It is impossible to verify who precisely is driving the demand for Chinese consumer goods.
To protect themselves, producers of consumer goods plaster their packages with warnings about every conceivable mishap.
The government blames growth of consumer goods output as a primary cause of inflation.
Retailers and consumer goods companies dominate the top ten list of corporate giving, perhaps not surprisingly.
Since September 1999, for example, domestic shipments of consumer goods have risen by over 6%.
To the contrary, if anything, the unavailability of basic consumer goods is worse than ever.
But it is not just consumer goods that have been the targets of hagglers.
Africans are emerging from a subsistence economy and have a craving for consumer goods.
Most goods brought into the U.S. from China are low-end consumer goods, such as textile products.
Helen of Troy ( HELE) is a brand-name consumer goods manufacturing and marketing company.
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Consumer-goods orders fell 1.9%, with consumer durable goods orders falling 0.7% and non-durables down 2.2%.
Infrastructure and high tech will get the nod, while consumer goods may get the axe.
Recovery will lead to rising demand for new cars and other high-ticket consumer goods.
These markets are intrinsically price-sensitive, especially when it comes to fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs).
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But many firms, especially makers of cars and consumer goods, are laying off workers.
The price of consumer goods is currently falling, and inflation overall is hovering around zero.
Instead of hoarding consumer goods and raw materials, people started trying to sell them.
North Korean traders returning from China stock up on clothes, secondhand sewing machines and consumer goods.
Imports of foreign consumer goods grew rapidly in both 1995 (27%) and 1996 (21%).
Innovations likewise blossomed in consumer goods and services such as soap, photography, shaving and entertainment.
Foreign firms, even in infrastructure and consumer goods, also hold back, unsure of the politics.
Indeed, why not borrow for a better house or consumer goods and pay from stockmarket gains?
He says they come carrying raw materials and go back loaded with consumer goods.
The restrictions once were far more stifling, with rationing of virtually all food and consumer goods.
Prices of finished consumer goods were up 0.8% after having been unchanged in April.
Right now, important new products in chips, communications, computing and consumer goods are on the drawing board.
China envisages exporting consumer goods aboard container ships to Europe and receiving LNG cargoes via the NSR.
He is also well aware that we live on a planet full to bursting with consumer goods.
As foreign consumer goods flow in, and dollars flow out, a lid is kept on domestic prices.
Almost all consumer goods are imported, with Venezuela, the US, Europe and Japan being the main suppliers.
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