It is the final step in the complex production of batik, a technique that uses wax to create elaborate designs on fabric.

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In such cases, competitors step up production and hiring to make up the difference.

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This could help to allow discovery of new manufacturing sites to step up production-which could take up to 3 years- certainly not a good situation to say the very least.

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At the same time China is making big efforts to step up domestic production of both conventional and unconventional gas.

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