"Georgia Chopsticks, based in the southern state of Georgia, is producing two million sets of the traditional eating utensils each day.
It is operating around the clock to keep up with demand and hopes to be exporting 10 million pairs a day by the end of the year, each set complete with a label marked "Made in USA." Amid a shortage of wood in China the abundant poplar and sweet gum trees in Georgia were found to be ideal for chopsticks, producing straight, pliable and light coloured implements.
They cost less than a penny each to make and are being sold in Chinese supermarkets.
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