Report Analyses Inability to Complete in Other Markets Reasons for the failure of the Chinese match industry to compete in foreign markets and suggestions for improvement were contained in a eiailed report from. the Chinese (Consulate in Wellington, New Zealand, fo the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, according to the Central News. "The report was made 9 result of an-extensive invagtlgation into the match market In New Zealand recently conducted by the Consulate, 'Apart from China, according to the report, match producing countries in the world include Belgium, England, Finland, Sweden, Japan, and Soviet Russia,' Each box of matches from, these countries contains less than 60 sticks, the quality of which is hard and riot brittle, China's prodvetion, however, has a greater number of sticks in a box, but the word Is brittle, the report says.
Owing to the inadequate combina-ion of the chemicals, the note con-Uinues, Chinese matches are nol. combustible as foreign-made matches, and their combustion doos not last as long either,
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