The CFO attributes our increased sales last year to the new markets in Eastern Europe  Nevertheless, <b> a careful study of our revenue reveals a boom of sales in Southeast Asia, </b> while the markets in Eastern Europe, after an early surge, settled at levels much lower than expected  After all, in Eastern Europe, our firm has fierce competition from both German and Russian exports, some of which offer exceptionally high quality at low cost  By contrast, no producers in this sector operate to the East of Turkey, and our firm is the only one in our sector with significant inroads into India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Taiwan
Current plans call for expansion into Eastern Europe, but <b> the Southeast Asian markets hold much more promise
The first provides evidence to support the conclusion; the second is that conclusion.