Why can’t i find products made in the USA?
Mostly because the products being made in the USA are being manufactured for industrial use, not consumer use. The manufacturing that has shifted overseas is mostly for high volume, lower margin consumer-purchased items that are typically referred to by economists as non-durable goods. At some level, this has also affected durable goods manufacturing but these goods are more sensitive to exchange rates, transportation costs, and operating efficiencies. Depending on the circumstances of the actual product and market served, some of this manufacturing has returned to US production.
When I speak of industrial goods, I refer to companies that are manufacturing for energy/process industries, aerospace (especially in national defense), automotive to some degree, etc.
Wonder what is included in 'manufacturing' - making burgers and fries? Of interest is the composition of Dow Jones 'Industrials'.
We’re the BASF of the world - we don’t make the products you use, we make them better...
When was the last time you bought a chipset for a motherboard? Or a PLC for a flat-bed mill? Or a 3 axis gyroscope for autopilot? Or a 3D rendering engine for the latest game?
A lot of what you buy from China USES American parts, and uses US and EU machinery. We do the hard, intellectual stuff and get the final assembly - the “lots of fingers” work - done overseas where it’s cheaper. Do what you do best, outsource the rest.
Try to find a computer that does NOT use a US-designed and sourced CPU, chipset, and GPU. Try to find a car that does not use a US-designed and sourced ABS controller and accelerometers. Try to find a new drug not designed in the US.
Your new Samsung TV? Built using US-designed and manufactured chipsets, along with US-designed and Italian-built high pressure plastic molds.
Your new Pioneer stereo? Speakers designed in the US, manufactured in Mexico.
That new Honda? Probably built in the US, with a lot of the parts designed here as well.
One of the speakers I’m doing right now for a big client has engineering done in the US, magnets from Brazil, steel from South Korea, copper from Chile, cone and surround from Germany, spider from the US, cabinet from Columbia, and final assembly in China. Is it a Chinese-built product?
We’re build the expensive stuff, not the cheap stuff. I’d rather we make our $15 trillion GDP on airplanes and OSes and modern medicines than stamping forks and molding Happy Meal toys.
I was trying to find one of those old GE irons, they had one brand new on ebay and it went for over $200.00. That was for an iron that was made in USA and was a quality product.
You've obviously never bought a passenger jet from Boeing, a piece of heavy construction equipment from Caterpillar, a farm tractor from John Deer, or even a light truck from Toyota.
Not looking hard enough?
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There are lots of small companies that manufacture goods in the USA. Even under a growing burden of regulations Americans can still start small businesses and succeed.
I think they consider hamburgers and french fries as 'manufactured' items.
You will frequently find products with parts made in the USA, and parts made in other countries, which were assembled in countries with no labor unions.
It's increasingly rare to find any product which is 100% made in one country, including all its parts.