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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. 184 …Metalwares, metal structurals, light industry and processed food industry machinery and equipment, and mineral chemicals are…
  • p. 271 …meals, fish meal, and vitamin and mineral supplements as well as ground hay and other materials…
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Table B-8.
USSR: Derivation of 1970 Average Prices For Grain Fed
Average
Realized
Prices
(rubles
per ton)
Percentage Distribution of Grain by Type
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Wheat 103 15.3 20.5 27.7 36.1
Rye 116 8.0 6.2 2.3 2.4
Buckwheat 306 4.0 3.6 3.6 '
2.4 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 ‘
0.2 0.2
Corn 138 25.5 21.2 21.1 17.8 17.3 33.3 25.6 16.9 27.2 18.4 18.9 31.3 23.2 27.9 13.;
Oats 82 38.2 32.0 35.9 34.6 36.6 2_e.s 28.0 41.8 29.0 39.2 20.5 14.8 8.1 8.5 5.1
Barley 81 18.1 23.5 24.3 29.4 27.0 2‘s.3 28.8 27.9 30.9 30.4 26.7 17.0 26.0 44.0 27.8
Millet 81 6.2 15.2 9.0 12.6 13.7 8.2 12.3 6.1 7.9 4.6 5.8 3.9 2.5 2.7 2.5
Pulses 113 4.9 3.0 4.5 2.8 1.5 2.6 1.4 3.5 3.0 4.8 3.6 4.8 9.4 16.2 11.7
Other 61 3.1 1.5 1.7 .0.3 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.6 0.7 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Average price
(rubles per ton)
106 102 103 98 99. 107 102 97 101 95 101 109 106 103 102
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Wheat 103 21.1 52.6 27.6 38.7 22.2 37.6 37.3 31.9 39.6 19.0 18.3 28.1 29.9 40.5 32.6
Rye 116 12.4 1.0 1.6 4.0 0.5 2.4 2.1 0.7 5.3 2.7 2.7
Buckwheat 306 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2
Corn 138 12.7 7.0 12.3 8.7 14.4 7.8 8.6 13.2 10.8 12.3 17.4 12.7 11.7 12.0 18.7
Oats 82 10.6 7.9 15.8 11.8 15.2 12.3 13.9 12.9 9.9 12.0 15.8 10.0 14.2 9.5 11.0
Barley 81 28.8 23.4 30.2 27.0 35.6 32.4 30.8 35.0 32.2 42.9 42.8 40.8 38.7 31.4 35.3
Millet 81 2.2 ‘2.1 3.1 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.2
Pulses 113 10.7 5.5 8.3 6.9 8.3 6.3 5.9 5.9 4.4 6.6 5.4 4.5 5.1 3.6 2.3
Other 61 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 l00.0_l00.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Average price 103 100 100 100
(rubles per ton)
99 97 97 98 98 96 97 97 96 99 100
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