At Domotex Asia, 80 percent of the nearly 1,000 exhibitors were Chinese wood floor suppliers, and they arrived with a unified message of booming sales, increasing raw materials costs and shifting product mixes. While three days is hardly enough time to penetrate the depth of a nation's market, here's a quick snapshot: China's real advantage is not found in labor - which is easily offset by U.S. and European efficiencies - it's in raw materials, which are often subsidized by the government. "Wood is subsidized by the government and it employs thousands of people everywhere in China - they sponsor it," said Paul De Cock, president, Unilin North America.
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机译:在Domotex亚洲,近1,000家参展商中有80%是中国木地板供应商,他们共同传达了销售旺盛,原材料成本增加和产品结构转变的信息。虽然三天时间不足以穿透一个国家的市场深度,但这里有一个简短的快照:中国的真正优势不是在劳动力中发现的-可以很容易地被美国和欧洲的效率所抵消-在原材料中,它通常得到补贴政府。 Unilin北美总裁Paul De Cock表示:“木材得到了政府的补贴,在中国各地都有成千上万的雇员-他们是木材的赞助者。”
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