Year GDR productions Pharmaceuticals imported from Eastern Europe Pharmaceuticals  imported from Western countries  Total 1951 1900 NR NR 1900 1954 1511 NR NR 1511 1957 1685 NR NR 1685 1959 1680 NR NR 1680 1961 1440 NR NR 1440 1962 NA NA NA NA 1969 NA NA NA NA 1970 NA NA NA NA 1971 1397 108 17 1522 1972 1397 108 17 1522 1973 NA NA NA NA 1974 NA NA NA NA 1975 NA NA NA NA 1976 1348 148 29 1525 1977 NA NA NA NA 1979 NA NA NA NA 1980 1343 141 26 1510 1981 1367 204 249 1820 1982 NA NA NA NA 1983 NA NA NA NA 1984 NA NA NA NA 1988 1392 244 234 1870 1990 1412 232 399 2043 NR: not reported; NA: data not available

Table 1: Licensed pharmaceutical products (number) in the German Democratic Republic distributed by type of producer, listed in the national medicines compendium.