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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.

  • p. 26 …the shifting of industrial produc- tion toward Siberia, which leads to longer shipping distances to reach…
  • p. 51 …may cost much more to construct in Siberia than in the Ukraine because of greater transportation…
  • p. 268 …European Russia, Ukraine, the “Volga Valley,” Western Siberia and Altay kray, and Northern and Central Kazakhstan…
  • p. 306 …Kok- chetav and Northern Kazakhstan are equated with Omsk in Western Siberia; all other Kazakhstan ob…
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Table A-1 (continued)
The SPIOER Sample:
Products, Units, and Key Sources
Printing Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Writing paper Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Sacking Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Offset printing Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Cover paper Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Winding Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Deep printing Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Lithographic Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Cartographic Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Cable insulation Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Capacitor Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Waxing paper Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Other paper products Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Paperboard Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Wood chemicals sector
Oleoresin and rosin Tons Estimate
Construction materials branch
Cement sector
Portland cement—homogeneous Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—mix adjustment Index Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Slag portland cement Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Slag cement—mix adjustment Index Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Pozzolana portland cement Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Pozzolana cement—mix adjustment Index Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Decorative cement Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Tamponage cement Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Unallocated cement Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—Mark 200 Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—Mark 300 Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—Mark 400 Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—Mark 500 Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
Portland cement—Mark 600 Tons Journals, Narkhoz,
Estimate
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