Subj : made vs manufactured
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 08:55:00

Hello Wilfred!

** On Sunday 12.09.21 - 13:36, you wrote to Richard Miles:

 RM>> My guess is that it's cheaper to ship parts and raw
 RM>> materials to China and have them assemble them and ship
 RM>> back.

 WvV> And that is changing, now that shipping costs have gone
 WvV> tenfold in some cases. Businesses are looking into
 WvV> getting their products manufactured closer to home...

There *does* seem to be a modest shift to "manufactured" and  
"printed" domestically wrt books.

I should tally that info and see how the trend is progressing.

Sometimes I shudder and quake in my shoes when I see souvenir  
products like postcards, fridge magnets, keychains, etc,  
labelled with my Canadian town, but the small print is "Made in  
China".  The China labelling just seems wrong, especially for  
products that you expect to retain as souvenirs of a Canadian  
visit.
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  ../|ug

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