Birth and function of foreign trade monopoly for textile goods

This work treats of Centrotex Society in the interval from its creation in 1948 until realisation of Rozsypal's economic reform in 1958. Centrotex Society is an example of a company of a foreign trade in the era of central planned economy, which was being functional during a communist regime between 1948 and 1989. In my diploma theses I intended to explain commercial activities of Centrotex Society in this period, changes of its commercial strategy and reforms which it passed through. Centrotex Society was founded in 1948 after nationalization of foreign trade, it dealed with textile raw materials and products. In the sphere of textile raw materials it focused especially on import because in Czechoslovakia there were not (except for flax) suitable conditions for their production. On the other hand, in the sphere of textile products the primary function of Centrotex Society was their export which brought foreign currency to Czechoslovakia. The break of 1940s and 1950s could be called "an era of founding". This period is defined by searching the most suitable way of organising a foreign trade company, which meant often changes of plans and even organizational structure of the company. The situation was also complicated because of the atmosphere of stalinism. It caused that nobody was brave enough to call the..