That said, the 2% by volume that goes by air accounts for around 35% of the value: light, expensive goods such as high-end electronic components tend to be flown.

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An odd way of kicking the tires, perhaps--unlike that of any of the seven previous potential buyers who visited privately held Plastron Industries, the maker of "bobbins, " thermoplastic parts for wound electronic components such as coils.

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