IMPORT AND EXPORT AGENCIES OF THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100270001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC`~E~R
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bnlgari_a
SUBJECT Import and Export agencies of the Bulgarian
Ministry of Foreign Trade
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
T?~e following. im;~ort and export agencies sere apart of the
T~ta.lga.rian P~inistry of :~ oreign ^bade:
(a) Import ~igencies:
(1)
Metal import Jaa.s responsible for importing all types
of machinery ar.-z metal productsW Prior to a few
months ago textile needles and textile machinery
spare parts PJere handled by Industrialimportm
8ubse_~u.ently these items too, ~:~ere handled by
Metalimport, tLe n~o~~t important of the import
agenciese
(2) Chimimport Baas responsible for chemicals
industrial dyes, medical el:~uiloment, and medicineso
(3)
Industrialimport r.andled imports of all industrial
raw materials including cellulose fiber, paper,
rubber products, glass, anc~ ti.resRl Danch.ev (fnu)
is chief of this agency; he ret~laced Savov (fnu) ,
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Ra.z~;tcaizx~.c~~ lac~kec~. a.fter~ :~:r~,porting ~~iscellarleous
itear~s such. a.s ty~-y~-rv~rrater~;~, ~io~Zea _i rs~or 'hlad~s,
and toys . :L ~:ar2ra _~3 z.; txr~r,~:erst;~,~?t~~. why this wad ~t333- .
sidered ~~x.s~-a are ~.~~:r~rt agenc~~; , for in additiran. to
iraortin~ ~~~7e a:hc~ve ~.tems, ~.-'r; al~c~ exported. tca
t~ea.a~ East ca~xntries whatever
, suC as paper and. combs, could prafit-
ably be expc~xvt~ac~ n _.
{5} Bulgarian Cirierriatc~~-c~a,~~~i;~ took care of imports a,f
earners film, ca.mer5h:~, movie cameras, and. other
ph4tographie material and equipment, as well as
m.ation pictures (most mcavies in Bulgarian come
from the UiSR, Pol~a.nc3 sar Czechoslovakia).
Fart W.~genc;ies
{ 1 ~ Bulgplcsdex~crrt ~aandlc:t~ e:~psarts of fresh and canned.
fruit a~.d vegetsbl.es
(~) Ruchexpert was respcar~sibl?~ for ores .
(5) ~'ai.tseexport loo~:ed s,fter exporting eggs arrd
chickens.
scare to East Crerrnany
(3) ~:"s.baI~xnoncpol took care ?~f experts of tp4~acco and.
cigarettes.
~~) Bulgar Re:~za was respansi'ble fpr exporting attar eaf
rases s.nd ruse water, fc~r which the demand. exceeds
the supple.. Mast esf ,the exports went to the t7SSR,
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SECRET~SECIIRITY INFURt~ATION
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