port issued by the special plenum on living conditions held by
the Central Committee in December 1972, a comparison was made of actual
consumption in 1970, desired consumption levels during the next decade,
and consumption standards developed by government scientific institutes.
In most cases the actual levels were far below the standards (see table
4).

_Table 4. Bulgaria, Actual and Desired Annual Consumption Levels_

-----------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
| | Consumption Levels
| |--------+---------------+----------
| | | Desired |
Item | Measure | Actual |-------+-------+Scientific
| | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | Norms*
-----------------+--------------------+--------+-------+-------+----------
Meat and meat | | | | |
products | pounds per capita | 91.3 | 121.3 | 165.4 | 176.4
Fish | do | 12.1 | 17.6 | 22.0 | 22.0
Milk and milk | | | | |
products | do | 335.4 | 432.2 | 551.3 | 573.3
Vegetable oils | do | 27.6 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 28.7
Flour and flour | | | | |
products | do | 376.1 | 401.3 | 330.7 | 221.0
Sugar | do | 72.5 | 81.6 | 79.4 | 70.6
Vegetables | do | 196.0 | 299.9 | 352.8 | 396.9
Fruits | do | 326.8 | 394.7 | 442.0 | 442.0
Eggs | number per capita | 122.0 | 159.0 | 250.0 | 265.0
Cotton fabrics | feet per capita | 72.8 | 81.0 | 108.2 | 118.0
Wool fabrics | do | 12.5 | 15.4 | 19.7 | 23.0
Shoes | pairs per capita | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.0
Radio sets | per 100 households | 100.8 | 104.0 | 110.0 | 130.0
Television sets | do | 42.0 | 53.0 | 80.0 | 105.0
Telephones | do | 7.0 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 50.0
Washing machines | do | 50.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 70.0
Refrigerators | do | 29.0 | 59.0 | 90.0 | 100.0
Automobiles | do | 6.0 | 13.5 | 30.0 | 40.