CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE DDR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010200220002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY German* (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Chemicals and Chemical Products in Short
Supply in the DDR
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IS, SECTIONS 799
AND 794. OF THE U, S. CQDE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TQ OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
be reduced to 1000 tons. ~~ A substitute conssting of homasmehl and
incandescent, phosphate (Gluhphosphat) is imported from the Soviet 50X1-HUM
Union.
12, iron ices- Annual imports~nount to 200;000
7. Vehicle Tires: Annual imports amount to 10,00. During the Five
Year Plan, import requirements are to be reduced br 20 per cent each year,
until, by 1 needs are to be covered by s thettc rubber ppduction,
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5 Fatt Acid for Soap Industry: Annual imports imount to 12
000 tons
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6. Technical Vegetable Fat and Oil: There is no production in th
and 100,000 tons per year are imported
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The following listsaj. chemicals
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Auxiliary Materials for Textile Industry: Fiie hundred tors are
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10. Vegetable Tanning Agents: Annual imports amount to 1;06-tons.
Between 200 and 300 tons of quebracho were imported annually
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but imports have now been terminated. Each year
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1,200'to 1,300 tons of oak and spruce extract are imported
This extract has about one-fifth the effective strength of quebracho.
11. Natk%ral Rubber: Annual4)imports amount to approximately 3,.000 tons,
coming mainly from the USSR.
12. Photo Gelatin: At lease 100 tonsure imported annually.
13. Casein: Five hundred tons are imported annually
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Three hundred tons are imported annually,
15. Titanium Dioxide:. One thousand tons are imported each year,~~
16. Inorganic Paints: Imports amount to 2,000 tons annual
17. Red Lead: Two thousand tons are imported per ear
This product is a key shortage, and is used in the manufacture of
electric bulbs, optical and fine glass.
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18. Insulin: Planned Imports in 1952 amount to 70 million units; in 1953,
50 million units; in 1954, 20 million units; and in 1955, none. By 1955,
the plant at Jenapharm, Jena, is supposed to be able to supply the DDR
demand.
19. Caffein: In 1952, 3,000 kg. are to be imported. The supply is then
to be filled by synthetic caffein
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from the DDR at far under the present world market prices.
20, Castor Oil: The DDR imports 550 tone annually
is no. production in the DDR.
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21. Linseed Oil: Six hundred tons are i.mjorted annually, exclusively from
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