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" ... Even during the colonial period, industrial efforts were made – both by occupying colonial administrations, as well as by indigenous entrepreneurs who often hailed from the same pre-colonial merchant traditions that had initially controlled trade with Europeans. Some, particularly in British controlled territories, managed to develop significant enterprises including some light value-added activity such as sawmilling of lumber or palm oil production. However, not interested in competition for the raw commodities the colonies were intended to export to their home countries, colonial administrators limited the intensity, extent and sophistication of local manufacturing, discouraging advanced industry. ... "