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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 A-1 (continued)
The SPIOER Sample:
Products, Units, and Key Sources
Knit underwear Pieces Narkhoz
Hosiery Pairs Narkhoz
Sewn goods sector
Sewn goods Rubles Narkhoz
Other light-industry sector
Leather footwear Pairs Narkhoz
Rubber footwear Pairs Narkhoz
Felt footwear Pairs Narkhoz
Processed food branch
Fish products sector
Canned fish Standard Can Narkhoz
Gross fish Tons Narkhoz
Meat products sector
Mutton Tons Narkhoz
Pork Tons Narkhoz
Beef and veal Tons Narkhoz
Poultry Tons Narkhoz
Other meat Tons Narkhoz
Dairy products sector
Canned milk Standard Can Narkhoz
Whole milk Tons Narkhoz
Butter Tons Narkhoz
Cheese Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
Sugar sector
Refined sugar Tons Narkhoz
Net granular sugar Tons Narkhoz, Estimate
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