Vývoj cukrovarnického průmyslu v Československu v letech 1955–1970

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the development of the sugar industry in Czechoslovakia during the period from 1955 to 1970. The aim of the thesis is to verify the hypothesis that the sugar industry experienced a stable period of growth during these years. In other words, the entire sugar sector was expected to expand, including the production of its primary product. The first part of the thesis describes the development of the sugar industry in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1955. It further discusses collectivization, the functioning of industry in a planned economy, and defines the economic indicators related to national economic planning, which are used in the analytical part of the thesis. The second part includes an analysis of sugar production and the realism of plan fulfillment during the studied period. It also contains an analysis of personal consumption of sugar and confectionery, the development of sugar prices, foreign trade in sugar, and finally, Czechoslovakia's self-sufficiency in sugar production. The findings confirm the hypothesis, as the Czechoslovak sugar industry underwent a period of development during the examined years, and production of the primary product—sugar—increased, as supported by the analyzed data.