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On the other hand people in the USA are beginnign to realize the cost of doing business in China is higher than it first appears. While the overall quality has improved; on commodity items it is still very low, most likely a result of there not being enough skilled labor.
For large manufacturers there is a significant cost associated with transportation, holding inventory because of delays in transportation, customs "brokers", quality issues and the cost associated with longer lead times.. Hopefully as we go forward we will see more manufacturing of higher end non-commodity items here in the USA. Some of the talking heads are now indicating that the move to China is slowing down..
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