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Why Is Asia the Smartest Choice for Scalable, Custom Home Decor Manufacturing?
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May 23, 2025
In the global race to deliver unique, scalable home decor products at competitive prices, Asia stands out as the ideal destination for B2B buyers. Whether you're a home decor retailer, wholesaler, or interior brand, manufacturing hubs like China and Vietnam offer unmatched customization, volume capability, and quality. From custom lighting to tailored furniture, Asian manufacturers bring your product vision to life with flexibility and craftsmanship. Tune in to this episode of #GlobalTradeGal with host Anita—or click here (https://mondoro.com/why-b2b-buyers-should-look-to-asia-for-scalable-customizable-home-decor/) to learn more. #B2BMarketing #HomeDecorBusiness #AsiaManufacturing #InteriorDesignSupply #CustomFurniture #SourcingInAsia #GlobalTrade #WholesaleHomeDecor Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/globaltradegal)
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hi this is Anita the global trade gal
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one of the things that's recently come
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out in the United States and as a world
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in general as you know through the
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tariffs which the United States has put
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on or as many people call the Trump
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tariffs have um you know been instituted
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and all of this that's the upheaval
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that's been going on in the world's
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global supply chain is the fact that
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Asia is the powerhouse of the global
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supply chain i want to talk today a
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little bit about why that is and maybe
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explore some reasons as to why and
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things that I myself have seen you know
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and why I believe that Asia still will
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continue to be and that for people that
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are businessto business you know um
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buyers why Asia is still a great place
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or still a great place to be able to buy
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products and you know despite even with
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all of the tariffs and the other things
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that are happening and this entire
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shakeup that's happening you know in the
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world itself I believe that it's still a
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great place to be able to manufacture
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and purchase products asia is still the
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global backbone of
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manufacturing despite these shifts in
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the global supply chain Asia still
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continues to remain the heart of
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manufacturing especially in my industry
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of home decor manufacturing you know
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China continues to dominate output and
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infrastructure you while Vietnam has
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emerged as a formidable player and of
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course other countries have too along
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the way but you know together these
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account for a significant share of
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global exports you know and things such
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as you know at least in my industry
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would be lamps and lighting
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indooroutdoor furniture decorative
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accessories you know all of those things
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you know Vietnam and and and China
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continue to produce a lot and especially
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lately a lot of it is from um from
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Vietnam and one of the reasons is is you
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know it's just a
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skill used to be you know years ago in
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in places like North Carolina uh
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Michigan the US produced a lot of
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furniture and at that time there were a
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lot of skilled workers in those areas
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that understood furniture production if
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you were going today to try to set up a
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factory you'd probably be hardressed to
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to find people that really understand
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that type of production why because
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they've moved on to other jobs or they
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are
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retired and maybe you know people just
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simply are not interested years ago in
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China when I first started in this
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industry we used to do a lot of hand
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painting we hand painted a lot of voses
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we hand painted boxes we hand painted
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mirrors we did a lot of intricate hand
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painting you know the factories um that
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we I worked with had teams of hand
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painters that were phenomenal that could
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basically take very very complicated
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designs and they could hand paint them
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and they could hand paint them at a very
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cheap price at a very good price and
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with a lot of detail then suddenly the
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whole look changed nobody wanted hand
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painting anymore and so all those hand
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painting workers moved on and they left
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and they went somewhere else and today
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in China to find somebody you can hand
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paint like that is actually very very
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expensive it costs a lot of money why
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because the workers are no longer in
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place there and they they just you just
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don't have the pool of workers that you
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once had workers moved on they're doing
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other things but they're not in a
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factory anymore hand painting like they
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once were so that's why in Asia it's
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still the backbone of the manufacturing
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whether of most manufacturing sectors
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why because you have the workers there
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in place you have technology in place
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and you can be able to get the output
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that you
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require asia also has scalability
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without sacrificing design in other
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words that they're equipped to be able
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to handle large production runs with
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shorter lead times they um have flexible
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minimum order quantities for growing
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brands consistent quality you know
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against you know batches in other words
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if I place an order today and place an
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order in six months for the same item my
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quality would be the same you know the
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wood would be the same the finish would
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be the same things would be very much
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the same and you know so there's a
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consistency that they have throughout it
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because they're able to consistently get
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the products or the things that they
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need so that of course is something
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which is very important for somebody
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especially if you're looking to build a
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brand you know you want to be able to
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produce something today and then if you
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need to buy it again you want to be able
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to buy the same thing again and not
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change it or change the design asia does
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a lot of what's called OEM which is you
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know your your own customers designed or
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they do a lot of of customization you
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know almost all factories that I know
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specialize in OEM or ODM which means
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that you give them the design and they
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produce it they don't give you the
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design but you give them the design
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especially in places like you know China
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and Vietnam there's a lot of factories
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that are just set up with that that's
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all that they do they just do all OEM
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work they basically do all work where
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the customers give them design they
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understand how to develop the products
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they know how to you know go from the
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product development to the manufacturing
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stage now you might think some of you
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who are listening who may not understand
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this but actually something like that is
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extremely complicated to do it's not
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easy to be able to develop a product
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it's not easy to be able to get a
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product from the paper to an actual
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product to production it takes skill and
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it takes people who understand how to be
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able to do this asia has this great mix
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between traditional craft and modern
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technique that you don't find in a lot
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of other places you know you find you
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know these villages that are able to
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some of the traditional crafts but at
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the same time they're able to use some
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modern equipment you know this means
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that you know things like you know some
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of the handiccraft and some of the
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skills that you can use these highly
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skilled individuals who understand how
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to be able to do this they're able to to
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give competitive pricing with with
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strong margins so that's one of the main
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things that you know has gone on is the
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pricing is competitive you know it could
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be because it's lower labor cost but
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it's not only just lower labor costs it
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can also be the economies of scale it
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can be the raw material sourcing and it
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can be established logistics chain you
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know a logistic supply chain so you know
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it's not just as simple as oh they earn
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less than us and that's why they're able
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to produce it cheaper you know the
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reality of it is that that is not the
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only reason why there are many other
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reasons why you know Asia is able to
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produce things that you know people
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basically require the price they require
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they can respond to market trends
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they've adapt to you know different
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types of market trends you know they
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have mood boards they look at trends
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they look at you know the production
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they prototyping all of these things
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they can be able to re um react to it
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they have an end toend production
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ecosystem they have raw material
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suppliers right nearby component
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suppliers packaging and printing vendors
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they have quality assurance and
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compliance services and freight and
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logistics providers they have it all
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right there and nearby so that they're
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able to you know be able to draw upon
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these people and and you know they come
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into the factory they see they can see
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what they're doing you can get the
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cartons printed the other things you
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don't have to send it to another you
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know far away location it can be you
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know pretty close by that you can be
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able to check it out you know that's
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another reason why sustainability is
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growing in focus you know there's more
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you know factories are looking at things
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for sustainability um you know factories
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in Vietnam are looking at you know FSE
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need their certified wood uh water-based
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finishes recycled uh metals i know
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there's been some talk recently in the
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United States where you know some of the
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government people um made a comment or
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something about like well would you
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rather pay more money for a toy made in
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America which is safe than a toy that
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has lead paint in it and I thought there
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I don't know of any manufacturers in
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Asia that are producing toys that are
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using lead paint in fact you know you
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could not even be able to ship that into
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the United States today because of the
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requirements and the testing and
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everything else that's required asian
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manufacturers generally are very much on
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to what is required to be able to
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produce and to ship something and to
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have something be produced to be able to
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be sold into the United States you know
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in Asia we have something which is
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called carbs which carbs is is a type of
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you know MDF plywood that has no
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formalahhide to it everything we produce
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here is is carbs compliant wood and we
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have to put a sticker on it we are not
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shipping product that has falahhide in
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it you know so if you're if you're in
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the United States in certain states
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maybe some people are there but we over
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here in Asia we cannot so most Asian
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manufacturers are very much clued in to
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the technology which is required for the
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places they are selling to they look at
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long-term strategic partnerships and
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that they really want to have a
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long-term strategic partnership with the
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people they're working with you know
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these are many reasons why you know
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businessto business buyers should
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continue to look to Asia and why Asia is
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such an important part of this
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i've written a blog post on this why B2B
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buyers should look to Asia for scalable
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customizable home decor and we'll put a
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link in the description below for you to
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be able to check this out if you're
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interested more in this but if you're
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looking for businessto business
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production or you know B2B Asia is the
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place to go on so many levels for so
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many different types of products i can't
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say it's for every product and it's for
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every type of industry but for so many
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products at least for my industry which
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is home furnishing and home decor it is
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a very important and essential place to
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be
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manufacturing thank you so much for
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