And there was only grudging acquiescence in its complicated system of rationing scarce consumer goods: coffee, sugar, meat, butter, canned goods, shoes, tires, gasoline, and fuel oil.

对咖啡、食糖、肉类、黄油、罐头、鞋类、轮胎、汽油、燃料等稀缺消费品实行配给的复杂制度，人们也只是勉强默认。

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But it continues to invest in developing the taste for its own brands of palm oil, condensed milk, tinned meat and canned fish in a hinterland market that has often been a dumping ground for leftovers from elsewhere.

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