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| 3. Metals and minerals | 12 |
| a. Ferrous metals | 13 |
| b. Nonferrous metals | 14 |
| 4. Manufacturing and construction | 15 |
| a. Metal products | 17 |
| b. Chemicals | 18 |
| c. Light industry (including textiles) | 19 |
| d. Agricultural processing | 19 |
| e. Construction | 20 |
| 5. Domestic trade | 21 |
| C. Policy and development | 24 |
| 1. Policy | 24 |
| 2. Development | 25 |
| 3. Government finance | 26 |
| D. International economic relations | 28 |
| 1. Foreign trade | 28 |
| a. Policy | 28 |
| b. Volume and direction | 30 |
| c. Commodity composition | 31 |
| 2. Balance of payments | 31 |
| Glossary | 33 |
| Fig. 1 Growth of GNP and industrial and agricultural production (chart) | 2 |
| Fig. 2 Gross fixed capital investment (chart) | 2 |
| Fig. 3 GNP, by sector of origin (chart) | 3 |
| Fig. 4 Supply position of basic materials (table) | 4 |
| Fig. 5 Grain harvesting (photo) | 5 |
| Fig. 6 Land use (chart) | 5 |
| Fig. 7 Land use pattern (map) | 6 |
| Fig. 8 Principal agricultural and animal products (table) | 7 |
| Fig. 9 Livestock numbers (table) | 7 |
| Fig. 10 Agricultural collectivization (table) | 8 |
| Fig. 11 Industrial concentrations (map) | 8 |
| Fig. 12 Fuels and electric power (table) | 9 |
| Fig. 13 Electric power consumption (table) | 11 |
| Fig. 14 Luebbenau powerplants (photo) | 12 |
| Fig. 15 Saalfeld Hohenwarte powerplant (photo) | 12 |
| Fig. 16 Output of metals, minerals, and construction materials (table) | 13 |
| Fig. 17 Distribution of industrial production (table) | 15 |
| Fig. 18 Distribution of industrial employment (table) | 16 |
| Fig. 19 Output of machinery and equipment (table) | 17 |
| Fig. 20 Shipbuilding (photo) | 18 |
| Fig. 21 Tractor plant (photo) | 18 |
| Fig. 22 Output of chemicals and rubber (table) | 19 |
| Fig. 23 Output of light industry products (table) | 20 |
| Fig. 24 Large-unit construction (photo) | 21 |
| Fig. 25 Growth of retail sales (table) | 22 |
| Fig. 26 Retail trade in commodity groups (table) | 23 |
| Fig. 27 Composition of retail sales (table) | 23 |
| Fig. 28 Consolidated state budgets (table) | 28 |
| Fig. 29 Value of foreign trade (table) | 30 |
| Fig. 30 Geographic distribution of foreign trade (chart) | 30 |
| Fig. 31 Commodity composition of imports and exports (table) | 31 |
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