Frcducts,
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Aren vi Principal Crop Types, 1936-40, 1947
(In 1,000 cadastrnl yokes)
1936-ho
1936-40
1947
Grains
5,045
4,558
Leguainous plants
81
59
Root cro_is
~,54~
j
~3e
Industrial crops
'
1i7
,
325
I~
ibrous Yodder
1,196
1
045
Vegetables
61
,
8i
Other crops
5:'
49
~deadows and Hny Froduction, 1;36-40, 1947
Hav Production (giintals)
!'endows
(cadastral yoY.es) Total ler cadastral Yo::e
.:cadastral YoY.cs
oar:
050, ~~ f
Beech and
deciduous
other
trees
1,283,981
Pine
123,17
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Ownership
State-owned
Oak
? Holm oak
beech
Blue beech
Acncia
Poplar and other
aeciauous trees
Pine
Total state-owned
Privately owned
200, 016
96,135
Area cleared
Industrial wood production
Firewood production
Total production per
cadastral yol;e
Unit
1938
1946-47
cadastral yoke
33,291
38,515
cubic meter
530,68~F
511
923
~~
2, 758, ~3
,
2, 778, 252
Sericulture, 1937,
1938,
1937
ldumber of Families engaged
in sericulture
13,507
Silkworm egg, distributed to
producers (kg)
Cocoon yield (kg)
Cocoon yield per 25 grams
of eggs (kg)
28
1946
1938 1946
14,653 2,088
26 25
(Source does not e:cplain the inconsistency between the amounts of eggs
and cocoon yield.]
Cattle
Horse's
Pigs
Sheep
Goats
Date
Number Existing
(1,000)
15
OcY.
47
1 603
X
15
Feb
48
516
15
Feb
48
1,992
31 Iday 47 508
31 N,uy 47 102
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land Reform, 1945
Under the 1945 land re:orm, 5,999,645 cadastral yokes of land, or 34.6
percent of the total area of Hungary, xere expropriated. The distribution
of the expropriated land by branches of agriculture, beaefiriary categories,
and occupation oP individual beneficiaries is shown in the tables below.
Listrloution of Expropriated Land
by Branches of Agriculture
Distribution of Expropriated Land
by Beneficiary Categories
cadastral Yokes
Percent
Indit?iduals 3,258,738
Churches 19
739
58.2
0
4
Communal pastures
Experimental and educational
institutions
State fiaheri~.^, and canebrakes
State forestries
Resettlement
Building sites
Other public uses
Bsrren land reserved for
returning ^,oldiers
,
422,496
5].,079
h6,542
1,460,167
91,809
11J,387
'6,152
112,53E
.
7 6
0,9
0.8
26.1
1.6
2.U
0.4
2.0
Total 5,599,645
Distribution of Indivi3ttal Deneficiaries
by Occupation
100.0
Land Distributed
(cadastral yokes)
Number of
Bene'_'iciaries
Total
Per Beneficiary
Permanent agricultural
leborers
109,875
922,255
"~
8.4
Seasonal farm workers
261,088
1,288,463
4.9
Subsistence farmers
213,930
829,477
3.9
Smallholders
3?,865
143,131
4.4
.artisans and ~onrneymen
, 22,164
53,866
2.4
Pfofessional farm managers
1,256
1h, 548
11.6
Forestry employees
1,164
6,y98
6.0
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Ores
Iron
ALuminum
Manganese
Zinc and lead
Enriched copper
Coal
Black
Brown
Lignite
011 and natural gas
Petroleum
Natural gas
Metallurg,F
Raw iron
Ferromangnnese
Pecs
Tatu
Budapest
Esztergom
Central Trans-
danubia
~algotar,jan
Sa,jo Valley
Heves (Lignite)
Transdanubia
(lignite)
CONFIDEiJTIAL
II. 6D:NING AND METALLURGY
Mining and Metallurgical Production
1938, 19x6, 1947
10,421.0 7,215 10,593
77,382.0 53,232 77,502
5,6?;6.0 3,072 --
Production (100 q1)
Calorific Vnlue
per Kilogram
1938
1946
5,702-6,430
104,205
72,152
5, 000
l,~fl, 305
144,236
4,30-4,800
>8,325
7,257
4,663-5,200
138,123
80,501
2,890-5,075
78,278
42,343
3,000-4,300
137,348
111,555
2, 000-4, 5eo
193, 444
1.46,1:34
2,012-2,412
17,542
.11,196
Lump and nut coal
Briquettes
Pit and small coal
Smithy coal
Slate, coal
coal aunt
' Slate coal
Dried lignite
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COPIFIDENTIAL
1938
1946
242,338
169,583
43,084
5,272
256,159
175,431
3,278
3,494
1A6,78o
102,759
100,282
65,402
47, 862
54,1':4
13,315
4,643
893,038
580,728
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Distribution of?Workers in Mining and Metallurg
1938, 1946
1938 1946
Ore mining
Iron
Aluminum
873
1,106
Other ores
1,194
1,328
5d0
754
Coal mining
Black
5,767
Lignite
31,373
38,4 0
--
1
882
Crude oil and natural gas
690
,
4,284
Total in mining
Fe
40,396
310
55
rrous metallurgy
1 1~~
0
,
1,44A
Total workers
41,536
6.758
Productivity at Coal tdines, 19ly6
Black coal
Jan
Avg No
of Workers
2
070
Number of
Shifts
Output (ql
per 8-hr shift)
,
43,053
Jul
2,511
47,808
11
4
oct
,
3
t~7,9o9
.
9
11
70
2
44
59,577
.
12.29
Brown Coal
Jan
Apr
1
243,934
16
89
Jul
9,631
1o8~5?T4
.
19
91
9,469
702
99
.
Oct
11
398
,
20. 4
a
,
259,343
2~.
6
Lignite
Jan
Apr
565
11,732
21
80
12
223
.
Jul
Oct
543
,
10,155
22.Oj
17
08
683
16
539
.
,
19.99
Total
npr
coal mining
13,039
298,719
16.57
Jul
12,707
268,695
18.51
oct
12,310
257,766
18
76
14 524
335,459
.
19.30
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Coal Consumption by Consumer
Categories, 1938,
Consumption
1946
(100 ql)
Consumer Category
1938
1946
State railroads
156,430
132,388
Other railroads
3,796
1,907
Navigation
7,908
739
Iron mines, smelters
38,3*5
18,876
Iron and machine industry
102,269
85
617
Cement, brick, lime
manufacture
54,910
,
16
793
Glass, porcelain,
pottery manufacture
12,507
,
861
7
Te:stile, leather,
rubber industries
39,952
,
24,676
Paper, cellulose industry
5,923
5 048
Flour mills
21,986
7 261
Sugar refineries
12,662
9;423
Industria~ alcohol industry
10,840
3,485
Slaughter houses
397
212
Otuer food industries
7,3j1
8,619
031 refinin6
5,659
1,0$6
Other chemical industries
21,860
11,521
I4lscellaneous industries
11,048
9,230
Agriculture
23,370
2,017
Floodcontrol stations
456
804
Electric power production
137,154
163,892
Gasworks
7;545
11,082
Waterworks
210
1,557
Other public utilities
618
88
Idatioual defanse
3,515
1,970
Public institutions,
hospitals, schools
22,974
10,675
Households
148,685
24,?64~
Exports
34,668
19,137
893,038
580,728
*[Coal consumption by households in 1j4u dropped by 83 percent as com-
pared with 1938, while total coal consumption decreased by only 24 percent
durin3 the same period.]
Patents
During 1946, 1,2;4 patents were ta;:en out, and at the end of the year
'.'0,407 patents were in effect.
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General. Industrial. Statistics
Trade AssoclationL an3 Labor, 1938,
1946
No in Bud
apest
No in the Provinces_
End of
??938
1946
End of
1938
1946
Trade associations
T
d
42
~~~
26
n
ependenc artisans
2
4
~
5
267
Journeymen
98
9
2
36,195
159,716
145
048
Apprentices
8
14
,
1
,
869
43
16
685
11,6
9
51,628
,
37,733
Manufacturing Facilities and Manpower, 1938, 1946
1938
1946
Number of factories
ftumber of workers*
3,990.0
4,2131+
T
t
l
288,512.0
237
4g~
o
a
number of employees*
Moti
t
341,876.0
,
309
000
ve
power ou
put (hp)
Total production
1,081,684.0
3,044.4**
,
1,264,704
5,459'~**
*Average for the year.
**In million pengos.
*~'*Zn million forints.
bianufacturinG Duta by Branches of Industry 191F6
Industry
-
Iron and other metals
Dfa
hi
Number of
Factories
-
354
av;; No of
4lorkers
j0
894
1?iotive
Power (hp)
4
c
ne,electrical, vehicle,
scientific instruments
Electric power production and
distribution for public use
St
~,-
?~
247
,
45,273
iF20
9
,763
5
11,108
one, clay, asbestos
Glass
,
858,336
,
clood
47
16,61;
27,041
Bone and elastics
~+14
b,13o
15,463
Laather
15
138 ~
6
Rubber
0
2
8'019
H
i
13
1
6
a
r, feather processing
Spinning, weavinG
o0
'~
5>iF
Y75
325
ClothinG
418
41,509
46,1E57
Paper
197
4,000
183
Foos
loG
3,422
12,547
Chemical
1,110
30,590
160,207
Printing
310
17,200
29,301
1,118
6,139
173
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CONb`IDENZ'IAL
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Geographic
Distribution o: Factories,
1946
Location
Number of
Factori
Number
of korkers
es
1 Oct 46
Buaapest
1,536
94
070
Outskirts
Provinces
of Budapest
41
3
2,335
,
49;900
105,000
Tonal
4, 284
24P. _ ova
Electric Power Production
distributing~s$atio s. ~The3tota111engthcofilineseingthernationalaelectria 116
power network was 18,850 kilometers, including 8,104.8 kilometers.of long-dis-
tance transmission lines and the network of the Budapest streetcar cystea.
The following figures indicate the total amount of electric power which
was available for public use in Hungary in 1946:
~e of Power K'_lowatt-Hours
Generated by nubllc power plants 1 162 404 4 2
Purchased from private plants ' ' ' 3
Purchased abroad 6~983i553
671,496
Power Consumption by Consumer Categories, 1946
Cons:unption
(1,000 kw-h
Street lighting
10,131
Private lighting [industrial]
137
951
Household
,
17,6`1
Industrial motive power
621
260
Transportation
,
81,539
Export
228
000
Power generating plants
,
99,939
Loss in transmission
201,390
Total
*[Correctly, 1,397,831]
Heavy Industry Pr_ od~ctio^
In 1946, there were six blast furnaces, of which five were in operation,
and eight iron and steel works in Hungary.
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Iron and Steel Production, 1938, 1946
Froduction (q1)
1938 1946
Pig iron
O
3,348,700
1,601,830
pen-hearth steel
6,030,172
380
3,353
Electrosteel
444,910
,
174,880
Plant Data for the Heavy Industry, 1938, 1946
'-938
1946
Number of plants
N
b
535
E23
um
er of plants temporarily closed
);l
t
i
c
41
ec
r
c motive power (hp)
Oth
~
2F9 658
345
903
er motive
power (hp)
Days ::or::ed in year
C
l
67,854
157,''93
,
65,871
153
31=
oa
consumption (1,000 q1)
Elect
i
12'040
,
7
957
r
c power consu
mp'ion (1,000 khr-h)
230,320
,
320
689
:lvera~e number of ~rorkers
II
91,148
,
96
167
curs worked in year (in thousands)
228 124
,
,
235,562
Production Data for the fIeavy Industry 1938, 1946
Production (].,000 q1)
1?38 1946
Iron and steel ingots
I
2,5'+0.3
1,112.4
ron and steel wire
421.0
229.8
Iran and steel sheets
T
1,015.1
552.2
ractors
Th
17.G
6.5
reshing machines
Cabl
23.5
5.7
es and insulated wire
R
d
?
46,t~
6.0
a
io _
c..civin;; sets
i?l
7
2 7
ectric li?ht bulbs
11,.0
iE,p
Brici; F,anufacture
In 1946, there were 311 brick kilns in lIun~ary compared with 378 in 1930.
Kiln capacity amounted to 52 million oriels i.n 1 t6 as a ainst 60 million brick,
in 1938. g
BricY, ft?oduccion 1938, 191iu
In Thousands
TyFe
138
1846
Large wall bricks
S
1
188,577
14,673
ma
1 wall bricks
S
2!,3,094
00,525
pecial-form bricks
61
047
1+ ,
93
Roof tiles
,
140 O'
.,
,
rite-resistant bricks
499,911
140,453
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*In 1,000 pengos in 1938 and 1,000 forints in 1946.
Glass Industry
In 1;~!a6 these were 11 glass_m;Lnufacturin~; plants in operation, as com-
p?:red with eight i.n 1938.
Plate glass
8!x,131
82
12
bottles
L:r.p (31ns s
r
111,315
18, 385
,
`
9
1F' 3. ~
Hollox gla~;:
19,10
11
439
Pressed glass
2 !:~S
'
,
9
420
Cut ?lass
17,590
,
2,5~r
Leather and Shoe Industry
There ware 3u laather factories ir. 1938 and 49 in 1946. The statistical
data for the shoe industry liven below here furnished by 8!+ shoe factories in
1935 and by 99 in 194u. courteen shoe factories mere temporarily closed in
1;45.
Glass Production, 193E, 194v
Production (q1)
1935 1 J!:b
CO1,T? IDiIa'TI:1L
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Shoe leather quintal
Unner leathe,? ?~
Work boots pnir
Leather shoes ~~
Linen shoes ~~
Sandals
House shoes ~~
Children's shoes '~
Leather high boots
Felt high boots '~
Paper Industry
There were 12 paper mills in 1946, one of which eras closed temporarily.
Principal Paper Products, 1yj3, 19716
Production (ql)
1?38 194u
Cardboard 11L,526 41,935
F7rapping paper 188,393 57,533
Ne~rsprint e.nd writing paper 218,'.01 114,220 ?
Flour t~fillin~
liun,ary had 562 flour mills in 1938 and 597 in 1;.46. The amount of
grain milled ?:ras as "ollows (in 1,000 quintals):
1938 1S4o
[Iheat 1',455 4,64%
Rye x,205 1,858
Barley 768 722
Corn 1,71+9 688
Other ~x?ains 312 6
Total L,489 7,%'23
I?alling in 1946 yielded 947,000 quintals of fine flour, 3,207,000 quintals
of the leg{a1 bread flour nixture, 1,527,000 quintals of rye flour, 87y,000
quintals of bran, and 560,000 quintals of other products.
:~Lcohol, Heer, and Sugar Ind?rstri~s
In the 1946-47 production years, 265 aGricultural'and 10 industrial dis-
tillin~ plants produced 97F,299 hectoliters of alcohol.
During the same period, there were six breweries in operation, which pro-
duced 370,698 hectoliters of beer. e~pproximately 97F percent of the beer, or
348,860 hectoliters, was produced by four Budapest breweries.
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Hungary had 12 sugar refineries in operation in 1946-47, which processed
4,45^,000 quintals of sugar beets, producing 685,051 quintals of raw sugar.
' Tobacco Production
- In 1`y47, 38,370 groxrrs were engaged in tobacco nrodurt.t?^ in 1,57?
.+~?.iitidv, uu a total area oY 26,124 cadastral yokes. In 1946, the Hungarian
Treasury bought 8,^10 quintals of fine medium grade tobacco and 121,393 quintals
of coarse domestic tobacco from the producers. In the same year, the govern-
ment operated ten tobacco-me.nufacturing plants.
Tobacco Processing, 1946, 1947
Unit
1946
1947
Domestic tobacco processed
Im
orted t
b
4uintal
28
684
8
p
o
acco processed
,
77,
74
Cigars prcduced
1
000
]_'848
2,765
Cigarettes produced
,
5,763
24,82]
Pipe tobacco produced
2,75,616
4,820,222
quintai
760
8,897
Chemical Industry
The principal production r.s.ta for the chemical industry in 1946 are given
in the folloxing table:
Number of Plants
Pioduct _ in eratio^
Gas
Coke
Briquettes
!latches
Soap
Unit Production
1,000 cu m 142,861
quintal 1.107.771
?? 15,910
Source gives no further data on the chemical industry.]
Gran Prices Dased on ljuotations on the Bud,.gest Commodity
and Stock Exchange, 1946-48 (In forints per quintal)
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31 Mar 42.80 37.00 37.00 32.40
37.80 37.80 37.80 34.05
Fodder
Barley Oat; Corn
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1 J
43.60.
38.60
38.60
38.60
ll7.00*
3
ui
31 Au
80.00*
72.00
67.00
67.00
117.00
g
80.00
72.00
67.00
67.00
117.~n
30 Sep
1 o
00.40
72.40
67.40
67.40
76.83
3
ct
30 Nov
80.80
72.80
67.80
67.80
100.50
31 D
81.20
73.20
68.20
68.20
113.00
ec
81.60
73.60
68.60
150.00
110.00
1948
31 San
29 F
b
82.00
74.00
69.00
150.00
110.00
e
1 M
82.40
74.40
69.l~0
150.00
117.00
3
ar
3o A
82.80
8
74.8G
69,80
150.00
115.50
pr
1
3.20
75.20
70.20
148.00
119.00
r>ay
3
83.60
75.60
70.60
140.00
119.00
*'[The sharp increase in the prices for core in I?~;? and for cereals in
.July 1947 may have been due to Lhe fact that prices for these commodi*.ies had
been fixed too loss on 1 August 1946, when th_ currency reforrt: went into effect,
Thase prices were apparently revised upward in I.1ay and July, prior to the
marketing of the crops.]
lJholesale Prices For Agricultural Commodities 1939, 1946-48
Price in
Pengos Price in Forints
31 Aug 1 Aug 31 Dec 30 Jun 30 Sep 31 Dec 30 Apr
Unit 1939 1946 19li6 1^^>47 1947 1947_ 1948
iJheat ql 19.95 4v.o0 41.60 44.00 80.40 81.60 83.20
Nye 14.10 35.OG 36.60 39.00 72.40 73.60 75.20
Bar1eY 16.95 35.00 36.66
39.00 67.40 68.60 70.20
oats '0.35 35.00 36.60 32.00 67.40 150.00 148.00
Corn 19.58 32.00 32.02 117.00 76.83 110.00 119.00
Beans " 32.50 66.00 b9.2o 160.00 1
57.73 220.00 180.00
F~tatoes 7.90 33.00 41.00 145.00 94.00 94.UO 102.00
Fine wheat
flour 36.50 110.00 130.00 130.00 130.00 1,;0.00 130.00
Coarse
wheat flour 26.25 82.00 76.00 76.00 76.00 66.00 76.00
Rye flour 17.50 82.00 76.00 76.00 76.00 66.00 76.00
I;,unp sugar l:g 1.06 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.47 6.47 8.26
Alcchol liter 3.80 14.00 14.00 14.00 24.00 24.OU 30.00
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Pengos
Price
in F~?
?in
ts
Unit
31 Aug
1939
1 Aug
1946
31 Dec
1946
30 Jun
1947
.
30 Sep
1947
31 Dec
1947
30 Apr
1948
Prime catr.l..
--
tr.,
~
n ~r
...ice
y.i3
3.30
3.36
3.36
3 36
3.70
Prime calves
0.86
4.50
4.32
4.32
4.32
4.32
1F.50
~'~ pigs
"
1.15
4.28
4.28
6.50
8.25
9.35
12.80
Prime sheep
0.46
2.75
2.64
2.64
2.50
2.70
3.70
Lard
1.;0
8.28
7.60
7.60
;.6~
7.60
7.60
Prime beef
1.62
6.80
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
7.10
Butter
2.95
2tF.30
20.75
19.80
19.80
20.60
20.60
Milk
liter
0.27
1.80
1.44
1.44
1.44
1.44
1.44
Eggs
doz
1.39
4.37
6.30
11.31
14.63
21.1x5
11.31
Bran
r11
13.65
25.20
25.20
25.20
48.00
48.80
48.80
Wholesale Prices for Industrial Products, 1939, 1946-48
rrlce in
Pengos
Price in Forints
Unit
31 Aug
1939
1 Aug
1946
31 Dec
1946
30 Jun
1947
30 Sep
Lg47
31 Dec
1947
30 Apr
1948
Aar iron
q1
30.94
135.69
128.91
128.91
128.91
128.91
155.98
Fine sheet
iron, 0.3 mm
"
47.15
179.39
170.42
170.42
170.42
170.42
206.21
Cathode copper
kg
1.42
6.01
5.70
5.70
5.70
6.47
6.47
Crude lead
0.58
2.16
2.05
2.05
1.06
4.06
4.06
Tin
6.26
20.42
19.40
19.40
19.40
21.43
21.43
Crude mercury
0.41
2.68
2.55
2.55
2.55
3.15
3.15
Brown Tata coal
for household
use
ql
3.29
13.88
13.88
15.41
15.41
15.41
15.4=
Black Pecs
coal
3.61
14.63
14.63
16.24
16.24
16.24
16.24
Petroleum for
lighting kg 0.31 1.31 1.08 1.00 0.89 0.89 0.89
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Pengos
Price
in Forints
Unit
31 nug
1939
1 Aug
1946
31 Dec
1946
30 Jun
1947
30 Sep
1947
31 Dec
1947
30 Apr
1948
.II.~u~y ~aSV11LLC
[lox octaneY] kg
Russian raw
0.54
1.66
1.59
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
cotton "
Cotton yarn,
20/1 "
1.50
3.13
7.44
13.00
7.44
15.00
10.07
18.00
Lo.o7
18.00
10.07
43.00
10.07
20.00
Cott
n
L
th
t
88
5
o
c
a
me
er
0.
4.
5
5.01
5.01
5.18
7.29
6.45
Combed rax x001
A-A/B 30-31
percent [sic) kg
1.60
6.00
8.91
14.20
14.36
14.36
14.36
Wool
l
th
t
4
c
o
me
er
11.00
0.00
34.00
39.60
41.14
41.14
41.14
Remp,
scotched
kg
1.02
4.55
4.09
4.09
4.84
4.93
7?~
Flax
"
2.05
8.20
7.39
7.39
7.91
7.91
10.44
Rax oxhide
1.30
6.25
5.19
5.19
5.19
5.19
5.19
Raw calfhide
1.75
7.80
6.22
6.22
6.22
6.22
6.22
Sole leather
5.00
33.26
28.57
32.21
32.21
32.21
32.21
Upper leather;
box calf
sq rt
1.45
7.31
6.72
6.88
5.88
6.88
6.88
Paper
kg
0.28
1.92
1.~2
2.11
2.S2
3.3P
3.38
Bricks, small
1,000
31.00
142.00
127.80
175.55
225.20
225.26
225.26
Solid lime
ql
3.24
13.00
11.70
13.75
19.70
21.87
23.10
Construction
timber
cu m
1.50
319.00
319.00
319.00
319.00
319.00
319.00
Sulfuric acid,
66 percent
"B"-S [sic] ql 11.23 45.54 45.54 45.54 45.54 45.54 45.54
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Price in
Pengos Price in Forinta
31 Aug 31 Aug 31 Dec 30 Jun 30 Se
Unit 1939_ 1946 104E 1o~ly ,,,,p 31 Dec 30 Apr
~i~i iy47 1948
areas kg 0.38 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.
92 0.92
Bread flour " 0.38 0.82 o,g2
0.82 0.82 0.~2 r 32
Cooking flour " 0.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40
Corn meal 0.72 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.20 1.20
White beans 0.41 1.08 1.04 2.00 2.70 3.90 2.40
Shelled peas 0.46 1.56 1.56 2.40 4.30 !},gp 4.80
Potatoes ~~
0.11 0.43 0.46 1.83 1.16 1.22 1.30
Beef, Presh 2.00 9.00 7.00 ''
7.00 7.00 7.00 8.40
Lard 1.62 9.20 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 12.00
Vegetable oil liter 1.20 7.50 5.70 5.70 5.70 5.70 5.70
Eggs each 0.08 0.32 0.38 0.63 0.83 1.24 0.64
Milk liter 0.30 2.00 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60
Potcheesc kg L.oo 4.00 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60
Hard cheese "
1.90 14.00 12.00 12:00 12.00 12.00 12.00
Butter 3.00 27.00 24.00 24.50 24.50 28.50 28.50
Crystal sugar 1.06 7.60 7.60 7.60
7.20 7.20 7.20
Lettuce " 0.22 0.58 1.43 0.9'J 0.88 1.27 1.80
Green
vegetables " n ~~
? c., __
0.39 3.10 1.15
0.74 3.00 1.75
---? - ~.
0.08 0.08 0.08
0.24 0.24 0.24
bfen's suits each 48.00 360.00 360.00 450..00 450.00 472.50 472.50
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Pen os
31 Aug 31 Aug
uunit 1939 1946
Men's work
cioihes each 16.00
Women's dress
material,
70 cm meter 3.40
Boys' suits each 35.00
Dress
material meter
Men's shirts each
-Men's drawers "
'Women's shirts,
rayon ??
Men's socks pair
Women's
stockings
Children's
stockings "
htrn's shoes "
Women's shoes "
ohi~l3ren!s
shoes ~~
Fuel wood
Coal
Gas
Streetcar fare,
lek each
Lsuadry soap kg
Cinema ticket each
1.60
4.00
2.20
95.40 95.40 120.00 120.00 12o.no 120.00
22.00 22.00 30.80 28.10 31.40 31.40
265.00 265.00 265.00 330.00 ?:3,30.00 330.00
9.99 8.80
25.00 25.00
9.80 9.80
4.90 28.00
0.78 z.7o
28.00
2.70
9.70
28.80
10.78
45.80
7.12
9.70
11.10
11.10
26.00
40.40
29.80
18.50
20.80
17.20
45.80
47.00
47.00
6.60
7.00
7.00
17.80
17.80
17.80
6.37
6.37
6.37
1.95 9.80 9.80 17.80
0.50
18.50
19.00
12.00
5.75
4.65
2.88
0.78
'fi3~ 0
145.60
145.00
121.00
110.00
110.0
110.00
91.00
91.00
lo2.ou
9j.oo
93.00
93.00
95.00
95.00
95.00
86.50
86.50
86.50
25.00
25.x,0
26.00
26.00
27.80
27.80
23-75
23.75
23.75
23.75
23.75
23.75
0.80
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.76
0.80
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.50
0.50
7.00
6.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
6.24
5.80
?j.2o
7.20
7.20
.7.20
1.20
1.20
1..20
1.20
1.20
1.20
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marized in .the following tab~e:
1938
(L, 000
pengos
1 Jan-30 Jun
1948+~-~
(1,000 (1,000 (1.000
engos* f'orintn) forints
Imports
Exports
410,607
522,382
212,299
1
,458,782
1,004,979
137,417
1,044,767
792,G75
**Exclueive of reparations deliveries.
[Source also contains foreign trade figures for the years 1882-1947.)
Priucipal Foreign Trade by Country, 1947
?
Imnnrts
Amount
(1,000
forints)
Percent
of Total
Exhorts
Amount
(1,000
forints
,,, ,.,
Percent
of Total
Czechoslovakia
145
126
Great Britain
,
101
808
9.95
6
14 2 8
3.90
Holland
,
4
'~
181, 35
1
7
33
Ital
Y
3,528
50.486
2.98
z
46
28,473
.
2.72
Poland
.
38,241
~
6~
Rumania
57,362
3.93
44',379
,
4
25.
SiiF~+~n
yl,iy4
6
4
~
.
Sxitzerland
9, 017
.
64, 108
6
14
IE4,954
8.56
98
6
4
.
United States
268,871
18
43
,
9
!
9?~5
USSR
1'
0
2
.
14 1.22
'
1.35
Yugoslavia
j
,
17
11.6
]
6
15
00
132 466
'
y?08
8
'4
.
7.85
Total
1,221,029
83,69
478_s~i
Ai. ,,.,
Principal Imports, 1947
?
Product
~Ii:e
(1, OOU i?orints )
Raw cotton
coal
226,583
104
052
Timber and processed wood
,
73
705
Locomotives and tenders
,
64
467
Automobiles and automobile blocks
,
64
p!;4
Hides
Iron ore
~
63,861
62
866
Crude metals
,
49,748
Paper and paper products
4F
864
Wooi
,
46
006
Sills and silk yarn
,
40
685
Machines and accessories
,
37,987
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exported in 1947 by country of origin and deatination.j
Imports by Weight and Value, First 6 idonths of 1948
Prod~ict
Quantity
(quintals)
Value
(1,000
forints)
Raw cotton
Timber and processed wood
coke
132,428
3,457,410
126
,371
105,213
Iron ore
2,526,706
72,800
Crude metals
wool '
i+?672,727
104,021
5A,961
48,762
Raw hides
21,566
36,279
Paper and paper produc?s
Machines and appliances
Silk and rayon yarn
26,630
113,136
13,323
30,439
30,130
25,853
Combed wool
7,986
21,645
Crude and scrap iron
Barley
~A,862
3-9,980
19,595
18,598
Anthracite
Electric machines and appliances
(*,777 units)
Tar dyestuffs
82,214
678'717
35,574
18,100
16,590
15,980
Autom
bil
3,447
15
744
o
es and automobile blocks
12 1 6
7
,
Raw tobacco
~
15,055
Cotton yarn and thread
Wine
7,072
>, ~+5
11,569
11, 408
Synthetic fibers
Crude rubber
Semifinished iron products
Raw lute
42,rn~4
11 288
17,964
~
5`,178
11.355
11,126
9,767
9,343
Rags
18276
8,398
Other
products
13,750
Total 1
1,933,705
4,322,185 1,
247,943
004,979
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Value, First
6 tfonths of 1948
Product
Quantit;;
(quintals)
Value
(1,000
forintal
Cotton yarn
Corn
18 148
Ele
t
i
446,638
66
164
c
r
c machines and appliances
(341,310 units)
,
Iron products
Locomotives and tenders
12 02
85,996
41,565
Petroleu
34,275
37,663
~
Vegetable oils
Poultry
1,030,916
32,678
34,788
27,665
Machines and appliances
Pigs (25,726 head)
16,214
17,748
25,248
24,131
Dry beans
.
-"
23,429
,
S
769
71
21
68
emifinished iron
products
Feathers
Processed fur skins
Pharmaceuticals
,
123,277
9,816
698
,3
19,356
12,542
12,282
Crushed fruit
Raw tobacco
406
50,503
11,878
11,289
Timb
17,899
11
163
er and processed wood
Silk and rayon cloth
93,993
,
9,837
Canned west
728
9,277
Raw metals
4'122
8,079
Wool yarn
15,291
7,629
Cl
1'090
7
281
over and alfalfa seed
Glass products
''795
,
1,194
Fresh
d
3,602
6
945
an
processed meat products
Other products
5,586
,
6,832
1,287,298
192,137
Total
V. TRANSPORTATION AND COMbfU
iailroads
3,387,515
NIC~~TION
792,075
T
Trackage ~km)
ype of
Railroad
1937-38
1g46
State-owned
6,514
7
096
Other
2,157
,
1,619
Total
8,671
8,715
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State EalYrcada Other Railroads Total
1937-38 1946 1937-38 1946 1937-38 1946
Steam locomotives 1,813 1,016 41 33 1,854 l,o'F9
ELectric locomotives 35 36 -- 1 35 37
Rail motor errs
Steam ._ 8 _ _ 8
Electric 11 3 -_ __ 11 3
Gasoline 21 5 8 4 29 9
Crude oil 135 102 6 l0 141 112
Passenger care 3,812 1,447 96 41 3,908 1,488
Baggage cars 1,100 388 22 11 1,122 399
Box cars 15,722 2,717 270 48 15,992 2 fi
Open freight care 24,389 8,222 478 60 24,867 8,282
Freight car capacity
Pox cars (tons) 215,479 40,154 3,656 713 219,135 40,877
Open cars (tona)394,211 142,636 ,.,610 8;4 40,821 143,490
Service cars 35 210 3 2
Postal cars 38 212
79 128 5 3 84 131
Passenger and Freight Traffic, 1937-38, 19+6
State Railroads Other Railroads Total
1937-38 1946 1937-38 1946 1937-38 19x6
Passenger traffic
No of passengers
(l,ooo) 76,966 65,802 1,034 1,227 78,000 67,029
PSSSP,+^er-kilc-
meters (millions) 2,347 2,947 30 36 2:377 2,983
P'.eignt Crai'fic
Volume
(1,000 tons) 24,234 11,465 y54 213 25,188 11,678
Ton-kilometers
(millions) 3,~5 1,660 50 6 3,~5 1,666
Rallrogtl..Fuel Consnt?ptS3n;:.1937-38, 191x6 (tons)
Domestic coal 1,063,200
Domestic briquettes 44,111
Imported coal 85
Fuel alcorol 96
Crude oil 2,209
Fuel 1937-38 191;6 1937-38 1946
woos 6 (, 1 144
, 3 776 16?
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10,610
13,0;?
822
229
__
62,680
--
17
21
24
__
554
77
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Number of Diotor Vehicles, 1938,
~~,