Word: importations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...terms of manpower, Yugoslav industry is now producing more expensively than the same production would cost to import. The overall effort is based on a staggering program of self-sacrifice by the Yugoslav people. Like the Russian people, they were not consulted about the desirability of making the sacrifice. Many Yugoslavs resent it. Although some new factories, schools and offices have been built, what the average worker really sees ahead is a life of slavery for which he is not even beginning to receive compensation in the form of consumer goods...
...remarkable properties of high-grade sheet mica as an insulator make it invaluable as a strategic war material, where it is essential for radio tubes, radar equipment, condensers, airplane sparkplugs. But the U.S., the world's largest user of mica, produced only 135 tons in 1948, had to import another 10,000 tons, chiefly from Brazil and India...
...second to regain its prewar productive capacity. Indonesia's biggest dollar earners-rubber, oil and copra -were coming back strongly, but the output of coffee, tea and kapok had still a long climb ahead. Before the war, Indonesia produced enough rice to supply her own needs. Now, rice imports are costing her $15 million annually. EGA has already agreed to provide $40 million in textiles, medicine and agricultural tools, and the Indonesians are hoping for another $100 million from the Export-Import Bank. All of this, however, fell short of the $200 million which was the minimum Indonesian estimate...