What Would You Do With Dutch Milk Powder, Italian Suits?

For the first half of Gaddafi's reign, basically all private enterprise was banned by the government. They ran state supermarkets to distribute these goods to their citizens. In 1986, a journalist found that the main floor of one such supermarket had only ghee and powdered milk. And in 1987, another foreigner reported that the markets in two cities held nothing but Dutch milk powder, Italian suits, and Chinese tea.