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Different parts of the country are producing consumer goods which preserve the features of their regions.

The Yomju County Daily Necessities Factory produces various kinds of stone craftworks by using black stones, known as the rare of the locality from olden times. The factory effectively organizes technical study to improve the technical knowledge and skills of the members of the stone craftwork workteam, holds the presentation of conceptions on a regular basis to increase the variety of products and puts in efforts to improve their quality. Thus the demand for the stone craftworks produced by the factory is on the increase day after day.

The Kilju and Orang county daily necessities factories and other regional-industry factories in North Hamgyong Province utilize raw and other materials in the region to produce diverse products including soap, shampoo, rinse and bedclothes chest.

Processed marine products, drinks, soap and garments produced by regional-industry factories in Onchon and Ryonggang counties of Nampho Municipality are popular with the local people as they preserve well the features unique to their regions. The Kangson Vinyl Sheet Factory and Kangso District Consumer Goods Cooperative Production Station produce various kinds of plastic goods, garments and playthings by putting efforts into improving the quality of products and recycling materials. Consumer goods production units in Taean District and the Taean Friendship Glass Factory turn out quilts and glassware that suit the taste of the people and are convenient to use by directing efforts to diversifying products in terms of kind and shape and improving the qualitative indexes.

North Hwanghae Province is consistently conducting the work for improving the quality of consumer goods and increasing their variety.

At the consumer goods exhibition of the province held last June the products presented by regional-industry factories in Koksan and Unpha counties attracted the attention of many people as they reflected the features of their regions and were new and distinctive and their production costs were low. The Koksan County Foodstuff Factory was favourably commented upon by the visitors as it presented tasty condiments whose main material was wheat. The Hwangju County Foodstuff Factory presented various health foods based on locally-abundant lotus roots and the Unpha County Daily Necessities Factory various kinds of liquid soap, evoking a great response from the visitors.