It is very difficult to obtain information about ex-factory prices in some countries, but advantage is taken of information supplied by posts overseas.
The information requested on ex-farm, ex-factory prices and retail prices is in the following tables.
But let me give an instance: a bar of household soap in those days, ex-factory at a halfpenny, sold at twopence-halfpenny.
They will sell a suit ex-factory for under £5, although their own people may have to pay £40 for it in the market.
Ex-factory prices of products packed for hospitals have to remain at least 10 percent below the unit prices of the original products.
