"There is an important demand for transport of mined materials for export to China and to the world," he said.
Manufacturing is only partly developed in the region, concentrated largely on processing domestic raw materials for export.
Designated an export-processing zone in the late 1970s, Kao-hsiung has succeeded in attracting foreign investment to process locally purchased raw materials for export.
Two particularly important components of the country's industrial makeup are processing raw materials for export and manufacturing consumer goods for the domestic market.
In 1975 Mozambique's industrial and manufacturing sector was typical of much of colonial Africa, being based largely on minimally processed raw materials for export (shrimp, tea, sugar, cashews, citrus, copra, coal, and cotton) combined with processing and light manufacturing of commodities for local consumption.
In the 13th century, England was still primarily supplying raw materials for export to Europe, rather than finished or processed goods.
In the 1980s, as liberalization accelerated, FDI began to shift away from raw materials for export to processed foods for the host market, as TFCs such a PepsiCo and Nestlé invested in foreign manufacturing facilities for foods such as soft drinks, confectionary, dairy products, baked goods and snacks.
Some of that decline resulted from manufacturers importing fewer raw materials for exports.
The licensing of radioisotopes and nuclear material for import, export, possession and use in Thailand is regulated by the Thai Atomic Energy Commission for Peace and its working body, the Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP), formerly known as the Office of Atomic Energy for Peace (OAEP).
Different from the earlier colonialism, after the 1970s the private capital that flowed in from capitalist centers in Europe, North America and Japan did not aim primarily at producing raw materials and food for export.
