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                    [Summary] => Stiff competition from China and unabated imitation  and piracy have resulted in a 30-percent drop in local manufacturing activities.


This was disclosed yesterday by one local manufacturer of licensed cartoon characters.


According to Steven Ching, president  of Characters Unlimited, shipments of manufactured products from China are 30 percent to 40 percent lower than locally-made products, resulting in the influx of imported goods from that country.


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Manufacturing activity drops 30% due to piracy, competition from China

By Marianne V. Go | December 4, 2001 - 12:00am

Stiff competition from China and unabated imitation and piracy have resulted in a 30-percent drop in local manufacturing activities. This was disclosed yesterday by one local manufacturer of licensed cartoon characters. According...

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