Products of folk craftspeople for export and the home market
Folk craft is the art of making things by hand using experience passed from generation to generation. In Uzbekistan the kinds include pottery, embroidery, gold-thread embroidery, copperwork, chasing, carved plaster, wood carving, knife-making, jewellery and carpet-weaving. After making an item the craftsperson must sell it, so he or she studies the market: what buyers want to buy and how much (demand) and what is on offer and how much (supply). An item that does not match demand stays unsold and the workshop gets into financial trouble. Goods can be sold inside the country (home market) or abroad (export): at home dishes, clothing, carpets, furniture and carved boxes are in demand, while abroad tourists look for souvenirs such as large plates, jugs, gold-embroidered items and musical instruments. Selling, studying the market and promoting the product are called trade and marketing in economics.
Market survey: split the class into groups. Each group asks classmates and family members “Which craft item would you buy as a gift?”, writes the answers in a table and announces the three most wanted items.