The sight of excited customers lining up to buy fukubukuro (sealed "lucky bags" of discounted goods sold by Japanese stores at New Year) is still fresh in our minds.

顾客迫不及待排队购买fukubukuro(春节时日本商店出售的装有打折商品的密封“幸运袋”)的场面使我记忆犹新。

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In 2010, U.S. goods and services sold abroad totaled $1.3 trillion, up significantly from $697 billion in 2002 when the greenback's value began falling from its peak.

2010年，美国对外出口商品及相关服务共1.3万亿美元，较2002年的6，970亿美元有大幅的增长。 也正是在2002年，美元汇价开始了从高位回落的旅程。

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In 2003, the firm sold just over 2m yuans worth of goods; this year it is on course to bring in up to 90m yuan.

2003年，公司仅仅售出两百万元产品；而今年有望达到九千万元。

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Like other manufacturers in China, Hon Hai faces rising labour costs, though it is better placed than most. (Mr Yang reckons that labour accounts for only 4.5% of the cost of goods sold.) A move up the value chain may help.

ECONOMIST: Hon Hai and Sharp

Margin Deterioration: Generally, a flower shop's payroll should eat up 30% of sales, and the cost-of-goods-sold another 30%-33%.

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