- Note.—So far as possible, data refer to Mainland Communist China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
- Source: Official trade statistics of free world countries, compiled by U. S. Department of commerce.
Table 8.—United States trade with the Soviet-bloc countries, 1937, 1948, 1952, and 1953
[In thousands of dollars]
| Country | Exports, including reexports | General imports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1]1937 | 1948 | 1952 | 1953 | 1937 | 1948 | 1952 | 1953 | |
| Total Soviet bloc | 143,892 | 396,641 | 1,097 | 1,776 | 206,506 | 233,482 | 67,311 | 45,597 |
| Bloc in Europe | 94,189 | 123,241 | 1,097 | 1,776 | 102,884 | 113,138 | 39,586 | 36,325 |
| Albania | 147 | 344 | 1 | 2 | 137 | ---- | 52 | 65 |
| Bulgaria | 490 | 2,086 | 24 | 5 | 1,862 | 831 | 275 | 358 |
| Czechoslovakia | 13,233 | 21,563 | 75 | 40 | 37,183 | 22,125 | 1,477 | 2,262 |
| East Germany | n.s.s. | n.s.s. | 622 | 1,079 | n.s.s. | n.s.s. | 7,118 | 6,465 |
| Estonia | 1,244 | 7 | ------ | ------ | 937 | ([X]) | ------ | ------ |
| Hungary | 693 | 8,029 | 69 | 2 | 5,512 | 1,613 | 2,913 | 1,717 |
| Latvia | 1,744 | 1 | ------ | ------ | 767 | 6 | ------ | ------ |
| Lithuania | 511 | 115 | ------ | ------ | 1,172 | 10 | 1 | ------ |
| Poland and Danzig | 26,297 | 55,675 | 286 | 622 | 19,568 | 1,249 | 10,247 | 14,295 |
| Rumania | 6,938 | 7,542 | ------ | 7 | 4,978 | 480 | 683 | 372 |
| U.S.S.R. | 42,892 | 27,879 | 20 | 19 | 30,768 | 86,825 | 16,818 | 10,791 |
| bloc in asia | ||||||||
| China (including Manchuria) | } 49,703 | 273,400 | ------ | ------ | 103,622 | 120,343{ | [2]24,605 | [3]614 |
| Outer Mongolia [4] | 3,120 | 8,658 | ||||||
| North Korea | n. s. s. | n. s. s. | ------ | ------ | n. s. s. | n. s. s. | ------ | ------ |
- [1] Data represent direct shipments only, which in prewar years greatly understated the trade with central European countries; for a total of direct and indirect imports of United States merchandise see foreign country statistics.
- [2] Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed for import.
- [3] Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed for import in 1952 but not actually imported until 1953, and Chinese material located in free countries before 1950 and purchased in those countries by Americans.
- [4] United States does not consider Outer Mongolia as a part of Communist China; traditionally for statistical purposes Outer Mongolia has been included with China; separate figures for this area have been compiled by Census only since January 1953. The 1952 breakdown is estimated.
- ([X]) Less than $500.
- n.s.s. Not shown separately.
- Source: U. S. Department of Commerce.
- Rows of dashes: )----) mean nothing shipped.