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The Post-war Economy in Koper:
Development Plans for the Port Industrial
Activities, with an Emphasis on the Oil Sector
Deborah Rogoznica
Regional Archive in Koper
Industrialization and perspectives for oil economy development
in the Koper district after the Second World War
Starting in 1953, a period of rapid economic growth began in Yugoslavia.
By 1960, its social product growth was among the largest in the world. As
production, exports, labour productivity, and living standards increased
significantly during this period, Yugoslavia began to be ranked among
the middle-developed countries (Prinčič 2005, 1019). After the settlement
of the territorial dispute with Italy, the Koper area was gradually eco-
nomically integrated within Yugoslavia (Rogoznica 2011, 292–8). The rap-
id rise of industrial activity in the coastal municipalities of Koper, Izola,
and Piran after 1954 is clearly evidenced by data on investment growth
in the industrial sector, which amounted to 2 billion 256 million dinars
in 1954–1956, and 6 billion 527 million dinars in 1956–1961. The number
of industrial employees increased by as much as 83%, from 3,098 units in
1953 to 5,673 in 1961. The share of the national income coming from in-
dustrial activities increased from 1 billion 187 million dinars in 1954 to
7 billion 208 million in 1961, equal to a 522% increase.1 With the acceler-
1 During the post-war period, completely new metal-processing industrial plants
were established: Tomos in Koper, Lama in Dekani, Mehanotehnika in Izola, the
Stil furniture factory and Iplas plastic factory in Koper, an electrical materials fac-
tory, and then a metal haberdashery in Šmarje. The fish-processing industries Iris
(ex Ampelea), Argo (ex Arrigoni), Ikra (ex Delanglande) merged in 1959 into a large
food industry, named Delamaris; PAK, 712.1, t. e. 214.4, Skupščina občine Kop-
er, Urbanistični program slovenske obale, Investbiro Koper, 1966, Izdala Skupšči-
na občin Koper, Izola in Piran – Tiskalo Časopisno založniško podjetje ‘Primorski
tisk’ v Kopru 1966, 46.
Mellinato, Giulio, Aleksander Panjek, eds. 2022. Complex Gateways. Labour and Urban History of Maritime
Port Cities: The Northern Adriatic in a Comparative Perspective.
Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem. https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-191-9.133-150
133
The Post-war Economy in Koper:
Development Plans for the Port Industrial
Activities, with an Emphasis on the Oil Sector
Deborah Rogoznica
Regional Archive in Koper
Industrialization and perspectives for oil economy development
in the Koper district after the Second World War
Starting in 1953, a period of rapid economic growth began in Yugoslavia.
By 1960, its social product growth was among the largest in the world. As
production, exports, labour productivity, and living standards increased
significantly during this period, Yugoslavia began to be ranked among
the middle-developed countries (Prinčič 2005, 1019). After the settlement
of the territorial dispute with Italy, the Koper area was gradually eco-
nomically integrated within Yugoslavia (Rogoznica 2011, 292–8). The rap-
id rise of industrial activity in the coastal municipalities of Koper, Izola,
and Piran after 1954 is clearly evidenced by data on investment growth
in the industrial sector, which amounted to 2 billion 256 million dinars
in 1954–1956, and 6 billion 527 million dinars in 1956–1961. The number
of industrial employees increased by as much as 83%, from 3,098 units in
1953 to 5,673 in 1961. The share of the national income coming from in-
dustrial activities increased from 1 billion 187 million dinars in 1954 to
7 billion 208 million in 1961, equal to a 522% increase.1 With the acceler-
1 During the post-war period, completely new metal-processing industrial plants
were established: Tomos in Koper, Lama in Dekani, Mehanotehnika in Izola, the
Stil furniture factory and Iplas plastic factory in Koper, an electrical materials fac-
tory, and then a metal haberdashery in Šmarje. The fish-processing industries Iris
(ex Ampelea), Argo (ex Arrigoni), Ikra (ex Delanglande) merged in 1959 into a large
food industry, named Delamaris; PAK, 712.1, t. e. 214.4, Skupščina občine Kop-
er, Urbanistični program slovenske obale, Investbiro Koper, 1966, Izdala Skupšči-
na občin Koper, Izola in Piran – Tiskalo Časopisno založniško podjetje ‘Primorski
tisk’ v Kopru 1966, 46.
Mellinato, Giulio, Aleksander Panjek, eds. 2022. Complex Gateways. Labour and Urban History of Maritime
Port Cities: The Northern Adriatic in a Comparative Perspective.
Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem. https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-191-9.133-150
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