Match industry in East Pakistan is compar^j.ye3gjr new and
sprang up only after the Independence. In E-ast^—Fak-rs-tai*, there
are 19 match factories which depend entirely on indigenous wood
for both match box and match splints (3)« The average annual
production of these factories during the last decade was about
10 million gross boxes (2) which is equivalent to about $0,000
tons of wood taking 200 gross boxes for one ton of wood.