Romania: Internal Economic Situation in Romania

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal economic situation in Romania. The documents cover the results of the economic plan for 1980; reports of the progress of the economic plan for 1981; and the publication of the five-year plan for 1981–1985, with details of plans for economic and social development, and for the agriculture and food industry. Other documents in the file include assessments of Romania's hard-currency indebtedness; the growing reluctance of Western banks to offer credit to Romania; and the issue of overdue payments to businesses exporting to Romania. The file also covers growing food shortages in the country; the rationing of bread and flour in Romania; a new Romanian decree on food-hoarding; Romanian moves to conserve energy; Romania's attempts to source indigenous supplies of energy and raw materials; and detailed statistics on Romania's foreign trade.