Preface -- Introduction: Agricultural Import Decision Processes in the Centrally Planned Economies -- The Effect of the U.S.-Soviet Bilateral Trade Agreement on the World Market: Implications for United States Policy -- Harvest Failures in Eastern Europe: Planners' Responses and Their Implications for World Grain Markets -- Import Response, Foreign Exchange Allocation and Inconvertibility in the Centrally Planned Economies -- The Centrally Planned Countries' Livestock Product and Feed Grain Systems -- China: An Enigma in the World Grain Trade -- Agricultural Trade Implications of COMECON 1981-1985 Plans -- Doing Business with CPEs and Marketing Strategies for Western Exporters -- Standard Contract Issued by Koospol Stating Terms to Be Met by Grain Exporter.