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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 10 Percent
1970 Soviet Gross National Product
by End Use
W 1 “K1737” uwrlcigr-costEstablished
Prices Prices
Consumptioni
Consumer goods _
55.1
43.4
54.2
34.7
Table ll Percent
1970 Soviet Gross National Product
by Sector of Origin
Established Factor-Cost
Prices Prices
Industry __ _45.8 ‘ 7__rIL.0WW_’ _ V
Ferrous metals 1.9 2.3
Food 28.2 25.5 Nonferrous metals
W
1.2
7 V“-A WT"
A animal products 11.0 14.5’ _iFu~=1 _‘.:'.__i:f:.?.z3:i.ff“*.31 . - .
Processed foods 3.6 2.7 Electricpower W 1:5 **_WWN2».2 _r__ V ‘W Basic foods 6.0 6.1 3‘4a°hi"°'Y __.__... __._l_l.-?_. ._._. _....1Q;L . _ _._._>5 5
Beverages 7.5
i So£t_Goods 11.6
Durables 3.7
2.4
6.8
2.5
Chemicals W 2.6 _ fl__2V.0H WW
Wood, pulp, and paper if 2.9’ 2.4
Construction materials 2.0 2.1
F FM“ M 11.6 19.5- industry
W ff 77,122,557
Consumer services
Housing i 0.9 7.0 Food industry
W 7,7777% AA W”
<>~<>__ljtilities
_iTransportation 1.4
1.0
1.7
Communications 0.3 0.5
.__. _. Z-5L _ _. . .319 _
Other industry _V i 1.7 0.9vV ”__
__ T4 ..__ I3 ,
20.5 21.1
Construction
Agriculture
Repair and personal care 1.4
V
Vflllecreation 0.7
1.2
1.0
,__- _ 7~4 _._ ._§:.L______.
0.7 0.9
Transportation
WW F V
Communications
V
Education 3 .8 4.5 W 4.8 r Ww7.3H M
Trade
Health 2.2
lnviestmeht-_V__ _ ‘____ 28.5 _‘_
2.6
28.2
Services _" __ 11.4 f_WW20.5WV_HWfi
0.9 7.2Housing
Wlllevv fixed investment ‘__23.5 23.4 _._.. ._____.. 9.-.5__._.__ . _ -19. _. .
l1_J_t_i_lities__
Machinery and equipment 6.8 6.7 Repair and personal care __ ‘_m‘_¢l‘.1__WV__V_l;2VfVifl_’
Construction and other capital 15.6
. qwlflvs .
15.6
_WNet addgions to livestock 1.1 1.2
Wrgapital repair _ 5.0_A_?_W 4.8
Othe_r__p>u_b1i_c-sector expenditures ifi 16.4 17.6
Government administrative services _24 2.8
V mikmeseafrch anideveloprnent _2i.7 3.1
Outlays n.e.c. 11.4
Source: See text.
11.6
As regards changes in the distribution of GNP by
sector of origin (table 1 1), the two sectors showing the
largest increases in percentage shares of GNP as a
result of repricing are trade (retail, wholesale, and
agricultural procurement) and housing. The light and
food industry sectors experienced the greatest decline
in GNP shares, primarily because most of the turn-
over taxes are collected in those sectors.
41
Recreation * 0.5__A MM i 7_7Q.8
lliducation 3.0 3.8
Health hi 1.6 fim 2.0mW
Science _r 1.6 fi__7_2i.0 V W
fCredit and insurance _ 0.3 0.4
Government administrative services 1.9 2.5
General agricultural programs _i0_.2V__
Forestry ___ >__ 0_.rl__MVifl77710.17?" f
State administration and the ad- 0.8 1.2
ministrative organs of social
organizations V WV W_W__WWW_W_
¢i"___W _- __._J.-3_..<>.~.4.
-
Civilian police 0.4 _ HM0.4_7i’W
Mvilitary personnel __ _ 1.8 WW1}
Other branches 0.3 0.3
Source: See text.
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