Source
Regional Breakdown of GDR Foreign
Trade
(Percentages)
Imports: Five-Year Average
Country or country | 1956–60 | 1961–65 | 1966–71 | 1971–75 | 1976–80 | 1981–85 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist countries | 72.7 | 75.9 | 72.2 | 64.9 | 65.9 | 66.9 |
of these: | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
COMECON | 65.4 | 71.6 | 68.4 | 62.1 | 62.8 | 64.1 |
USSR | 43.6 | 47.5 | 42.3 | 33.9 | 35.2 | 40.4 |
Remaining | 21.8 | 24.1 | 26.1 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 23.7 |
Western
industrial | 23.3 | 20.1 | 23.9 | 30.9 | 29.0 | 28.9 |
Developing | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
Exports: Five-Year Average
Country or country | 1956–60 | 1961–65 | 1966–71 | 1971–75 | 1976–80 | 1981–85 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist countries | 75.9 | 76.9 | 74.6 | 72.7 | 72.6 | 64.9 |
of these: | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
COMECON | 68.3 | 72.9 | 69.3 | 68.9 | 68.9 | 62.3 |
USSR | 43.0 | 44.7 | 39.9 | 36.6 | 35.2 | 36.2 |
Remaining | 25.3 | 28.2 | 29.5 | 32.3 | 33.7 | 26.1 |
Western
industrial | 20.3 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 29.3 |
Developing | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
Source: Bundesministerium für Innerdeutsche Beziehungen, ed., Materialien zum Bericht zur Lage der Nation im geteilten Deutschland. Bonn, 1987, p. 607.