Table 1.— Free-world trade with Soviet bloc, 1948 through 1953

[In millions of United States dollars]

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953 (est.)
Free-World exports to:
Entire bloc	1,969	1,680	1,545	1,685	1,422	1,350
U.S.S.R.	533	437	301	386	481	410
European satellites	902	919	792	853	672	660
China	534	324	452	446	268	280
Free-World imports from:
Entire bloc	2,005	1,788	1,727	1,879	1,608	11,580
U.S.S.R.	492	272	252	397	462	380
European satellites	1,026	1,090	940	960	780	766
China	487	426	535	522	366	425

1 Includes $9 million imported by United States from Outer Mongolia.

• Note.—Figures unadjusted for price changes. China data since 1949 refer, so far as possible, to Mainland (Communist) China including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
• Source: Official statistics of Free-World Countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Table 2.— Exports of principal free-world countries to Soviet bloc, 1951, 1952, and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Country	Exports to world				Exports to Soviet bloc
	1951	1952	1953 as indicated		1951	1952	1953 as indicated
Anglo-Egyp. Sudan	183.5	122.6	Jan.-Dec.	127.5	0.8	0.7	Jan.-Dec.	0.1
Argentina	1,152.3	702.3	Jan.-Aug.	790.4	34.5	12.2	Jan.-Aug.	11.3
Australia	2,047.0	1,716.2	Jan.-Dec.	1,977.2	55.5	8.9	Jan.-Dec.	61.5
Austria	453.8	505.5	Jan.-Dec.	532.9	60.5	64.4	Jan.-Dec.	58.4
Belgium-Luxembourg	2,651.4	2,451.0	Jan.-Dec.	2,259.3	64.4	60.1	Jan.-Dec.	66.1
Brazil	1,757.4	1,408.8	Jan.-Nov.	1,363.7	7.9	6.5	Jan.-Nov.	10.7
Canada	3,608.0	4,396.4	Jan.-Dec.	4,184.8	.9	.6	Jan.-Dec.	.5
Ceylon	399.9	315.5	Jan.-Dee.	329.3	8.5	28.9	Jan.-Dec.	51.5
Chile	376.8	461.8	Jan.-Aug.	229.2	(1)	(1)	Jan.-Aug.	(—)
Denmark	838.8	849.1	Jan.-Dec.	893.9	40.0	33.9	Jan.-Dec.	44.3
Finland 2	866.5	717.3	Jan.-Dec.	572.0	148.4	183.5	Jan.-Dec.	179.3
France	4,240.6	4,046.9	Jan.-Dec.	4,019.4	40.5	42.1	Jan.-Dec.	63.3
French Morocco	251.9	273.8	Jan.-Dec.	268.1	3.1	1.5	Jan.-Dec.	1.9
Germany, Fed. Repub.	3,508.3	4,072.4	Jan.-Dec.	4,477.9	103.1	88.2	Jan.-Dec.	139.4
Gold Coast	255.5	241.6	Jan.-Sept.	192.4	9.6	12.0	Jan.-Sept.	8.1
Greece	101.8	119.9	Jan.-Dec.	132.0	.4	.4	Jan.-Dec.	8.3
Hong Kong	775.8	509.8	Jan.-Dec.	478.4	280.7	91.0	Jan.-Dec.	94.6
Iceland	44.6	39.3	Jan.-Dec.	43.4	3.5	2.8	Jan.-Dec.	8.6
India	1,645.8	1,299.3	Jan.-Nov.	1,001.5	30.9	12.7	Jan.-Nov.	9.2
Indonesia	1,230.7	911.1	Jan.-Dec.	819.5	2.3	9.8	Jan.-Dec.	4.5
Iran	590.6	152.4	Jan.-Dec.	125.7	22.6	25.6	Jan.-Dec.	16.6
Ireland	228.0	284.1	Jan.-Dec.	319.2	.1	(1)	Jan.-Dec	.4
Israel	44.8	34.2	Jan.-Oct.	47.7	2.1	32.1	Jan.-Oct.	1.2
Italy	1,629.3	1,382.8	Jan.-Dec.	1,488.1	65.7	58.7	Jan.-Dec.	62.7
Japan	1,354.5	1,272.9	Jan.-Dec.	1,273.6	5.8	.8	Jan.-Dec.	4.6
Malaya	1,957.1	1,239.7	Jan.-Dec.	951.1	92.9	30.3	Jan.-Dec.	35.5
Mexico	629.7	592.5	Jan.-Sept.	386.0	.6	.5	Jan.-Sept.	.2
Netherlands	1,956.1	2,113.4	Jan.-Dec.	2,021.4	40.0	36.4	Jan.-Dec.	60.8
New Zealand	694.8	674.3	Jan.-Dec.	659.7	26.1	10.0	Jan.-Dec.	14.9
Norway	620.0	565.4	Jan.-Dec.	508.6	29.2	30.0	Jan.-Dec.	32.9
Pakistan	749.8	532.5	Jan.-Dec.	438.8	72.6	119.6	Jan.-Dec.	19.8
Portugal	262.9	237.2	Jan.-Dec.	218.8	4.8	7.1	Jan.-Dec.	5.7
Spain	477.7	403.5	Jan.-Oct.	383.9	.4	.3	Jan.-Oct.	(1)
Sweden	1,178.5	1,561.1	Jan.-Dec.	1,477.0	126.7	119.0	Jan.-Dec.	69.7
Switzerland	1,082.0	1,100.1	Jan.-Dec.	1,204.3	86.0	60.4	Jan.-Dec.	60.8
Turkey	314.0	362.9	Jan.-Oct.	306.5	24.7	20.3	Jan.-Oct.	22.8
United Kingdom	7,578.3	7,541.5	Jan.-Dec.	7,524.7	119.6	155.7	Jan.-Dec.	92.7
United States	16,602.3	15,176.3	Jan.-Dec.	15,747.4	2.8	1.1	Jan.-Dec.	4.8

• 1 Less than $50,000.
• 2 Includes reparations deliveries to U.S.S.R. valued at $53,899,000 in 1951 and $35,719,000 in January-September 1952 when reparation deliveries were terminated. Also includes transfers of “former German assets” to the ceded territory of Janiskoski, valued at $15,000 in 1951.
• 3 January-September only.
• (—) None.

Note.—Soviet bloc countries are Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Zone of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, U.S.S.R., Outer Mongolia, and China (data as far as possible refer to Mainland China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia). Exports include reexports for the following countries: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Australia, Ceylon, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and United States. All other countries exclude reexports.

Source: Official trade statistics of listed countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Table 3.— Imports of principal free-world countries from the Soviet bloc, 1951, 1952, and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Country	Imports from world				Imports from Soviet bloc
	1951	1952	1953 as indicated		1951	1952	1953 as indicated
Anglo-Egyp. Sudan	120.6	175.3	Jan.-Dec.	145.5	3.5	5.2	Jan.-Dec.	3.6
Argentina	1,360.8	1,178.3	Jan.-Aug.	483.2	38.6	17.1	Jan.-Aug.	9.3
Australia	2,112.5	1,733.8	Jan.-Dec.	1,298.5	37.8	14.7	Jan.-Dec.	10.8
Austria	652.7	653.6	Jan.-Dec.	541.2	72.0	73.6	Jan.-Dec.	60.4
Belgium-Luxembourg	2,544.0	2,460.5	Jan.-Dec.	2,422.6	57.8	37.4	Jan.-Dec.	47.4
Brazil	2,010.6	2,009.5	Jan.-Nov.	1,215.8	10.3	5.9	Jan.-Nov.	8.0
Canada	3,877.1	4,120.3	Jan.-Dec.	4,449.4	8.1	8.7	Jan.-Dec.	6.0
Ceylon	327.3	357.5	Jan.-Dec.	337.6	2.4	8.0	Jan.-Dec.	45.5
Chile	329.1	371.0	Jan.-Aug.	213.7	1.8	.8	Jan.-Aug.	1.2
Denmark	1,012.5	962.1	Jan.-Dec.	1,000.3	70.7	39.2	Jan.-Dec.	40.6
Finland	676.0	791.7	Jan.-Dec.	529.8	108.2	153.5	Jan.-Dec.	182.3
France	4,614.8	4,547.3	Jan.-Dec.	4,166.1	71.1	64.2	Jan.-Dec.	56.9
French Morocco	456.2	515.8	Jan.-Dec.	490.1	15.8	8.6	Jan.-Dec.	13.2
Germany, Federal Republic	3,532.2	3,873.3	Jan.-Dec.	3,877.4	131.8	94.0	Jan.-Dec.	168.0
Gold Coast	177.3	186.4	Jan.-Sept.	143.3	2.2	1.6	Jan.-Sept.	1.5
Greece	398.4	346.3	Jan.-Dec.	294.3	.6	.6	Jan.-Dec.	3.8
Hong Kong	852.3	661.4	Jan.-Dec.	677.7	155.1	146.6	Jan.-Dec.	150.0
Iceland	56.7	55.8	Jan.-Dec.	68.2	3.9	3.7	Jan.-Dec.	6.3
India	1,767.8	1,657.0	Jan.-Nov.	1,100.6	38.4	38.8	Jan.-Nov.	6.0
Indonesia	805.3	924.0	Jan.-Dec.	753.0	6.7	5.3	Jan.-Dec.	6.9
Iran	249.1	165.2	Jan.-Dec.	152.5	23.6	27.4	Jan.-Dec.	18.3
Ireland	572.6	482.2	Jan.-Dec.	513.6	7.8	2.3	Jan.-Dec.	2.7
Israel	343.3	1280.3	Jan.-Oct.	233.7	10.5	14.8	Jan.-Oct.	2.1
Italy	2,118.7	2,313.3	Jan.-Dec.	2,395.1	80.0	86.4	Jan.-Dec.	53.8
Japan	1,940.9	2,028.2	Jan.-Dec.	2,409.5	23.1	17.9	Jan.-Dec.	37.8
Malaya	1,542.1	1,256.9	Jan.-Dec.	1,054.4	46.7	42.5	Jan.-Dec.	40.3
Mexico	783.0	739.2	Jan.-Sept.	539.1	2.1	1.5	Jan.-Sept.	.8
Netherlands	2,561.3	2,257.2	Jan.-Dec.	2,354.3	66.9	59.3	Jan.-Dec.	68.6
New Zealand	578.3	644.2	Jan.-Dec.	457.8	2.9	2.3	Jan.-Dec.	1.9
Norway	877.3	872.7	Jan.-Dec.	912.0	29.4	35.3	Jan.-Dec.	43.9
Pakistan	519.9	609.7	Jan.-Dec.	350.2	24.6	8.6	Jan.-Dec.	4.2
Portugal	329.4	346.6	Jan.-Dec.	330.6	1.8	.8	Jan.-Dec.	.9
Spain	387.0	518.5	Jan.-Oct.	481.2	.4	.2	Jan.-Oct.	(2)
Sweden	1,775.2	1,727.2	Jan.-Dec.	1,577.0	137.0	108.4	Jan.-Dec.	61.4
Switzerland	1,364.4	1,205.9	Jan.-Dec.	1,182.8	57.4	45.4	Jan.-Dec.	50.7
Taiwan	85.8	113.0	Jan.-Dec.	105.8	6.8	9.7	Jan.-Dec.	5.8
Turkey	402.0	555.9	Jan.-Oct.	428.8	20.0	20.6	Jan.-Oct.	22.8
United Kingdom	10,959.8	9,748.2	Jan.-Dec.	9,365.7	287.8	243.3	Jan.-Dec.	235.6
United States	10,967.4	10,716.8	Jan.-Dec.	10,873.7	110.3	67.3	Jan.-Dec.	45.6

• 1 January-September only.
• 2 Less than $50,000.

Note.—Soviet Bloc countries are Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Zone of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, U.S.S.R., Outer Mongolia, and China (data as far as possible refer to Mainland China including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia).

Source: Official trade statistics of listed countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Table 4.— Free-world exports to the Soviet bloc, monthly, 1952 and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Month	Total Soviet bloc	European Satellites	U.S.S.R.	China
1952:
January	107.8	58.7	39.1	10.0
February	121.4	51.3	48.9	21.2
March	129.2	67.8	53.4	8.0
April	114.8	53.1	40.7	21.0
May	139.4	52.4	52.5	34.5
June	109.4	56.1	30.7	22.6
July	118.0	53.5	39.2	25.3
August	125.4	53.2	39.3	32.9
September	89.5	45.6	23.9	20.0
October	104.6	50.4	34.6	19.6
November	120.4	55.7	40.1	24.6
December	139.3	72.5	38.0	28.8
1953:
January	119.3	54.9	25.9	38.5
February	97.1	48.6	23.5	25.0
March	123.9	61.2	33.3	29.4
April	110.9	53.2	26.8	30.9
May	88.4	43.4	25.8	19.2
June	100.9	51.9	27.2	21.8
July	104.4	55.2	30.7	18.5
August	113.2	56.1	37.8	19.3
September	90.3	47.7	30.0	12.6
October	118.4	50.7	46.8	20.9
November	140.3	67.0	50.6	22.5
December	144.4	68.7	53.2	22.2

• Note. — Monthly data are preliminary and unrevised. Therefore, they will not add exactly to annual world totals. China data refer, wherever possible, to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
• Source: Official trade statistics of the free world, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Table 5.— Free world imports from the Soviet bloc, monthly, 1952 and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Month	Total Soviet bloc	European Satellites	U.S.S.R.	China
1952:
January	153.8	76.0	43.7	34.1
February	145.2	66.0	45.6	33.6
March	138.5	68.0	44.5	26.0
April	148.3	63.0	53.5	31.8
May	133.4	60.6	47.3	25.5
June	114.0	58.7	35.0	20.3
July	125.0	66.9	28.7	29.4
August	122.1	62.7	30.0	29.4
September	120.6	56.7	31.9	32.0
October	124.0	59.7	35.6	28.7
November	135.3	65.2	35.7	34.4
December	145.7	74.8	30.5	40.4
1953:
January	135.4	67.8	30.9	36.1
February	103.2	51.3	16.8	34.3
March	115.8	59.6	19.5	36.2
April	139.9	74.3	24.2	40.2
May	127.6	61.6	25.0	40.5
June	132.0	63.3	29.3	39.2
July	124.6	62.2	29.5	32.6
August	135.3	58.4	44.9	30.5
September	141.3	65.2	37.5	38.1
October	147.2	71.5	40.8	33.7
November	129.7	67.6	34.9	26.8
December	146.2	63.7	44.3	37.3

• Note. — Monthly data are preliminary and unrevised. Therefore, they will not add exactly to annual world totals. China data refer, wherever possible, to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. In 1952 United States statistics included Outer Mongolia with China, where it is shown above. In 1953 United States trade with Outer Mongolia was separately available; it is therefore included in the total bloc column above, but not with China. United States monthly 1953 imports from Outer Mongolia were as follows in thousands of dollars: January, 647; February, 800; March, 517; April 1,185; May, 474; June, 228; July, 287; August, 1,492; September, 526; October, 1,243; November, 357; December, 902.
• Source: Official trade statistics of the free world, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.

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Table 6.— Free-world exports to Communist China, semiannual, 1952 and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Country	First half 1952	Second half 1952	First half 1953	Second half 1953	Major items in 1953
Freeworldexports,total	112.8	143.7	158.9	1111.1
Hong Kong	29.1	61.9	63.7	30.9	Medicine, dyestuffs, fertilizers, machinery.
Ceylon	12.5	13.5	25.0	25.9	Rubber, coconut oil.
West Germany	.2	2.6	13.7	11.3	Iron and steel, scientific instruments, electrical machinery.
United Kingdom	1.9	10.9	8.7	8.8	Wool tops, mechanical handling equipment, sodium compounds, piece goods, ammonium sulphate, textile machinery.
Egypt	2.5	6.4	4.9	5.5	Cotton.
Switzerland	2.5	3.5	10.0	5.5	Watches, coal tar dyes, indigo.
Finland	.1	6.5	1.0	4.4	Paper, cellulose, copper semi-manufactures.
Australia	.2	.4	1.4	3.9	Greasy wool, wool tops.
Pakistan	54.5	29.4	3.6	3.7	Cotton.
France	.9	2.4	9.7	2.7	Iron and steel, machine tools, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Japan	.3	.2	2.3	2.2	Textile machinery, seaweed, superphosphates, medicines.
Netherlands	(4)	(4)	2.6	1.3	Ammonium sulphate.
Italy	2.1	1.5	3.9	.8	Chemical fertilizer, artificial yarn, woolen blankets.
Sweden	.2	.4	2.3	.4	Paper and paper manufactures.
India	5.2	1.3	2.2	2.2	Jute bags.
Belgium-Luxembourg	.3	.3	1.3	.1	Ammonium sulphate and sulfonitrate.
Norway	(4)	1.7	.9	(4)	Paper.
Other	.3	.8	1.7	(3)

• 1 Estimate.
• 2 July-November only.
• 3 Not available.
• 4 Less than $50,000.

• Note. — Totals and Swiss data are adjusted to exclude those watches known to be destined for Hong Kong and Malaya. 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.

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Table 7.— Free-world imports from Communist China, semiannual, 1952 and 1953

[In millions of U. S. dollars]

Country	First half 1952	Second half 1952	First half 1953	Second half 1953	Major items in 1953
Freeworldimports,total	171.2	194.6	226.6	1198.4
Hong Kong	60.7	84.6	84.9	65.1	Fruits and vegetables, textiles, vegetable oils, pigs and poultry, eggs, plants and seeds.
Ceylon	.3	6.6	22.1	21.8	Rice.
West Germany	8.2	9.4	14.8	18.5	Oilseeds, vegetable oils, eggs.
Japan	5.6	9.3	12.6	17.1	Oilseeds, cashmere, wool, raw silk, pulses.
United Kingdom	5.0	3.4	12.0	16.8	Eggs, hair, oilseeds.
Malaya	21.0	18.5	20.3	14.1	Fruits and vegetable, eggs, plants and seeds, paper and manufactures, animal feeding stuffs.
Switzerland	3.5	6.4	8.1	8.0	Oilseeds, raw silk, silk fabrics.
France	3.1	2.5	5.2	5.8	Textile yarn and fibers, grains, bristles, casings, essential oils.
Netherlands	2.8	2.1	11.8	3.4	Oilseeds.
Belgium-Luxembourg	2.5	2.2	4.2	3.1	Oilseeds, vegetable oils.
Italy	.9	1.2	4.3	3.1	Fats and oils, oilseeds.
Taiwan	4.5	5.2	2.9	2.8	Pulses, medicinal substances, vegetables.
Norway	1.0	2.2	.8	2.8	Oilseeds, copra, tung oil.
French Morocco	4.0	1.5	4.7	2.5	Green tea.
Australia	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.4	Inedible animal products, oils, peanuts.
Pakistan	1.4	1.2	.8	2.2	Cotton twist and yarn.
Indonesia	.9	1.0	.7	1.5	Vegetables, plants and seeds, resin.
United States	22.6	5.1	.2	.4	Feathers, bristles, furskins, art works and antiques.
Canada	1.1	.2	.7	.4	Walnuts and peanuts.
Philippines	1.4	1.8	1.3	2.4	Food, cotton and manufactures, coffee.
India	10.2	22.2	1.4	2.4	Rice.
Denmark	(3)	(3)	2.1	(none)	Oilseeds, feedstuffs.
Indochina	3.3	4.0	43.4	(5)	Not available.
Burma	2.2	.2	.2	(5)	Garlic, raw silk and yarn, cotton yarn.
Other	2.7	2.6	5.2	(5)

• 1 Estimate.
• 2 Figures for the second half of 1953 are incomplete as follows: Philippines, July-November: India, July-November.
• 3 Less than $50,000.
• 4 January-May only.
• 5 Not available.

• 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.

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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
	11937	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{	224,605	3614
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.

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