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![]() ![]() Laos Wholesale and Retail Trade https://photius.com/countries/laos/economy/laos_economy_wholesale_and_retail~14.html Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
According to government statistics, the number of retail shops increased dramatically--by 44 percent--in just one year, to 21,600 in 1991, reflecting the response to relaxed restrictions on private trade and entrepreneurship as well as a renewed social acceptability of petty trade. Of these establishments, 97 percent are privately owned. During the same period, the number of stateowned shops decreased by one-third, to 600 stores. Wholesale and retail trade grew at a rate of 20 percent in 1989 and 1990. Retail trade was worth about K563,000 million (for value of the kip--see Glossary) in 1991, an increase of 38 percent over the preceding year. Data as of July 1994
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