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USSR: Measures of Economic Growth and Development, 1950-80

Central Intelligence Agency · 1982-12-08 · 399 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Joint Committee Print, dated December 8, 1982, gathers studies that the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence prepared for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. It gives estimates of Soviet gross national product for 1950 to 1980, with indexes of industrial production, agricultural production and consumption, and explains the methods and data behind them. The foreword says official Soviet statistics inflate growth and that the CIA measures offer a more accurate picture. The document contains no UFO material.

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Table D-15
Distribution of Profits by Sector of Origin, 1970
(1)
Reported
Profits
(billion
rubles)
(2)
Bonuses
(billion
rubles)
(3)
“Net”
Profits
(billion
rubles)
(4)
Adjustment
Factor for
Industrial
Profits
(5)
Adjusted
“Net”
Profits
(billion
rubles)
(6)
Other
Net
Income
(billion
rubles)
(7)
Total
Profits
(billion
rubles)
Total 84.621 5.030 79.591 79.591 9.563 89.154
Industry 55.695 3.310 52.385 1.000 52.385 O 52.385
Ferrous metals 3.999 0.238 3.761 0.892 3.355 O 3.355
Nonferrous metals 2.699 0.160 2.539 0.914 2.321 O 2.321
Fuels 5.229 0.311 4.918 0.786 3.866 O 3.866
Electric power 3.601 0.214 3.387 0.731 2.476 O 2.476
Machinery 13.850 0.823 13.027 1.089 14.186 O 14.186
Chemicals 3.708 0.220 3.488 1.126 3.927 O 3.927
Wood, pulp, and paper 2.579 0.153 2.426 1.289 3.127 O 3.127
Constniction materials 1.611 0.096 1.515 1.057 1.601 O 1.601
Light industry 6.685 0.397 6.288 1.000 6.288 O 6.288
Food industry 7.350 0.437 6.913 0.998 6.899 C 6.899
Other industry 4.384 0.261 4.123 1.052 4.339 O 4.339
Construction 4.736 0.282 4.454 4.454 O 4.454
Agriculture 4.935 0.293 4.642 4.642 .\' cc LII NI 12.494
Transportation 10.718 0.637 10.081 10.081 O 10.081
Communications 0.840 0.050 0.790 0.790 O 0.790
Trade 5.737 0.341 5.396 5.396 1.283 6.679
Services 1.860 0.111 1.749 1.749 0.428 2.177
Housing 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utilities 0.770 0.046 0.724 0.724 0 0.724
Repair and personal care 0.400 0.024 0.376 0.376 0 0.376
Recreation 0.040 0.002 0.038 0.038 0.428 0.466
Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Health 0 0 0 0 O 0
Science . 0.100 0.006 0.094 0.094 O 0.094
Credit and insurance 0.550 0.033 0.517 0.517 O 0.517
Government administrative services 0 0 0 0 O 0
General agricultural programs 0 0 0 0 O 0
Forestry O O O Q O O
State administration
and the administrative
organs of social organizations
O O O O O Q
Culture O O O O O O
Municipal services O O O O O O
Civilian police Q O O O O O
Military personnel O O O O O O
Other branches .0 100 § 9 094 Q .094 O .° 094
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