USSR: Measures of Economic Growth and Development, 1950-80

Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421 retail sales data but not in the reported sales ot'the services. A com- parison of the reported sales of these two items with and without materials {Nnrkhoz I968, p. 664; and Narkhoz I969, p. 660) shows that materials are roughly one-half of total sales. The value of productive services included in retail sales is derived in the following tabulation: Producer goods sold to farm house- holds 0.462 0.462 Billion Rubles Total productive services 3.9259 Shoe repair 0.3499 Repair and tailoring of clothing Processing expenses 2.0902 1.0451 Con- struction materi- als sold to house- holds Kerosene 1.221 0.131 1.221 0.131 Materials 1.0451 Film rentals 0.195 01195 Repair of knitwear 0.2404 Processing expenses 0.1202 Materials 0.1202 Repair of durables 0.4428 Furniture repair 0.1006 Dry cleaning 0.0951 Laundries 0.1647 Photo services 0.1491 Commis- sion sales and sales to rental agencies 01699 0.140 0.559 Business travel expendi- tures 0.301 0.301 Other productive services 0.2931 Retail sales to households of goods for consumption are divided among food, soft goods, and durables in the tabulation below: Billion Rubles Total Food Soft Durables Other and Equals: Salesto 141.096 84.104 42.734 14.258 Goods Uniden- tified Total state 155.208 88.948 45.092 14.856 and oooper- ative retail sales. includ- ing commis- sion sales 6.312 Services included in retail sales 3.926 3.087 0.839 U n iden- tified re- tail sales -2.052 -2.053 4.105 house- holds of goods for con- sump- tion \ Less: Sales to in- 7.177 4.543 1.052 1.253 0.329 stitutions 131 Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421