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Sales of Smart Kids educational toys in China, and USA and Japan, 1990-1999

3. Findings Figure 1 shows the trends of the sales of Smart Kids educational toys in China, and USA and Japan during the 1990s.

3.1 China In the early 1990s, sales of Smart Kids educational toys in China decreased quite sharply. Sales levelled off at about HK$20 million until 1995. Sales then increased fairy sharply towards the end of the decade at about HK$60 million.

3.2 USA and Japan Compared with China, the situation in USA and Japan were quite different. Sales in USA and Japan stabilized before rising. They followed almost the same trend as each other from 1990 to 1995. They first rose from 1990 at HK$20 million to 1993 at HK$50 million and HK$40 million respectively. Then, they became flat from 1993 to 1995. Sales in USA fluctuated since 1995, whereas sales in Japan fell to the lowest point in 1997 and remained constant at HK$10 million.

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