Subj : made vs manufactured
To : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 05:32 pm
Hello Richard!
** On Sunday 12.09.21 - 21:44, you wrote to me:
AA>> One other thing that I just don't understand the grocers
AA>> are doing is when they bring in apples from Chile, when
AA>> there is plenty of fine domestic Canadian apple brands
AA>> [...]
RM> I assume it is just plain economics. If it is cheaper to
RM> import an apple from Chile (including transport cost) than
RM> to get it locally, they will do it.
But why even bother? All they're doing is spreading out the
potential saleability of the domestic product to a competitive
apple. Unless, the PROFIT from the Chilean apples is much more,
perhaps.
RM> Maybe CO2 prices to be paid will help here ...
You mean CO2 "carbon taxes"?
RM> The issue is transport is ridiculously cheap.
Domestic apples make more sense; shorter transport times,
faster to the market.
At one point I was just looking at the cheapest apples and
buying those. Then I realized WTF am I doing and not supporting
my own country's apple farmers. Then, I wondered WHY would a
Canadian grocer even import foreign apples when there are
plenty of domestic farmers.
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