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Really surprised to see the UK so high in the rankings. It might be my French bias talking, but it's a label that doesn't inspire confidence these days.
by VeejayRampay 9y ago
Really surprised to see the UK so high in the rankings. It might be my French bias talking, but it's a label that doesn't inspire confidence these days.
- ucaetano 9y agoAFAIK, "Made in France" for mechanical/technological goods is usually seen as "overpriced and fragile".
- monsieurbanana 9y agoAs French, I don't remember the last time I've seen "Made in France" for a mechanical/technological good.
- qume 9y agoCars
- iuguy 9y agoWine, Cheese, Cars. D.O.C. seems to be more common than Fabrique en France. ISTR Citroens having Fabrique en France on their manuals back in the day.
- dagw 9y agoCalling wine and cheese technological goods seems to be pushing the definition a bit far.
- dx034 9y agoI'd guess the French rating is mostly due to the high quality food they export. Same as Italy. Outside of Europe, you probably won't see a "made in France" label on anything except for cheese, wine and champagne.
- dagw 9y agoAlso fashion. Paris is still considered one of the great fashion centers of the world so any clothes coming out of there gets an extra reputation 'bonus'
- ucaetano 9y agoSurprisingly, those are a very large share of France's exports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_France#/media/File:2014_France_Products_Export_Treemap.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_France#/media/File:...
- Boothroid 9y agoFrench cars have a pretty poor reputation - budget, unreliable cars, vintage Citroen notwithstanding.
- leonroy 9y agoDevialet are a recent one. Very, very impressive engineering indeed and all designed and made in France: https://www.devialet.com/ https://www.devialet.com/
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoThe study didn't specify mechanical/technological goods. So food, clothing, etc. all count.
- laingc 9y agoI certainly value British manufactures more highly than many continental ones, German, Swiss, and some Scandinavian ones being the exceptions.
- almostApatriot1 9y agoSame for Italy. I always thought, like Greece and Poland, it's where EU manufacturers get cheap labor. On the flip side, I thought made in Japan would be top 3. People always look for the label on Japanese line products (zojirushi, fujifilm, etc)
- dagw 9y agoMade in Italy still carries a lot of weight when it comes to cloths, leather goods and other fashion accessories. I guess that explains the positive score. They're also considered a producer and exporter of high quality food.
- danmaz74 9y agoLabor in Italy isn't cheap at all, because of high pension contributions and labor taxation. Most "cheap" labor intensive productions moved abroad during the last 20 years, what's left is mostly high-quality high-price products, or highly automated ones.
- iuguy 9y agoI've found that in the UK, it's common to put made in the UK on there not out of any sense of national pride, but it's just a tradition (which makes sense given it's origins).
- mrob 9y agoI live in the UK, and I'm also surprised to see it so high. The TV series "The IT Crowd" used "made in the UK" as a joke explanation for faulty products, which is closer to how I perceive it.
- robin_reala 9y agoThe pertaining clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ
- JRITSRob 9y agoRight? Probably moved up a couple places under the promise we'd not let British Leyland tape together any more vehicles.
- vvvv 9y agoI think certain British items are valued, especially in the luxury range where heritage and quality matters: -Fashion / clothes, e.g. suits and fabric in general, shoes. -Engineering(even if foreign owned), e.g. Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin. -Design, e.g. furniture. -Consumables, e.g. alcoholic drinks such as whisky or gin.
- Boothroid 9y ago'these days'? Brexit FUD? If not please explain. Here's a nice reminder of the kind of thing UK engineering can do (nothing comparable from France recently): http://cars.mclaren.com/ultimate-series/p1 http://cars.mclaren.com/ultimate-series/p1
- leonroy 9y agoA lot of HiFi kit is designed and made in the UK from Meridian, KEF, Naim, Linn, Bower & Wilkins, Chord and a bunch of others I’m doubtless forgetting. All world class stuff and at a range of prices from expensive to eye watering. Video game design is another interesting one. Believe UK is third in the world for number of game houses after Japan and the US. That’s a very surprising figure to me and one I’d love to know the reason to. Doubtless many industries like that across our fair isle which are world class in their little niche.