A children's commodity exhibition ran at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store from November 29 to December 6.

“The recent children’s commodity show of the Pyongyang Children's Department Store, which was held for the third time after 2019, was aimed at further raising the competitive spirit among units to develop and produce larger quantities of goods of diverse kinds and higher quality favoured by children,” said Kim Kwang Su, section chief of the Ministry of Commerce.

The exhibition drew at least 220 units across the country. On display there were more than 281 800 goods of 680-odd kinds, including school things, foodstuffs, shoes and toys presented by the Mindulle Notebook Factory, the Pyongyang Wheat Flour Processing Factory, the Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory, the Hamhung Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic Goods Factory and other units.

Many units exhibited goods for children which were developed and produced to suit children’s minds and help them develop intelligent faculties.

Shoes for toddlers attracted interest of many mothers of babies. They were made with paper mulberry and hemp papers. The paper mulberry paper is soft to skin, so they are convenient to wear. And unlike ordinary papers, it is tough and has a good keeping quality. So it can be kept for a long time as a souvenir of the family.

The “Alsim(latent energy)”-brand toys gained in popularity again in the exhibition as they did in the past.

A big coloured ball depicting rainbow and various toys in the shape of dolphin, penguin, raccoon dog, rabbit and chick so fascinated the children and their parents visiting the show that they bought them competitively. Particularly, the newly-exhibited toy dinosaur punchbag was very popular with little boys.

The foodstuff booth was always crowded with visitors.

Milk cake and milk cream sandwich cake made with pure cow’s milk and various kinds of jelly and chips, orange sponge cake and peanut cake made with fruits and wild fruits and other foodstuffs fully reflected the zeal of producers to make foodstuffs more diversely to meet the taste of children by calculating nutritive values.

The furniture booth on the second floor lured many visitors as it was decorated mainly with children’s furniture including bed and mirror stand and various kinds of toys to make them feel a family atmosphere.

On show there were many functional goods conducive to the growth of children.

The natural supplementary health foods were in great demand as they are not only highly effective in helping children in their growth period grow tall, but also improve digestive functions and make them sleep well.

Also popular at the exhibition were gem cutting craftworks, bags and bedding for children.