Production processes have been technologically updated at the Pyongyang Textile Mill, the Sinuiju Textile Mill and the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory while the Hamhung Woolen Mill witnessed the construction of vinalon fiber and yarn production process.

The Pothonggang Shoes Factory, the Sinuiju Shoes Factory and the Wonsan Boots and Shoes Factory and other shoes factories of the country have succeeded in raising the level of technological updating.

The Pyongyang Flour-Processing Factory, the Pyongyang Cornstarch Factory, the Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory and combined foodstuff factories in various provinces have been technologically updated to bring about a signal boost in the foodstuff production.

Modern local industrial factories have sprung up in different provinces, cities and counties to turn out peculiar products.

Progress has been made in the efforts to tap locally available raw materials for production.

Recently, the Stevia Processing Factory succeeded in producing saccharic powder with stevia, opening the prospect of solving the problem of raw material for saccharin by an indigenous way.