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• According to the Rubber Manufacturers Association, a group that represents the tire industry, China is the top importer of tires to the United States, with slightly less than 32 million units in 2006. About 40 percent of the tires in the United States were imported in 2006, up from 21 percent in 1996, according to the association. (Source: Washington Post) - see Recall page for further details on this issue)

• More than 80 percent of ascorbic acid, better known as vitamin C and also used as a preservative, comes from China... Chinese imports of xanthan gum, used to thicken dairy products and salad dressings, account for at least 40 percent of United States consumption.  (Source: Marginal Utility)

• Apple juice: China's share of United States imports of apple juice, which is used as a sweetener in many food products, has grown to more than 50 percent in 2005-2006 from about one percent in 1995-1996 (Germany, Chile and Argentina supplying the remaining balance percentage - Germany supplying approximately 20% in 1995-1996)  (New York Times graph) ~~ HOWEVER, worldwide, Europe, France, Italy, and Germany are the leading producers of apples (source).

• Using the technology of Airbus and the Brazilian company Embraer, China is also now manufacturing its own aircraft. (Source: Manila Times - Alito Malinao)

• "China - the World's Sweatshop" - Articles by the New York Times HERE

• Despite a two-year effort to eliminate the threat of poisonous lead in inexpensive children’s jewelry, hundreds of thousands of tainted items are still being sold across the United States, the federal government has found (August 2007).  The unannounced federal inspections also left no doubt about the primary source of the threat: of the 17.9 million pieces of jewelry items pulled from the market since the start of 2005, 95 percent were made in China. (Source - New York Times)

• No More Made In China (forum)

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