china imetumaliza

when I was in primary, many decades ago, the teacher organized a trip for us to PanPaper. I still remember the rotten eggs smell and touching a very big roll of very fine paper that we were told was usually for printing bibles. Its strange we are here now.

on toothpicks, Sunny Bindra did an article a few years back arguing that toothpicks while small items are actually very complex to manufacture

But all those other items you've mentioned? Why would any govt put obstacles for manufacturers?

Because guys in govt only care about collecting kickbacks. Nothing about policy and creating a good business environment that would enable industries to thrive.This means whenever you go shopping, you'll most likely foreign products.I recently bought Egyptian made towel and toothpick made in China. Not that I "love" buying foreign items but that's what's available in every mall you walk into.

Yesterday i was at the supermarket looking for printing paper. And the paper in stock was from Egypt (do they have any forests?), brazil, portugal and indonesia. I believe if panpaper mills was just to concentrate in making printing paper then they can make money. They could also export to our neighbours.