This is a statistical handbook of data about COMECON, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance whose members include Bulgaria, CSSR, GDR, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the USSR. It includes details on population, trade, finance, energy, living standards and national product.

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Part 1 Main indicators and population: for the CMEA region; population - Bulgaria, CSSR, GDR, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR. Part 2 Production - sources and distribution: national product; employment and wages by sectors of the economy; gross investment and gross fixed assets by economic sectors; industrial sector; agriculture. Part 3 Consumption and the standard of living: consumption and retail trade turnover; incomes and prices; per capita consumption of staple foods and beverages; socio-economic indicators. Part 4 Foreign trade: exports and imports of CMEA countries; exports and imports of CMEA countries by regions and by commodity groups; CMEA foreign trade with the industrial West. Part 4 Finance: State revenue and expenditure; credits to enterprises, institutions and private households; private savings deposits; money in circulation. Part 5 Energy: conversion factors; resources and consumption; production in natural units; production, net imports and consumption; imports and exports in natural units; Western energy imports and exports from CMEA.