Candle manufacturing in Indonesia: where the demand actually is
A market guide for anyone planning a production line
Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and Islam's daily practice has no candle in it — yet the country burns roughly 9,000 tonnes of solid candles a year. Where that demand sits, which categories are worth making, where on Java to put a line, and why a machine here pays for itself on wax rather than on labour.
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