PRODUCTION AND IMPORT OF NONFERROUS METALS
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December 23, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
ECR]+T/Go 1tROL - U,.S.
COUNTRY
Tliis Document contains information aifooting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the V.B. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
0171-CIAIS ONLY
Rest Germany
Production and Import of Nonferrous
Metals
23 December 1953
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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The following lists the production and import of.onferrous metals from
January to September 1953. .All figures are in metric tons.
Metal
East German Imports
duotion
Customers
11,149 31,112 32,4i21
4,34) 16,890 11,973
- 9,062 9,045
8,029 19,233 20,94o1
1
i,i6 s 2,467 2,:890
Copper 19-,:963
Aluminum (pure) 12,541
Aluminum (alloy) 9,062
Lead 11,2o4
Bronze 11, 305
Tin (pure) 112
Tin (crude) 274
Brass 1,125
Zinc (from scrap) 2,461
Zinc (pure)
White metal (80%) 158
White metal (10%)
635 7~7
14'x- 418
1,1.25
2,461
7,475 7,531
304
5531
3.12771
2,6531
9,2751
63 226 202
36 ='S 929
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Metal East German Imports
Production r-
Total Distributed to
consumers
Nickel
110
41.8
528 6031
Magnesium
1,222 -
1,222 1,056
Antimony
-
30
30 2201
Solder
461+
1.53
617 '
547
Cadmium
?'1
31
471
Chromium
?-
1.0
10
8
Bismuth
9
4
1.3
13
Mercury
?-
, 2
172
153
Cobalt;
_'8
28
21
Beryllium (in kg)
-
__.0
10
6
Selenium
6 -
6
6
Manganese
31
5
36
11
Arsenic
19 -
19
4
Silicon
-
77
77
77
2. Imports i.n 1954
It is planned to import the following cquantiti..err of mercury, silicon, cadmium,
and cobalt from the USSR in 1954:
Mer,:ury 220 torts
Silicon 50, torts
Cadmium 65 tot's
Cobalt 45 tons
No antimony will be imported.
The balance in these eases was drawn from reserve stocks.
Reserves were drawn on quite :heavily during the quarter (sic), particularly
in the case of copper, lead. bror ze, zinc anG. antimony. The planned imports
of copper and lead from rile C; SSR for 1953 tav e been raised..
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