REPORTS ON GRD FOREIGN TRADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700010342-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 342
• Publication Date: September 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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German Democratic Republic NFORMATION
1951
SUBJECT
Economic -Foreign trade, reparations
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zy Sep 1951
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Daily newspapers
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Buenos Aires; Zuric
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
REPORTS ON GRD FOREIGN TRADE
IMPORT CHINESE RAW MATERIALS -- Berlin Te.egliche Rundschau, 10 Jun 51
Extensive shipments of textiles and raw materials from the People's Re-
public of China arrived in Magdeburg during the early days of June 1951?
The goods are being forwarded to Esst German plants for processing.
Shipments to textile-processing mills in Land Sachsen included 96 tone
of raw silk, 206 tons of wool, 36 tons of camel's hair, 51 tons of carded
waste silk, and 35 tons of silk yarn.
The food industry received 12,000 tone of soybeans, 500 tons of walnut
tons of rice, 50 tons of dates, 107 tons of
meats, 41 tons of walnuts, 855
powdered egg yolks, and 122 tons of pig and sheep gut.
Seventy-f ive tons of goats' skins will be processed into kid for ladies'
shoes by the Hermann Matern Leather works in Wolmirstedt.
CONCLUDE BARTER AGREEMENT WITH SWEDEN -- Zurich, Neue Zue'..?cher Zeitung, 16 Jul 51
A new barter agreement has btic RenublicdandtthenSUKABStatPr~gtelyrowned
zation (HU) of the German Democra P
Swedish foreign barter trade company.
The agreement provides for an exchange of goods val0ueodertall barter contract
kronor. It represents an expansion of the November 195
between the two organizations, which calls for an exchange of goods amounting to
36 mialieementebetweenoSwedenrandcthefGerman Democratic~Republiclwhicheexpiredy-
ment gr Sweden's de-
30 June 1y50 has not been renewed. According to the new agreement,
liveries will include butter and small quantities of iron,' in addition to steel,
celluloslons~ofibrownncoalubriquettes8tas well asmpotash, textiles,sporcelain,f
150,000
and glass.
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NORWAY TO SHIP BUTTER,, FISH TO GDR -- Zurich, Neue Zuercher Zeitung, 31 Jul 51
Stockholm -- The supplementary barter agreement concluded between the Nor-
wegian Barter Company and the foreign trade authorities of the German Democratic
Republic provides for Norwegian shipments amounting to 2 million dollars, in-
cluding 500,000 dollaro' worth of butter, 450,000 dollars' worth of salt herring,
325,000 dollars' worth of canned fish, and 200,000 dollotash valuedfatr675n000sh?
In return, the German Demo000tdo larsblandwmachineslatp120,000 dollars, as well
dollars, porcelain at 175, 000 dollars each in
as yarn, cellulose fabrics and upholstery materials for 150, ~ lass containers
-addition to automobiles, optical supplies, musical instruments g
for medicines, thermometers, rayon, and ladies' hosiery.
SIGNS TRADE PACT WITH FINLAND -- Zurich, Neue Guercher Zeitung, 27 Jul 51
A trade and payment agreement for the second half of 1851 has been concluded
between the German Democratic Republic and Finland. The latter country is to
supply wood products, cellulose, and agricultural esoaretavailableaconcerni g
chines, chemicals, and .textiles. No official figur
the extent of future trade between the twc countrieso Hotwamauntedeto onlya0.2
of goods has bAen insignificant. in the past. In 195 ,
percent of Finland's foreign trade.
USSR TO GET MAJOR OUTPUT OF ZEISS WORD AS REPARATIONS -- Buenos Aires, Argent-
inisches Tageblat?t, 4 Jun 51
According to the Weet i~rtil~ :Jeue,~t?~~g+ the Soviet Control Commission
lent mans eiuCn~ of the Zeiss Works in Jena that approximately
has informed the p g
80 percent of the plant's entire production of the Zeiss Works in Jena is o
be shipped to the USSR in 1951, and will. be charged to reparations.
TO PRINT BOOKS FOR USSR -- Berlin, Taeglirhe Rundschau, 10 Apr 51
The Leipzig printing industry has xeceived orders from the USSR for 17.5
million sdhool books. The orders are to be completed by 31 July 1951?
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