SINO-SOVIET BLOC EXPORTS OF MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TO THE FREE WORLD, 1952-54

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• Publication Date: August 16, 1955
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ME?(ORANDUR. FOR: Chief, Economic Defense Division, ORR
SUBJECT : Sino-Soviet Bloc Exports of Machinery
and Transport Equipment to the Free
World, 1952 - 54
In response to a request by Mr. Spencer Beresford, there are
attached hereto 2 copies of a report prepared by the Economio Research
Area on this subject. While the latest available information on
reported trade statistics has been compiled for 1954, the commodity
data included in Table 3 is subject to adjustment as additional nations
report their latest trade information. Substantial coverage has been
obtained but additional reports from several nations will increase
the aggregates on 1954 Bloc exports of machinery and transport
equipment to the.Free World.
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Project 42.951
Sino-Soviet Bloc Exports of Machinery and Transport Equipment to the Free World
1952-547'
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I. Exports of Pdachiner and Transport Ejui went from the USSR and the European
Satellite Nations - 53,
In general, the bulk of Free World imports of machinery and transport equip-
ment from the Bloc during 1952 and 1953 has come from three Satellites - Czecho-
slovakia, East Germany, and Hungary. The Soviet Union ranked fourth in Bloc
exports of machinery and transport equipment to nations of the Free World. Other
European Satellites exported negligible amounts of this general category to non-
Bloc countries, (For a comprehensive account of Bloc exports of machinery and
transport equipment see Tables 1 and 2.)
The largest Bloc exporter of both machinery and transport equipment., to the
Free World during the years under considerationjvwas Czechoslovakia,. Czech
machinery and transport exports to the West aggregated $25,956,000 in 1952 and
$29,287,000 in 1953. East German export aggregates for the same types of commodities
totaled $16,235,000 in 1952. In 1953, East German exports of machinery and trans-
port equipment to the Free World increased substantially and totaled $21i-,326,000.
Hungary stood third in the exports of this type of equipment, exporting $3,575,000
--- --ii,, s . iii s 7J J awigurian export
figure was largely due to an increase in the export of transport equipment. Whereas
the value of Hungarian exports of transport items totaled $691,000 in 1952,
substantial shipments of railway vehicles and motor vehicles, which reached an
aggregate value of '9
3, ,000, -largely accounted for the 1953 increase in the value
of Hungarian machinery and transport exports to the Free World,
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The Soviet Union ranked fourth. among the Bloc nations in the export of
machinery and transport equipment to non-Bloc countries. USSR exports to the
West under this general category totaled $1,681,000 in 1952 and $3,564,000 in
1953? The bulk of these exports was accounted for by shipments of motor
vehicles. Exports of road motor vehicles were valued at $1,180,000 in 1952, and
$3,082,000 in 1953?
The other European Satellites exported minor amounts of machinery and transport
equipment to the Free World during the years under consideration. Machinery and
transport equipment exports from Poland, Bulgaria and Rumania reached an
aggregate of $417,000 in 1952 and $713,000 in 1953, Albania did not export any
equipment of this type to the Free World.
Exports of machinery and transport equipment from China to the Free World have
not been included in these compilations for 1952 and 1953 since they were negligible,
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II.
Exports of Machinery and Transport Equipment from the Sino-Soviet Bl2.22.1954.
An analysis of available trade data shows that Bloc machinery and transport
shipments to various non-Bloc areas have continued to increase during 1954. As
was the case in the two previous years, the bulk of these exports have come from
East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the USSR.
During 1954, East Germany replaced Czechoslovakia as the leading exporter of
both machinery and transport equipment to non-Bloc areas. East German exports
of goods in these categories totaled $34,484,000. Czechoslovakian shipments of
machinery and transport equipment to non-Bloc nations aggregated $29,652,000
which was substantially the same as the value exported in the previous year.
Hungarian shipments of machinery to the Free World showed a moderate increase over
1953, while exports of transport equipment remained at approximately the same
level. Hungarian exports for 1954 totaled $11,012,000. The Soviet Union in 1954
substantially improved its position as a Bloc exporter of machinery and transport
equipment, and total exports of goods in this category totaled $11,092,000 i
which was an increase of $7,528,000 over the relatively small 1953 value of
similar exports. Again, as in 1953, the bulk of USSR exports of machinery and
transport equipment to the Free World was accounted for by shipments of motor
vehicles. Trade data for 1954 shows that Soviet exports of "road motor vehicles"
totaled $6,512,000,-,whereas similar exports to the Free World in 1953 aggregated
only $3,082,000. Another factor which was responsible for the 1951+ increase
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was the shipment of railway vehicles to Argentina which were valued at $3,705,000.
No exports of railway vehicles from the Soviet Union to non-Bloc areas were
reported in either 1952 or 1953? On the basis of the incomplete trade data now
available for 1954, it appears that the Soviet Union may have replaced Hungary
as the third ranking Bloc exporter of machinery and transport equipment to
Free World areas.
The other European Satellites exported limited amounts of machinery and
transport equipment to non-Bloc nations during 1954. Shipments from Poland,
Bulgaria and Rumania aggregated $827,000 for the year. In Table 3, a column
entitled "Unspecified European Satellites" shows that an additional amount of
Bloc exports in the categories under consideration totaled approximately
$2,000,000. These shipments were reported by Free World countries but the
Satellite exporter was not specifically identified,
Communist China exported a negligible amount of machinery to the Free World
during 1954. Total exports from Communist China were valued at only $108,000.
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