1. COMMERCIAL AND TAX INFORMATION, TIENTSIN 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ALL-CHINA MATERIAL ALLOCATION BUREAU

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

INFORMATION, REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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China/USSR
SUBJECT 1. Commercial and Tax Information,
Tientsin
2. Establishment of All-China Material
Allocation Bureau
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5 June 1953
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Commercial and Tax Information, Tientsin -
January registration of commercial firms was being conducted throughout
China in connection with the economic reconstruction program.
eceived orders to begin registering commercial firms in that city. 'In
In January 1953 the Industrial and Commercial Administration of Tientsin
2. In January the Tientsin Tax Bureau began revising its tax schedules. A
35 percent anti-America and aid Korea surtax was to be collected in
addition to the normal business taxes land taxes slau ht h t
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income taxes, entertainment taxes and license taxes. In the new schedules
herb medicines, rattan ware, and other finished products were taxable.
Although no taxes were levied on salted meat,.fish,:._seafood;.;dndother.food
commodities, a circulation tax was to be collected if these items were
shipped.to another locality for sale. Import duties on electrical supplies,
scientific instruments, metalware, and chemicals were increased by 5 to 10
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In late February over 90 percent of the daily necessities on the market in
Tientsin were produced in China or Communist bloc countries. British and
'American goods were rarely seen and they were about to disappear from the
market completely. The origin of several common commodities sold in Tientsin
was as follows:
a. Cotton cloth. About 60 percent of the cotton cloth on the market was
produced in China and 40 percent was produced in Poland and the Soviet
Union.
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b. Bye-stuffs. About 55 percent of the dye-stuffs was produced in the
Soviet Union, 30 percent in Eastern Europe, and 15 percent in China.
c. Steel plates, bars, pipe, and steel building materials. About 40
percent of these supplies were produced in Czechoslovakia, 35 percent
in Eastern Germany and 25 percent in China.
d. Aircraft fuel, automobiles,. film, saw blades, gunmetal, chemicals, and
scientific and communications equipment. These supplies were imported
primarily from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. However, these
countries could not meet the demand and China had to import these items
from non-Communist countries.'
Establishment.,of All China Materiel Allocation Bureau
4. In late February the Central Committee of Finance and Economics was planning
to establish an All-China Materiel Allocation Bureau (Ch'uan. Kuo Wu Tzu
Tiao P'ei Chu, 0356/0948/3670/6327/6148/6792/1444) to control the flow of
military supplies and daily necessities throughout China. The plan was to
be put into.effect by June 1953. Under the plan, cooperatives in cities,
lsien, towns and villages would be given a quota of supplies to obtain.
Government companies would be charged with gathering the supplies for the
cooperatives.
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