"Noozer" wrote in message
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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?

Yes. : )

How many toy whistles manufactured in the US? How many imported from
China? How many from elsewhere?

Obviously you can't compare whistles to diesel engines... Pick a product
and compare that.

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"

It is if it's the highest percentange and the next highest percentage is
only 10%...

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."

Not really possible. Walk into consumer stores and try and find a USA made
television or microwave oven.

I'd call it domination when 90% of the stock in a store is made in China.

Then take automobile engines. Chevrolet imports lots of them from Shanghai.
Compare the costs with those made in Canada.

Or electric motors. As of a few years ago, the US sold more electric motors
to China than we bought from them.

Silverware. Eyeglasses. Leather shoes. Men's suits. Automobiles.
Motorcycles. Replacement windows. Insulation. Lumber. Aluminum. Detergents.
Electric drills. Outboard motors and boats. Trucks. Aircraft. House siding.
Meat. Vegetables. Fishing rods.

And so on, for an overwhelming list of products. China "dominates" in the
cheap end of consumer products. Their quality is ****-poor. They're a
natural marriage with Wal-Mart.

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Ed Huntress