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MARKETS: Local handicrafts — made in China International sources for local handicrafts

Aug 13, 2008
By Marge Tubalkain-Trell

BUY AND SELL: Haggling is not recommended in Tallinn stalls.

TALLINN - That hand-crafted Estonian souvenir you picked up at the open-air market may be less Estonian than you think. Items for sale at Estonia’s open-air markets come from all over the globe, but most are from China and Russia. “About 90 percent of the world’s souvenirs come from China. They’re cheap and beautiful,” said Tahir Keegi, who owns a vendor’s stall at the open-air market on Mere Puiestee. “This amber here comes from Kaliningrad [Russia],” explained a lady from the market. Amber ...

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