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pert opinion. Losses between 1939 and 1945
sizable program of public expenditures for re-
ran from 20 percent to 70 percent, varying in
construction and modernization resulted in
type of vessel. The task of replacing war
total production in 1948 exceeding that of the
losses and obsolescent vessels has been largely
base prewar year of 1938 by 9 percent. A fea-
completed, thus assuring revival of the indus-
ture of this increased production was the ex-
try by 1950 to its prewar level of strength and
panded output of capital goods in response to
efficiency.
France's investment effort. Postwar indus-
trial goals were originally charted in the Mon-
b. Industry.
net Plan (1946), and have now been adjusted
France's industry is well diversified, but has
and incorporated in the Long Term Program.
not attained the advanced degree of mechani-
This plan comprises both investment and spe-
zation characteristic of the leading industrial-
cific industrial production targets. The lat-
ized countries of the world. Handicraft pro-
ter are indicated in the Table below.
duction yielded ground relatively slowly to
To achieve the difficult targets indicated in
mass production during the years between the
the Table below, France will not only have to
World Wars. During those years, too, and
enjoy freedom from major Communist-led
particularly after 1930, France's economic
strikes, but will have to increase substantially
growth lagged markedly. Postwar planning
man-hour productivity-one-third over 1948
has been directed towards a rapid recovery of
and 16 percent over 1938.
both agricultural and industrial production in
(1) Coal.
addition to modernization and re-equipment
France has traditionally been deficient in
necessary because of long-term prewar de-
coal. Average production during the 1930's
terioration. (See Table below.)
was about 46 million metric tons annually, and
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
some 25 million tons were imported. About
1938=100
70 percent of the domestically mined coal
comes from the fields of the Pas de Calais,
1939
114
1945
48
Nord, and Lorraine; the remainder from the
1941
65
1946
84
fields in the Loire and Provence basins. Pro-
1942
59
1947
99
duction levels of 1938 were exceeded in 1946,
1943
54
1948
113
and probably would have been surpassed in
1944
41
1949
127*
1947 had not major Communist-led mine
strikes hampered output. This respectable
* Average for first 6 months.
record was achieved only by the utilization of
As the post-VE-Day bottlenecks of trans-
a labor force substantially larger than that
portation and coal were gradually broken, the
of prewar days. Output per man-shift, how-
METROPOLITAN FRANCE
INDUSTRY
1938
1949*
1952-53
(Program)
Coal-France, millions metric tons
47.6
53.8
60.
Coal-Saar, millions metric tons
14.4
13.8
17.
Electricity, billions KWH
18.6
27.9
40.
Petroleum Products, millions metric tons
6.
10.4
18.
Crude Steel-France, millions metric tons
6.2
9.2
12.5
Crude Steel-Saar, millions metric tons
2.5
1.7
1.8
Lead (metal), thousand metric tons
43.6
56.8
60.
Aluminum, thousand metric tons
45.3
49.4
105.
Artificial fibers, thousand metric tons
34.
86.5
150.
Nitrogenous fertilizers, thousand metric tons
177.
208.6
350.
* First six months at annual rate.
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