The Communist Foreign Trade System

The Other Common Market

Frederic L. Pryor

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781041329985
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040937198
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Comparative Economics
• Index: Economics

Originally published in 1963 but with lasting historical interest, this book was based on extensive research including many personal interviews with foreign trade officials and economists in communist East Berlin. It surveys the extent of economic integration between the European communist nations during the middle of the 20th century and pays particular attention to the problems of economic planning and decision making. The changing pattern of economic exploitation is revealed by the scrutiny of the foreign trade prices of these nations and the author also examines the economic motives behind the geographical pattern of trade.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• List of Abbreviations
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• I. The Role of Foreign Trade
• II. Problems of Planning and Organization
• III. Reforms in the Foreign Trade System
• IV. Criteria for Decision-Making
• V. The Price Setting Process
• VI. The Choice of Trade Partners
• VII. Mechanisms in Intra-Bloc Foreign Trade
• VIII. The Future of Communist Trade
• Appendix A: Price Agreement between USSR and DDR
• Appendix B: A Brief Survey of Exchange Rates of the European Communist Nations
• Appendix C: The ‘Foreign Trade Monopoly’ of the ddr
• Appendix D: Standing Commissions of the CMEA
• Appendix E: CMEA Specialization Agreements
• Appendix F: A Traditional Foreign Trade Mechanism and Trade of a Bloc Nation
• Statistical Appendix A: Foreign Trade Price Data
• Statistical Appendix B
• Selected Bibliography
• Index