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      07-22-2012, 04:07 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by jwickers View Post
When you say it costs more to build in China than elsewhere I would think this includes taxed parts more than pure manufacturing costs.
Yes, but pure manufacturing cost is not that different country by country as it isn't labour intensive. There are other costs apart from parts taxation, for example cost of business, staff training etc. These additional costs also exist on the downstream of their oem components partners for the same reason.
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