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As of late, though, the trend appears to have been reversing just a bit due to rising transportation costs.  I just learned that some 60,000 manufacturing plants (apparel, toys, etc.) had closed in China in 2008 alone.

Given how cheap containerised sea freight is, one has to wonder are the margins so low even between Chinese and Caribbean labour?

Might it be also an effect of the drop of the dollar relative to the renminbi but not relative to the caribbean currencies?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 01:16:30 AM EST
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I too would like to hear more about this.
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 04:26:38 AM EST
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Caribbean currencies are often pegged to the dollar, but that opens up some interesting possibilities with Europe.  Actually, see the link (below) to Apparel News dot Net interesting developments concerning exports to the EU.

"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 10:18:44 AM EST
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