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hardensheetmetal posted 04-30-2003 07:16 PM ET (US)
I was curious what percentage (if any at all) of a product must be made in the U.S. for it to be acceptabel for the gov't to purchase it. The reason that led me to ask this question is that i just received the latest copy of Boat US's magazine and on the cover is a Coast Guard RIB powered by twin Honda OBs. I am pretty sure these are 100% made in Japan.
When I do a job at the Military Acadamy at West Point, the specification call out clearly that all of the metal we use (as well as all other products that go into the job iI believe) must be made in the U.S.
I get kind of bent when I see my local municipality purchasing a new front end loader made by Hundia or Samsung, I say make them buy a mchine that at least was assembled by Americans.

Just wondering
Dan
Louie Kokinis posted 04-30-2003 08:18 PM ET (US)
I was also perplexed when I saw one of the new Safe boats powered with Hondas. The Coastie told me that their main criteria was 4 stroke, that Honda was the best, and that Yamaha made Merc anyways.
He absolutely loved the Honda's
jameso posted 05-01-2003 08:52 AM ET (US)
Having been around the gubment purchasing game for several years I can tell you overseas mfg does not matter. At least not any more.
In the 80's we were REQUIRED to buy US goods. This was a real pain and often impossible. An expample; we use a lot of video monitors and cameras in the test lab, not one is made in US. There is not a manufactuer of TVs or video cameras in the United States. Same now with a lot of other equipment. Also a lot of overseas mfg's have US offices, the procurement office does not research where the parent company is. In other words Sony, a Japanese product, has a subsidary in the US. Now we buy made in China cameras but with a Japanese company name purchased from a company in the United States.
Don't blame the gubment, when companies move their manufacturing off shore it hurts. Look at the textile industry. Also why should the gubment use the taxpayers money to buy a US product that is often inferior to the one made overseas?
Ross Perot was right about NAFTA.
Hey, thanks for letting me vent. Jim Armstrong

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Author	Topic: Gov't Purchases - Made in USA
hardensheetmetal	posted 04-30-2003 07:16 PM ET (US) I was curious what percentage (if any at all) of a product must be made in the U.S. for it to be acceptabel for the gov't to purchase it. The reason that led me to ask this question is that i just received the latest copy of Boat US's magazine and on the cover is a Coast Guard RIB powered by twin Honda OBs. I am pretty sure these are 100% made in Japan. When I do a job at the Military Acadamy at West Point, the specification call out clearly that all of the metal we use (as well as all other products that go into the job iI believe) must be made in the U.S. I get kind of bent when I see my local municipality purchasing a new front end loader made by Hundia or Samsung, I say make them buy a mchine that at least was assembled by Americans. Just wondering Dan
Louie Kokinis	posted 04-30-2003 08:18 PM ET (US) I was also perplexed when I saw one of the new Safe boats powered with Hondas. The Coastie told me that their main criteria was 4 stroke, that Honda was the best, and that Yamaha made Merc anyways. He absolutely loved the Honda's
jameso	posted 05-01-2003 08:52 AM ET (US) Having been around the gubment purchasing game for several years I can tell you overseas mfg does not matter. At least not any more. In the 80's we were REQUIRED to buy US goods. This was a real pain and often impossible. An expample; we use a lot of video monitors and cameras in the test lab, not one is made in US. There is not a manufactuer of TVs or video cameras in the United States. Same now with a lot of other equipment. Also a lot of overseas mfg's have US offices, the procurement office does not research where the parent company is. In other words Sony, a Japanese product, has a subsidary in the US. Now we buy made in China cameras but with a Japanese company name purchased from a company in the United States. Don't blame the gubment, when companies move their manufacturing off shore it hurts. Look at the textile industry. Also why should the gubment use the taxpayers money to buy a US product that is often inferior to the one made overseas? Ross Perot was right about NAFTA. Hey, thanks for letting me vent. Jim Armstrong