Select File and then Print from your browser's menu. Some makers in the SAR make water bottles as the main line, with lunch boxes largely a sideline. Both lines feature cartoon characters. Some of the latest have 3-D characters.
Demand is stable, but an increasing percentage of output is being sold as premium items.
Competition from the mainland is stiff. Hong Kong makers say, however, that their quality is more consistent and only food-grade materials are used in production. FOB prices have fallen because of the fall in material costs. Chun Hing Plastic Factory 's prices have been cut by about 5 percent in the last twelve months. Water bottles from T. S. Lam Industrial Co., Ltd range in price between 33 and 79 cents, FOB Hong Kong.