Made in the UK! Ha!
Fire. Exclamation mark. Urgent.
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2025
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God we really need to produce fewer cars. It's out of control.
As a Swiss citizen I can confirm I shit gold bricks every day.
And then you hide at the end of your rainbow, right?
I knew that this is how the world's gold reserves are created!
Are you a goose?
This is top secret, but all swiss are actually gooses. We just import some german and italian humans to make switzerland look like a human country for the tourists
Can confirm, I was born on top of a rock in Engadin that only geese can reach safely.
Hoi / Salut / Ciao my fellow gold shitter
People trusting made in USA is so weird. If I had to pick, I'd rather buy from China than the US.
Made in USA usually means lots of unhealthy and unsafe ingredients. Be it various chemicals for food, plastics in general, fluoride and dirt in water, etc.
Made in USA usually means lots of unhealthy and unsafe ingredients. Be it various chemicals for food, plastics in general, fluoride and dirt in water, etc.
.. while 'Made in China' doesn't?
I don't trust either of them particularly.
Of course made in China isn't a sign of highest quality.
But if I were for example to get a car, I'd trust a Chinese car brand more than Tesla or Chrysler or whatever.
honestly most goods from china don't deserve their bad reputation anymore. I don't mean shit from aliexpress or temu, I mean cars, computers, smartphones etc.
The product I’m writing this on is also made in China and of very high-quality. I have no problem with Chinese products just with Distinguishing the good from the bad.
China's biggest strength is that they are very good at manufacturing products at a low cost.
They can make cheap products at a low cost but they can also make very good products.
Aliexpress for getting parts is amazing.
You get what you pay for. Chinese products can be top notch, but then it costs the same as any top notch product.
Not necessarily. Chinese companies are making woodworking hand tools of exceptional quality, comparable to European/US/Japanese quality, for a fraction of the price.
Even then, they're generally still cheaper than products made in the e.g. the US or Germany. There's a reason why German companies have so many auto/auto parts factories in lower-wage EU countries, and even for models that are "made in Germany" often a considerable amount of the parts are manufactured outside of Germany.
Also, don't confuse chinese brands with products made in china. Most consumer electronics are made in the far east, even if the brand is from the US.
Firsr of all, you're right. But the study was done in 2017, it's been almost ten years, particularly for China this is a leap in manufacturing quality. Also, the list is for Top countries, so I understand this is not the whole range from greatest prestige to lowest prestige.
Although ironically enough, the bigger it says it's from China the less likely it will be decent quality.
Note: Data from 2017.
A lot has changed. Especially when it comes to the "Made in China" label.
Aye, "made in china" somehow got worse, no way 28% of people see that and think "quality".
Lol 🤡
Well, just to be clear, that's not what I meant. Quite on the contrary...
I'll take something made in China over something made in the US these days. America gutted their manufacturing sector, at this point it's a lack of expertise.
I don't like buying electronic stuff from the US anymore, although that wasn't made there anyway, but they are world class. US clothing brands are generally overpriced and not made there either, but it still would give me an illusion of quality. American cars also aren't made there, but I don't feel unsafe sitting in one. I don't disagree with you but US goods still hold perception of high quality for me and many others. But it has decreased over time and my perception of the quality from China is increasing, so maybe I'll say the same in the (near) future.
As a german i wouldn't never buy a german car. TIL: the image of them is insanely good.
Why wouldn't you buy them? Don't you want to go from Berlin to Warsaw in one tank? 😆
Wait, New Zealand's top export is evaporated milk?
Yeap. Sixtg largest dairy company in the world is Kiwi. But its responsible for around 30% of global milk trade.
This makes me wanna boot up Civ VI.
One more turn ... is that the sun?
Hmm, from 2017. Makes me curious what the current MICI numbers look like.
Suspicious that they don't update the index.
How can Switzerland have gold as the top export product? As far as I know, all the gold they export has been imported upfront.
It's not directly reexported, it's refined.
A good reminder on the right-hand-side of the plot: Oil is still the top export of the US.
Gas and oil comprise around 16% of US exports:
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa?selector345id=2023
If you want to BuyFromEU, and not from US, Russia, or Saudi Arabia, promote wind, hydro, nuclear, and solar, and electrification in general.
In the context of electrification. I got rid of all gas from my house and use an induction cooktop for cooking.
Imagine the situation: I just took a warm shower, so the electric stove heats the water. I run the dishwasher to wash dirty dishes. In the meantime, I do laundry. Running the induction cooktop and oven at this point to make dinner causes the fuses to go off. There's just too much of it, and I think it's impossible to have literally everything on electricity. The electrical installations in many buildings are not suitable for such a load, so we need gas.
Aside from the fact that we have the most expensive electricity probably in the world, so it's a terrible deal.
Vietnam is known for its broadcasting equipment?
Samsung and many other Korean manufacturers have lines in Vietnam.
Probably an East/Southeast Asia thing.
A respectable grade for canada
Belgium's and Turkey's largest export sector is vehicles? What kind of vehicles would that be? Can't be cars, surely?
Idk about Belgium, but many non-Turkish car companies have their factories in Turkey, e.g., Renault and Toyota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyak-Renault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Turkey
I don't know about manufacturing in Belgium either, but I believe Antwerp is Europe's biggest roro port (meaning importing and exporting vehicles), might not be a coincidence.