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Why do products declare the country they were manufactured in?

UnatcoAgent

UnatcoAgent

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Is this some sort of import/export deal?

I found a binder clip and noticed it had CHINA punched into the metal. It got me wondering why this is done to most products.

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I'd think that there's some kind of law in the US that requires manufacturers to tag their products if they weren't made in the US, so consumers can choose to buy stuff from factories here and support the US workforce rather than a sweatshop in China.
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I'd think that there's some kind of law in the US that requires manufacturers to tag their products if they weren't made in the US, so consumers can choose to buy stuff from factories here and support the US workforce rather than a sweatshop in China.
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Such blind nationalism is the reason why the sub-par domestic auto manufacturers were not run out of business years ago.

 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I'd think that there's some kind of law in the US that requires manufacturers to tag their products if they weren't made in the US, so consumers can choose to buy stuff from factories here and support the US workforce rather than a sweatshop in China.
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Such blind nationalism is the reason why the sub-par domestic auto manufacturers were not run out of business years ago.
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I'm also in Canada, so this must be an international thing, or our two countries have similar trade laws.
 
Originally posted by: Sabot
Originally posted by: jamesave
it was due to world war. no kidding
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hmm...
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I read it long time ago- during the world war, there is one nation (i think it's british) that want to boycott the enemies' manufactured goods. Hence they start stamping their products with "made in england". Hence the stamping starts.

of course, right now, it's more export and import issues.
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I'd think that there's some kind of law in the US that requires manufacturers to tag their products if they weren't made in the US, so consumers can choose to buy stuff from factories here and support the US workforce rather than a sweatshop in China.
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Which is why garment distributors rip the foreign labels and sew in "USA" ones once they have been shipped here.
 
Originally posted by: Sabot
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
I'd think that there's some kind of law in the US that requires manufacturers to tag their products if they weren't made in the US, so consumers can choose to buy stuff from factories here and support the US workforce rather than a sweatshop in China.
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Such blind nationalism is the reason why the sub-par domestic auto manufacturers were not run out of business years ago.
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I'm also in Canada, so this must be an international thing, or our two countries have similar trade laws.
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Well that and anything head for canada might also go to the US so they would stamp it anyways.
 
How do they grade where something is built? Most things are created somewhere then shipped to another place and assembled.

Where is something built if half is from china and the other half mexico?
 
Originally posted by: Zanix
How do they grade where something is built? Most things are created somewhere then shipped to another place and assembled.

Where is something built if half is from china and the other half mexico?
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That's OK but it must be noted.
 
Originally posted by: Sabot
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Why do products declare the country they were manufactured in?
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Because it is a law 🙂
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That's what I figured. Furthering my investigation, what would be the purpose of such a law?
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Let me give you an example. I know someone who went to jail because he was importing crappy chinese scarves and replaced made in china with made in korea and sold them (korean scarves have reputation for high quality, and obviously chinese scarves are crap).
 
Originally posted by: FlyLice
Originally posted by: Sabot
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Why do products declare the country they were manufactured in?
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Because it is a law 🙂
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That's what I figured. Furthering my investigation, what would be the purpose of such a law?
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Let me give you an example. I know someone who went to jail because he was importing crappy chinese scarves and replaced made in china with made in korea and sold them (korean scarves have reputation for high quality, and obviously chinese scarves are crap).
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Wow, no sh!t. What was their sentance like?
 
Originally posted by: Sabot
Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Why do products declare the country they were manufactured in?
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Because it is a law 🙂
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That's what I figured. Furthering my investigation, what would be the purpose of such a law?
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Customs and tariff regulation. Plus consumer protection. Some consumers actually care where the products they buy come from and where the money they spend goes. It's not "nationalism". Different countries have different standards of quality, and by that I mean both manufacturing quality and human rights quality.
 
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