FULFILLMENT OF EAST GERMAN ECONOMIC PLAN FOR 1954

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• Publication Date: February 20, 1956
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Neues Deutschland,
Derlin, 24 Feb 1955
On 23 Februar,; 1955, the L'entral Office for Statistics of the GDR State
Planning Commission issued the following report on the fulfillment of the
1954 Economic Flan:
The 1954 plnn for industrial gross production eras lOG.2 percent fulfilled.
Thus the volume of industrial production was 10~,arcent greater than that of
1953 and 76 percent greater then that of 195.
The centrally administered people-owned industrial enterprises fulfilled
their 1954 production plan 100.~~ percent; thereby increasing their production
8.2 percent over 1953?
The local people-owned industry fulfilled its production plan 102 percent,
an increase of 15 percent over 1953 production. The coopei?~tive enterprises in-
cte~sed their production c percent over 1953.
Private industrial enterprises increased their production 1~ percent and
craft enterprises 15 percent over 1)53?
The 1954 i??oduction of consumer goods was 1(i percent greater than 1953
production. In addition to the considerable increase in the ?volume of consumer
goods, the foods were also of better quality and in greeter variety. However,
certain important cormodities, such as motorcycles, bicycles, sewing machines
for household use, refrigerators, mirror-reflex cameras, batteries, cells,
and watches xere not produced in the planned quantities. Products valued at
905 million Dtd were manufactured in an attempt to comply with the SID proposal
that consumer goods valued at ore billion DLi be praiuced in excess of the plan.
`Che ministries
a^, follo~rs
FULFII.LI:.L;IIT Or DhST GERbAP] iC;UIi06~IU PLAP! FOR 1954
inistry
Ministr,/ of Heavy Industry
f4lnistry of bachine Building
Ministry of Light Industry
Ministry of Food Industr,/
'rltllf illment
of lyj4 i~tan (y>)
101
102
99.9
98
Tf~e 1954 pla~~ was s~ rpasscu for ti.e ?ollo?.rin~ inportant products:
Black coal (Steinlcohle), iron ore, p.~rites, electric steal, rolled steel,
rolled prodt:ets, tools, focndry egcipment, egcip;rent for li~ia industry, wheel
tractors, AC a:otors, material for electric installations, gasoline, hot-eater
boilers, enamelware, electrical i,ocsehold and i.eatin_ appliances, typewriters,
lacgt.ers, varnisi;es mid paints, ?cruit..re, musical instruments and cultural
moods, artificial silk, worated Fabrics, carded yarn fabrics, woolen fabrics,
cotton fabrics, knitted outenrear, leather ..,cods and c:ovelties, canned meat
and sausages, butter, cheese with high fat content, spirits, beer, and cig-
arettes.
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In 1954, output was as follows (in percent of 153):
Electric power
Rax brown coil. 107
Broxn-coal briquettes 105
Potash ^,slts 103
Pyrites 106
Pi.~ iron 104
Rolled steel 122
;?latertube and hi?h-pressure boilers xith a 113
capacity of over 60 tons of steam per hour
Seamless pipe 170
Tools and foundry equipment 220
Equipment for the food and bevera,;e industry 114
Agricultural machines 153
Equipment for the textile industry 166
Equipment for light industry 136
Trucks 145
Passenger auto:robiles 110
Motorcycles 146
Automobile parts 107
irheel trnctors 144
Sulfuric acid 123
Calcined soda 126
Artificial silk 125
Synthetic fibers 110
Cement 121
Class lOfl
Hot-water boilers 115
Sewing machines for household :;se 20S
Enamelware 160
Electrical household and heatin.; appliances 13~
'r'rist watches 215
Lacquers, varnishes, and paints 122
Furniture 130
h1u^!cal instruments and culti.ral ,oods 117
Idco~en fabrics 134
Cotton fabrics 150
Carpas anti runners 116
;Cnitted ~:nderwear and outenaear 116
Leather shoes 114
Leather foods and novelties 110
bfargarine 122
Butter 133
Cheese with high fat content 114
Canned fish 143
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The production plan for raw brown coal and briquettes vas not completely
fulfilled because some of the production capacity was put into operation too
late. pc~y production la_s caused by frost and hi,;h water xere recouped by the
miners in an exemplary effort.
In the field of electric power the worlters aci~ieved great successes; new
capacities, amounting; to 5C0 :ne~awatt's, c:ere put rto operation, as compared
with 165 ;e~awatts in 1953. Por the first time, 25-32-megc::att large turbine
assemblies of CDR construction were put into operation in the power stations.
The trial runs of these machine:. will have Lo be shortened so that the new
installations can be fully exploited sooner. The requirements for electric
power during; peak periods were not fully satisfied in 1,54.
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'i'hc ::etal:u?r,-ica1 enterprises fi lflllea Choir 1)54 ?tan for rolled steel
102 percent; the production of botCleneck r.iC~rial;: vcs not carried out accord-
inG to plan.
Che:cical prodt:claon was 7 percent iti.;rL?er th;tn in 1y53. Tire 1y51F plan t:as
not fulfilled with regard to diesel fuel, calcine:i so.!a, caustic so.ia and syn-
thetic rubber.
The idinistry of }.chine 73uildin~; faile:i to fulfill tasks of the 1;51r plan.
Tl:c assi;nr?:ents for the export pro~ra:~ acre only 9'r rercent fdfilled, anc for
investment Goods, only 92 percent.
It~sev a :d interruptions oi' proluctir?- c;;~,.:ad by defective pirod~?rts and
irrc~ulur rates of production are still too .:cat; and excess inventory is also
too 1,arGe.
Li;;ht in.:ustty i:aprove:i the ?~.:aliC;/ ci' its products, enlarged its assort-
a:ent, ana increased the sh:~re of :roolen fabrics for suits and overcoats. the
concurrers were provided with new art.iclea ;a~.a from Merlon silk end Perlon fiber.
Efforts at producin5 wrinkle-resistant eL.,thin~ fabrics and colorful prints
continued to be unsuccessfcl.
The consumers had a ;core eo?;plate :,election of leather shoes at their dis-
posal because of the usa of suode aIDi "Cons" leather.
The furnit?cre inlust:~r .,really iaprcvea the gcali.ty of i.ts outrn!t; the share
of furniture with qualit~? desi~r:at;an I rose from 65 percent of total furniture
production in .Tanuary 1y51~ to ?J per::eni; by the end of 1y54. The selection in
furniture was enlar~e:i b;; Go ne.~ ~~_si~ns for complete rooris.
The enterprises of the fro:i industry improved gt:aiity and vcriet;r of their
prolucts, especially in ::eats and ::r:usa?e products, :ar;;arine, .Gish products,
pudding powder, and spirit:., ::rou,lt the use of hi;h-quality ra:; icateri;as ana
through new production metho;is. Tire 1954 plan for i'ishin~ eras not fulfilled
because the siiipbuillin; in.iu.ar,/ ciid not deliver the nev trawlers.
Lven though the crop ~riel?i :ras Greater Chan in li j~, tl:c planned 1954 out-
put of refined suGar was not reached because of ti:e loa orGar con Lent of the
beets.
Some :ainistries :r.=:;: i+; a practice to surpass the rroducti.en quota for Goods
of tr!tich there is no se::rciCy , ~hiic the plans fcr the l:roeiuctic n of itzportant
products remain unfu1fi11e.;.
Although the over-all industri.:1 plan cas fuliille;i, a nu::;ber of enterprises
lid noC :Heel their :suine~i 1)54 .~ooi;aa. 'i'he chief rcascn for the nonfulfillment
of plans :ras the tmsaCisfuctoty or;:mization of production and the uncoordinated
work of the enterprises. `T'his beca:re aprarent in Lhe hi; it output of products at
the anal of each or^rter, :chile lira br;Ltnin;; of the lollo::in~ quartar regularly
shored a decline in output. Thr;c .-,LorCco~im-s led to interruptions of work,
to failure to stay aithir. 1:he ~ ^npo.:cr r.l.c.n, of enterprises, and to high expen-
:iau?us for avertitre sro:';. rrn:e,rently, the ::nee fend plan t:?s erceedod and
production costs were not sufi.cientl~~ 1c?.rerecl.
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T[: all macrprises triad, ::,ade .se of ora:ct'or.:'.~....:.,~iou:: an.l~~, ..
of activist co,.~.~;:;c'on: as part' of tP,eir 1,~i1y :rorF:; the cl.asu? cc:onerat; - -
tueen t:orkexs; and the intelli entsia lei to an i;:.nrose::.ent in vrork or cni::ctio::,
ton ].oaerir of tt,e voh[me of defective ln?o3uct::, ~n.l to an irprovc:?ent in ti
?fcality of t~:c output.
. In 1954, ti;e total number of persons er~.ploycd i[. people-u;rnal _.uricar;;
lnerease,l by 5.c percent over 1953, and tt:e ncnhe? ~C i,roducticn trorkers by b?5
lerc?ent. ':!n s, ti:e nta:ber of all oti,er eml;l.oyees in people-ot:nei indt:.^,try rose
fa:;ter th::n that of the prodtrct.i.on ~.rorlters.
In 1954, .C:cre eras s ain no une::plo;~.ent in the ;DTc.
Labor l:rcdr ctivity of proclcction ~.ror}:ers in ].954 .ras 4.1 percent ,realer
turn cn LyS~. Dt:rin; ~:;e saa:e Tcriod, avera;e :,~r;es rose 9.e perecr.t. the
a e increase:: intreduceP, in lj5j and a.; the be~innin_~ oi? 1)5t+ too:; full effect
far ali of 1>i+.
Zn 1y54 t:e c:enbrally ;_,: ;inictcred people-a?ne1 irfit:;try loverc:l its total
proccer cones by 1.5 pcrccrt bcloa 1)5; costs. 'Ttte 11an ;or ..~t-erial costs eras
e%cee~erl by ?.7 l.erc?;nt; :..aterir.?1 con.u..:r.t_on nor::: r.'. tacLr.Jc_il.Ly deter.n.i.ned
uorh norrs cortimed to be in:;ufficicntl;;~ .:uvelope3 and [sprl.ied.
In 1951[, r.:;r deai ,n.: :r.:: prodcction r.ethocis a~can react e the 7:rahction
sta, e and ?.;ere 9ntroiuca _ into oructica7. operation; further succescftl resrl.ts
t:ere achieved in tLe ch.an.,e-over to nc?.r :;;ateriras an:: in betier utilization of
atcria.Ls.
11etr nla:aic::, ;. or: other :~ate.ial:;, are bain, vse~i in place of nenfexz?ou^
etals in i':e fiat, of ::;:c;:ine L-cildin , electr[::.[i en3ineerin_;, precision in-
ctrt:cent:.. and optics.
is e:r des i;;n .n t:e electrical Tndrst;?y; ..~:c:: u.. air utter.: (L,:ftsciu:ctze)
and scratches, :,ave per:aittca up to 5o-percent aavi.n;: of materials srhi'.c aimulta-
ruo:.sly reducin; Tanufacturin,i ti-.:e. In tare fiel:'. o:" textile fibers, in addi-
.TOn to improve:rsnts in the manufacture cf ..~ :r Lc iiher, pro,;ress hap been :jade
especially in the ,rodt:ction of car; r_ateri ~1.:~i'or .synthetic fibers and in the
,:~anufaeture of the fibers tt:esselves, all e: c:hicl: i;er:rits a fcrtt:er expansion
in the variety and the volume of pro3uction.
Despite the stccesses so far acLi.eve~i, ,,:.e tasL:~ .L~ecified i.n late plan for
the devclop;:.ent of net, cie.-,i~n;; arni t;rc.iucCicn r:ethoP..: ana. their intrcdretiou ante
the prcdocti.on proses:: ::ere act::P..lillo 't.;e S~.ate Plannin,; Co rais,icn and the
sinistries paid far too little atti:ntion to thi:: la?obi.c?.
The improvement of the producti.cn tc^_. u~lo y ?r; not bui.r, given ene,: it
careful thought, with the result. L'hat tt:e ter:I;nic:~J. -e?;:~ibil.i,tic: for i.ncre:::in:?
labor productivity are not Cu.il;; ~:: :l.o'_tec:. '1'P.i ; ;:: i11>>:;ta?[t:v.~ by fire in-
sufficient utilisation cf rc ~_ ent ., _ ;.:icn -rl;ar:;. In 1.y54, fcr
in..^.tunuc, oft o. ttU',Ui:`Q ,? ;i;icns, cu1:? ;.2i,::,.. ..rc _a,occ:u;cJ; den 1a't into
practice, they provci to bc: of ro.a econc :ir: v:l.r ~.
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Springy planting was carried out -tuickly and well. As indicatc9 in the
table below, almost all crops shoved an increase, both in per-hectare and total
yield, a., a result of the intensi:'ied application of modern techninues~ the
introduction of new methods in preparing the soil and in ~o:ring, and improved
cultivation by the individual peasants as well as by producer ccoperatives.
In 1954 agriculture received 1C' percent more nitrayen fertilizer; 1~ percent
more phosphoric acid, and ) percent more potas!i than in 1953?
Pall planting :ass carried out as follo:rs:
Products
Percent
[of Plan of 1953')
STinter rye
lv^0.6
Winter wheat
J5
Hinter barley
4Tinter oil crobs
?9
.,~
The over-all shore of the iSTS in field ?.?crk throughout the agricultural
sector was as follo~.rs:
Type of field ;Mork
h;TS Field F1ork
(~, of Total)
Plowin; ;
1r 6
Drilling
zj
t4owing ~rnin
1?&
Potato planting;
9
Potato harvestin3
1
Beet harvestin,
11
Of the total work of the IfS, the follovin; percentages vex?e performed for
individual peasants: dcrin3 sprin? planting, 2f; percent; during the harvest
campnign, 45 percent; ant during the work in the fall, 40 percent. This is a
result of closer cooperation between t-he woxkin;q class and the rrorkin~ peasant
and also of the aid extended by the government to the individual peasant.
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'1'o improve their per-hectare ; ields, the people-o?ned L'ar:.u ::lante~l 31
p.r? :nt of their gain acreage by the close ro?,: ::nd. crisscross sosrin method
uu.'.L, ??=rcent of their potato acrea3e by the aheckrrotr procedure.
Tlie 19511 plans for marketing breeding ani ?.:ork anir.~als and for the produc-
tion of high-quality seeds and secdlin~;s srcre not fulfilled. The people-ocmed
fauns exceeded their planned costs in 1954. Th' number of agricultural producer
cooperatlves increased to 5,120; they cultivated 14.3 percent of the total a~ri-
culturally usable land. The share of T?/pe III a:a?iculturr~s. producer cooperatives
increased fror? 41 to EO percent in 1954; they cultivated ?A percent of all coop-
eratively held a;ricultural land.
The trainin? possibilities for uerrbers of c;ricultural gro~lucer cooperatives
through attendance at the central schools have been utilize' only to an insuffi-
cient extent.
Irrrportant production successes were achieved in 1854 thron~,h extensive
utilization of modern technir>:es end side applic^tion of nev ~re':!ro3s in the agri-
cultural producer cooperatives. The per-hectare yieli:: oP the agricultural pro-
3ucer cooperatives me in some cases above those of the inlividual peasant hold-
ings. Through improved milkin, techniluesan] rational ctillzation of fodder,'
the milk yield of the cooperatively held cos: he>^'> increased. greatly. 4he 1954
annual milk yield per cow zras 233 kilograms greater th^n the 1)53 yield. The
increase in milk yield for individually owned farms was 212 lcilo;;raa . This
development is inuicati?re of the continuin_; ~encral stren:,thenin_; o: the a~ri-
cultural predr;ccr coor.erative^,.
Aeither the over-all increase of the a;ricrJ.tural animal population planned
for 1954 nor the 19 i4 plan for the production of s1au;;hter anir ~:xla wcs completely
fulfilled. In 15'., the total r.:ilk production s.s 10 percent ;;renter than 1953
milk production.
The vnsati:;factory ~ciClance ami ccrtrol of the IanisLr?- of r~3riculture and
rere,try led to an ina:ieauate utilization of tine a~r'_culb.ral resources and to
^.n in.:ortgaete fulfill.^..ent of the invest:aent buildi.n pro?~_cts. Of the many
buildings which were started, only ~U Lcrcent were finisheu.
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III .iiAI:S?Oi~n, :'Y.L'PIi1C, AiiD i:CT'OIi V:tIICLa 2T1rrIC
;hc amount of ,;cols r!cvel by all rrcans oC transportation Burin;; 1954 was 6
percent i;reater than the comparable 1y53 fiwre.
The 1954 plan far railr?cad freight transportation services Bras only 97 per-
cent fulfilled. The increase over the prececiin,; year mrocnts to 4 percent. Dur-
inn the fourth quzrter, the planne,i goal .Cor freight transgcrt^ticn Burin;; that
ceriod Bras reached; it was not nos::ible, !:o::evm?, to ::akc up for the arrears of
the prccedin~ three quarters. Tf,e sche~atla'_ turnarounu brae of ~.1 days was
loverr_d beyond the plan fi,;urs.
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91 percent. il:e ailCre to frLil.t~t:?~?1~ ,1 u `. .;ez ~;; ::ncportation nlc:n
went of the _lan ;iurin;; ti:~ i'ir:.~. ;ec.? .' --1_.n _., ...~ia1? .~.re to the ncnfn1f111-
c.
i;otoz?-v.:hicle trmtsportation ft:Lfllla i