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Re: selling to China
By:Brad
Date: 3/25/2008, 8:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China (Chris Ostlind)

Sell TO China??

Forget it - my company lost an order worth more than 2 million bucks because of Chinese procurement rules. We could make the product better faster and cheaper with automated equipment and skilled labor, but the Chinese govt. insisted that any components that could be made in China MUST be made there even if they weren't as good - They also are using an idea that we developed. - how's that for fair trade. Also, the import tariffs are so high that even skilled labor/machine intensive goods can't compete.

: Are your own companies of employment selling any products into the now
: exploding middle class markets of India and China? If they aren't, then
: they should be soon, or they will be left well behind the curve of
: opportunity in the competitive world of business.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Kayaks Made in China *LINK*
Duane Strosaker -- 3/22/2008, 11:50 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 3/24/2008, 7:57 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bill Hamm -- 3/25/2008, 1:04 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bryan Hansel -- 3/25/2008, 9:11 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2008, 12:45 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bryan Hansel -- 3/26/2008, 8:08 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2008, 7:47 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Mike Savage -- 3/27/2008, 8:49 am
Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/27/2008, 7:30 pm
Re: Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Mike Savage -- 3/28/2008, 11:24 am
Re: Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2008, 10:55 am
Re: Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Mike Savage -- 3/28/2008, 11:28 am
Re: Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2008, 5:40 pm
Re: Kayaks/'cycles made in China
Mike Savage -- 3/28/2008, 10:27 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China - Rebuttal
Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2008, 4:18 pm
Sad... *NM*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 3/24/2008, 9:39 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Chris Ostlind -- 3/24/2008, 7:11 am
Re: selling to China
Brad -- 3/25/2008, 8:52 pm
Re: selling to China
Chris Ostlind -- 3/25/2008, 9:10 pm
Re: selling to China
Mike Savage -- 3/26/2008, 6:39 am
Re: selling to China
Chris Ostlind -- 3/26/2008, 9:50 am
China is just people
Jay Babina -- 3/25/2008, 12:39 pm
Re: China is just people
Rob W -- 3/25/2008, 6:01 pm
Re: China is just people
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/25/2008, 2:46 pm
Are we smarter then a monkey?
John Monroe -- 3/25/2008, 3:34 am
Re: Are we smarter then a monkey?
Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2008, 12:39 am
Re: Are we smarter then a monkey?
John Monroe -- 3/26/2008, 3:48 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Robert N Pruden -- 3/24/2008, 8:37 pm
I still eat eggs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/27/2008, 9:33 pm
Re: I still eat eggs
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2008, 10:53 am
Re: I still eat eggs
watiger -- 3/28/2008, 11:56 am
Re: I still eat eggs
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2008, 5:39 pm
Re: I still eat eggs
charlie r -- 3/27/2008, 9:49 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/24/2008, 11:55 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Etienne Muller -- 3/24/2008, 1:58 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2008, 12:47 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Mike Savage -- 3/23/2008, 8:11 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Andy Waddington -- 3/26/2008, 11:25 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Kim -- 3/23/2008, 8:49 am
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China
Kim -- 3/23/2008, 12:22 pm
Re: Other: Kayaks Made in China *NM*
Mike Savage -- 3/23/2008, 12:35 pm
Link doesn't work for me! *NM*
Glen Smith -- 3/23/2008, 2:00 am