"Noozer" wrote in message
news:%AXHi.90$A55.83@pd7urf2no...
Given the total domination of Chinese products in almost all areas of
the
market, I woudl say teh Chinese are making exactly the quality level
that
we expect in the West...

There's nothing like "total domination." China only provides 15.5% of
US imports. Mexico and Japan, together, make up 19%. Canada is 16.4%.
And so on.

Is this based on dollar amounts, or per unit?

Dollars. If you tried to do it in units, you'd have to ask, units of
what?

Units of product.

Toy whistles, or diesel engines?


Of course the Chinese will have a smaller percentage of the DOLLAR value
of imports... their cheap prices is what brings it in.

Not so cheap that 15.5% of dollar value would represent "total domination"


If 90% of all imports only accounts for 10% of the dollar value of imports
then dollar value isn't a very good measuring stick.

True enough. Now, why don't you check a few representative products and see
how China's prices compare with others? What you'll find is that, in
comparable products, their price advantage is nowhere near enough to jump
from 15.5% to "total domination."

--
Ed Huntress