Sales of products from developing countries are flourishing at six Japanese airports in a project being promoted by the Japan External Trade Organization.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='250' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='Ghana President John Kufuor' BORDER='0' SRC='../images/photos2007/nn20070202f1a.jpg' WIDTH='250' HEIGHT='170'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Ghana President John Kufuor looks over items at a foreign products shop, an international version of Japan's domestic 'one item from one village' campaign, at Narita airport in November. </B> PHOTO COURTESY OF JETRO / KYODO</FONT></TD> </TR> <TABLE> </PHOTO> <PARAGRAPH>Rock salt made in Nepal ranks top in popularity among produce brought from about 60 developing nations since JETRO launched the project last spring.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>Its plan is seen as an international version of the domestic 'one item from one village' drive, which was originally launched in Oita Prefecture in 1979 and later spread to other villages and towns in Japan. The municipalities were encouraged to come up with characteristic products as a means to invigorate their areas.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>JETRO's goal is to help developing nations sell their products in Japan, one of the world's largest and richest markets, as well as to spread the benefits of global trade liberalization to them. Sales corners for their goods were set up at the six airports, including Narita, where wood products and colorful fabrics are among the products on display.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>The five other airports are Fukuoka Airport, Kansai International Airport near Osaka, Central Japan International Airport –

near Nagoya, Haneda airport in Tokyo and Osaka's Itami airport.

As of mid-December, about 260,000 people had visited the stores. Sales totaled about 71 million yen.

Rock salt from landlocked Nepal is suitable both for eating and for use in baths and sells out as soon as it goes on display. It is priced at 300 yen per pack.

Indian cloth coasters sell for 100 yen apiece and are second behind rock salt in popularity. A South African bead Zulu mascot doll with a 500 yen price tag is third.