BLACK MARKET PRICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500790009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 15, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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the natjbnal,defense of the United States 25X1A
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in the meenigg of the Lsrionage Act,
509 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as amnded. Its
transmission or the revelation
off its contents in a
manner to an 11 ENTRAL INTELLIGE
unauthorized person
is prohibited by law. INTELLIGENCE REPORT
2. The official price of a newspaper is only twenty kopecks, but editions are lim-
ited and a newspaper brings one or two rubles on the black market because it
is used as cigarette paper.
3. Chocolate is smuggled from Finland to Estonia. The Finns import it from Sweden.
4. The average income of a worker is 250 to 360 rubles a month.
5. Below are black market prices for important commodities reported for Februarys
Commodity
Unit
Bread
1 kg.
Butter
1 kg.
Pork
I kg.
Beef
1kg.
White bread
1 kg.
Bacon
1 kg.
Potatoes
100 kg.
Sunflower oil
kg.
Sugar
1 kg.
Honey
1 kg.
Coffee
1 kg.
Chocolate
100 gr.
Shag tobacco
100 gr.
Papirosi
20 each
Cigarettes
each
Mahorka tobacco
50 gr.
Matches
1 package
Coal
100 kg.
Men's shoes
1 pair
Women's shoes
1 pair
Pencils
each
Watches
each
Newspapers
each
Razor blades
each
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The best customers the Estonian markets have are residents of Leningrad who come
to T&Ulan regularly to do their shopping. Bread bought in Tallinn_for.fifteen
rubles per kilogram sells in Leningrad for 120 rubles.
DATE:
DIST. May 1947
PAGES
SUPPLEMENT
Price
15 rubles
120 - 140 rubles
80 rubles
60 rubles
60 rubles
150 - 180 rubles
200 rubles
200 rubles
120 rubles
120 rubles
120 rubles
60 rubles
20 rubles
4 - 5 rubles
1 ruble
4 - 5 rubles
2 rubles
160 rubles
400 rubles and up
200 rubles and up
20 rubles
3,000 rubles and up
1 - 2 rubles
3 - 5 rubles
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