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ProfessorGAC

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10. Chemicals, Too
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:30 PM
May 23

Especially true with commodity chemicals. The margins are so thin that the shipping would outweigh any labor cost savings. Easily.
Our company had sites in China, but for the Chinese market. Any exports were to southeast Asia, S. Korea, or India. But, nothing was repatriated.
It just doesn't make economic sense.
So, that manufacturing sector is pretty solid, too.

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