What caught one's eye at the exhibition were hat, men's and women's shoes and sandal, which are made of sedge.

On display at the exhibition were also housedresses, sportswear, child clothes and foodstuffs made with wild fruits, as well as different shapes of clocks made of chestnut roots.

The August 3 Consumer Goods Production Movement was initiated by leader Kim Jong Il, when he went round the Pyongyang City light industrial goods exhibition on August 3, Juche 73 (1984).

Since then, a national exhibition has taken place on the day every year.