BELORUSSIAN SSR TOPS SECOND-QUARTER PLAN

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• Sequence Number: 811
• Publication Date: September 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
REPORT
CD NO,
COUNTRY
USSR - Belorussian SSR
DATE OF
SUBJECT
HOW
Economic - Plan fulfillment
DATE DIST. Iv Sep 1950
PUBLISHED
Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED
NO. OF PAGES
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DATE
PUBLISHED 4 Aug 50
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
or TNI UNIT[O $TATII WITHIN THE MEANING OF KSPIONA61 ACT 50
0. N C.. NI AND I1. AS ANIID[D. ITI THANNIINIION ON TM[ NS!9LATION
OF I. CONTIN7/ IN ANT NANN[N TO AN UNAUTNONIIIO FINK' II PRO'
NIIITID IT LAW. IIFNODUCTIOI OF THIS FONN I/'PROMINITIt
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The Statistics Administration Belorussian SSR reports that the second-
quarter 1950 gross-production plan was fulfilled 105 percent by industry within
the Belorussian SSR, including 101 percent by Union industry and 106 percent by
Union-Republic, Republic, local and cooperative industry.
The gross production output in the second quarter 1950 increased 30 percent
over the second quarter 1949, Individual oblasts of the Belorussian SSR fulfilled
the gross-production plan as follows:
Baranovichi Oblast
107
Bobruysk Oblast
107
Brest Oblast
log
Vitebsk Oblast
102
Gomel' Oblast
102
Grodno. Oblast
108
Minsk Oblast (without
111
City of Minsk
105
Mogilev Oblast
105
Molodechno Oblast
l06
Pinsk Oblast
111
Poles'ye Oblast
105
Polotak Oblast
104
While exceeding the gross-production plan, some oblasts failed to meet the
plan for quantita+tve production of the items indicated: Baranovichi Oblast --
knit underwear and outerwear, and vegetabel oil; Bobruysk -- tiles, bricks, but-
ter; Brest -- bricks, tiles, meat, and raw alcohol; Vitebsk -- electric power,
tiles, hauling of timber, and meat; Gomel' -- agricultural machines, hosiery,
and soap; Grodno -- butter, and tiles; Minsk (without city of Minsk) -- tiles,
and furniture; city of Minsk -- bicycles and footwear; Mogilev -- cast-iron pipes,
paper, and leather goods; Molodechno -- bricks, lime, and cardboard; Pinsk --
lumber and raw alcohol; Poles'ye -- butter and carts; Polotsk -- bricks, carts,
and hauling of timber,
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The second-quarter gross-production plan was fulfilled as follows by indi-
vidual ministries and administrations:
2d Qu 50
Plan in %
2d Qu 50 in %
of 2d Qu 49
Ministry of construction Materials
112
125
Industry Belorussian SSR
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
110
125
Belorussian SSR
100
130
Ministry of Light Industry Belorussian SSR
.9
Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry
95
124
Belorussian 8SR
108
124
Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian SSR
Including:
108
125
Republic enterprises
Rayon enterprises
110
110
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Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR
109
11
Including:
ublic enterprises
R
110
137
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Oblast and rayon enterprises
110
97
6
Ministry of Local Fuel Iodastry Belorussian 88R
114
13
Main Administration of Fish Industry, Council
106
110
of Ministers Belorussian 88R
120
Ministry of Automobile Transport Belorussian SBR
99.5
Ministry of Housing and Civilian Construction
121
125
Belorussian SSR
Main Power Administration, Council of
9
9
131
Ministers Belorussian 88R
.
9
Main Administration of Industrial Construction,
105
97
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSE
Main Administration for Reconstruction of the
City of Minsk, Council of Ministers Belorussian
122
136
SSR
Administration of Industrial Cooperatives,
102
114
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR
Belorussian Union of Invalids' Cooperatives
106
118
The following ministries, while exceeding the gross-production plan, failed
to meet the sec,)nd-quarter plan for the items indicated: Ministry of Construction
Materials Industry Belorussian 8SR -- tiles; Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian 88R -- paper and logging; Ministry of Light Industry Belorussian 88R --
flax fiber, leather goods, footwear, knit outerwear, and hosiery; Ministry of Food
Industry Belorussian SSE -- starch, nonalcoholic beverages, canned goods, and veg-
etable oil; Ministry of Local Fuel Industry Belorussian 88R -- peat briquettes.
The Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian 88R, Administration of Industrial
Cooperatives under the Council of Ministers Belorussian 88R, and the Belorussian
Union of Invalids' Cooperatives did not meet the second-quarter plan for quantita-
tive production of the ..majority of products.
Production of the chief types of industrial goods in the second quarter 1950,
as compared with the second quarter 1949, was as follows:
2d Qu 50 2d Qu 50 in %
Plan in of 2d Qu 49
Rolled Metal (Ministry of Local Industry
Belorussian SSR) 100.9 125
Electric power 97 126
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Including:
"Belorusenergo" (Belorussian Power) 97
Main Power Administration, Council of
Ministers Belorussian SSR 102
Gang saws (Ministry of Local Industry
125
128
Belorussian SSR) 109 152
Cast-iron pipes (Ministry of Local Industry
Belorussian SSR) 94 110
Nails 115 125
Including:
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR 100.6 108
Administration of Industrial Cooperatives,
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR 157 176
Cement (Union enterprises of Ministry of
Construction Materials Industry 104 153
Window glass (Union enterprises of Ministry
of Construction Materials Industry) 100 85
Bricks 94 147
Including:
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian SSR 107 133
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR 62 172
Administration of Industrial Cooperatives,
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR 110 200
Tiles 37 153
Including:
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian SSR 72 121
Lime 104 141
Including:
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
Belorussian SSR 111 126
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR 90 187
Peat extraction 114 118
Including:
MiB.t try of Local Fuel Industry Belorussian SSR 110 123
Administration of Industrial Cooperatives,
Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR 103 103
Hauling of commercial timber and firewood 120 105
Including Ministry of Timber and Paper
Industry Belorussian SSR 127 104
Lumber 102 117
Including:
Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR 113 128
Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR 95 101
Matches (Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry
Belorussian SSR) 106 150
Plywood 100.4 134
Including Ministry of Timber and Paper
Industry Belorussian SSR 101 133
Paper 85 118
Including Ministry of Timber and Paper
Industry Belorussian SSR 62 103
Linen fabric 102 83
Including Union enterprises of the Ministry
of Light Industry 104 81
Woolen fabric 104 138
Including Ministry of Light Industry
Belorussian SSR 113 144
Hosiery 89 181
Including Ministry of Light Industry
Belorussian SSR 68
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158
101
239
95
186
209
150
Including Ministry of Light Industry Belorussian SSR
95
158
Ministers Belorussian SSR
133
128
Butter (Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry Belorussian SSR)
94
104
Confectionery
107
132
Macaroni Products (Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian SSR)
102
201
Raw alcohol
122
63
Including Ministry of Food Industry Belorussian SSR
123
60
Construction projects within the Belorussian SSR completed 99.6 percent of
the second-quarter plan for centralized capital construction, including 102.6
percent for Union projects and 96.8 percent for republic projects. The volume
of centralized capital construction in the second quarter 1950 increased 23 per-
cent over the sane period of 1949, including 19 percent for Union construction
projects and 27 percent for republic projects.
The second-quarter plan for capital construction was fulfilled by the fol-
lowing ministries -.nd departments: Timber and Paper Industry Belorussian SSR,
Light Industry Belorussian SSR, Local Fuel Industry Belorussian SSR, Land Devel-
opment Belorussian SSR, Education Belorussian SSR, Health Belorussian SSR, Com-
munal Economy Belorussian SSR (housing construction), Trade Belorussian SSR,
Cinematography Belorussian SSR, Administration of Arts under the Council of Min-
isters Belorussian SSR, Committee on Cultural and Educational Institutions under
the Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR, Committee on Construction for Adminis-
tration 1 QAes of Local Soviets and on Capital Construction for the Needs of
"Glavpromstroy" under the Council of Ministers Belorussian SSR, and the Ministry
of Housing and Civilian Construction Belorussian SSR.
The following ministries and departments failed to meet the second-quarter
plan for capital construction: Construction Materials Industry Belorussian SSR,
Food Industry Belorussian SSR, Meat and Dairy Industry Belorussian SSR, Local
Industry Belorussian SSR, Main Administration of Fish Industry under the Council
of Ministers Belorussian SSR, Main Power Administration under t;:. Council of
Ministers Belorussian SSR, Main Road Administration under the Council of Ministers
Belorussian SSR, Ministry of Agriculture Belorussian SSR, State Farms Belorussian
SSR, Forestry Belorussian SSR, Social Security Belorussian SSR, Automobile Trans-
port Bedorussian SSR, Administrprktaaa;for U ilsaa? Qg Of Small. Rivers? -for Transpor-t
under the Council of Ministers'Belorue5dan;.SSR; Administration.ofcPolygrsphic,In-
dustry, Pub1iehing; And Book.Trade under, the.; Council., of Miristers_:Belorusslaw SSE,
Committee 'off Physical Culture and.:Sports,'underothe..Council of. Ministers Belorussian
SSR, and the Belorussian Union of Consumers' Cooperatives.
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The second-quarter plan for construction and assembly work by republic
contracting organizations was fulfilled as follows:
2d Qu 50
Plan in
2d Qu 50 in
of 2d Qu 49
Ministry of Housing and Civilian
Construction Belorussian SSR 111
121
"Glavminskstroy",
Belorussian SSR
Council of Ministers
99.9
127
"Glavpromstroy,"
Belorussian SSR
Council of Ministers
111
105
Machine-tractor stations, sovkhozes, and kolkhozes started agricultural
work in the spring of 1950 much better equipped than in 1949. The number of
tractors (reduced to 15 horsepower) in machine-tractor stations increased by
26 percent, tractor plows by 48 percent, tractor seeders by 160 percent, and
cultivators by 56 percent.
During 1950, kolkhozes of the republic increased the sown area for spring
crops; planting of flax and root fodder has increased considerably.
Hay harvesting was better organized in 1950. As of 1 July 1950, the mowed
area in kolkhozes was 39 percent larger than on 1 July 1949. However, kolkhozes
of Mogilev, Vitebsk, and Minsk oblasts are lagging considerably in their hay-
mowing operations.
Fodder ensilage by kolkhozes of the republic had made slightly better prog-
ress by 1 July 1950 than in the same period of last year. However, many kolkhozes
of Bobruysk, Minsk, Brest, Grodno and Molodechno oblasts are very slow in their
ensilage work.
In the second quarter 1950, considerable work was done in the republic for
the enlargement of small kolkhozes. Before the enlargement was effected the
eastern oblasts of the republic had about 10,000 kolkhozes; after consolidation
as of 1 July 1950, there remained 5,071 kolkhozes. As a result of the consolida-
tion of small kolkhozes, their management and general economy was improved. More
experienced and trained workers were appointed to leading positions in kolkhozes.
During the period of spring field work, a large number of peasant holdings
in western oblasts of the republic joined the kolkhozes.
The Ministry of Automobile Transport Belorussian SSR fulfilled the second-
quarter plan for freight hauling in tonnage 112 percent, and 105 percent in ton-
kilometers. As compared with the same period of last year, freight hauling in
tonnage increased 42 percent, and in ton-kilometers 39 percent.
The Administration for Utilization of Small Rivers for Transport, Council
of Ministers Belorussian SSR, completed 77 percent of the second-quarter plan
for freight hauling in tonnage, 97 percent of the plan for freight hauling in
ton-kilometers, and 95 percent of the plan for passenger transport. Compared
with the same period of 1949, freight hauling increased 17 percent and passen-
ger transport 30 percent.
Trading organizations of the Belorussian SSR completed 99 percent of the
second-quarter plan for retail commodity turnover. Loclal trading organizations
completed 95 percent of the plan, consumers' cooperatives 105 percent, military
commissaries 106 percent, Main Administration of Special Foods Stores 110 per-
cent, and Main Administration of Department Stores 104 percent.
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As a result of the reduction of state retail prices on industrial goods
and food products in March 1950, retail commodity turnover continued to increase
in the second quarter of this year. The total volume of retail commodity turn-
over in state and cooperative trade in the second quarter 1950 increased con-
siderably over the first-quarter volume. During the second quarter, kolkhoze!,
markets in oblast centers increased their sales of butter, vegetables, eggs, meat,
milk, and other products. Prices in kolkhoz markets were lower in the second
quarter 1950 than in the second quarter 1949 on pork, veal, butter, and other farm
products.
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