Appeal to our Business Owners - Please Give Consumers a Choice to Buy NON-CHINA Made!

[edoy]

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bitaw karon panahona tagsa nalang jud ko kakita ug produkto nga nakatatak "PROUDLY PHILIPPINE MADE " or tatak pinoy.tungod na ni sa pag proliferate sa mga china products.

[Faeries]

Some Izod products are made in the Philippines. I think Marks and Spencer, Terranova and Forever 21 have products made in India, Indonesia, or Egypt. Try lang tan-aw. Sa Europe masdaghan choices kay naa sila made in Africa didto dili lang made in China.

[MeMing]

Some Izod products are made in the Philippines. I think Marks and Spencer, Terranova and Forever 21 have products made in India, Indonesia, or Egypt. Try lang tan-aw. Sa Europe masdaghan choices kay naa sila made in Africa didto dili lang made in China.

will add this to the list. Sadly, I have a marks and spencer coat nga made in china for some reason. tago kaayo ang tag gud mao guro la ko kita ato dah. hehe... i had the impression this brand makes its products in bangladesh cuz i know a friend married an owner of a factory there that made clothing products for this brand.

we really need to take the extra effort in order to get something not made in china these days. but then again, it's not impossible. thanks for contributing Faeries!

[istoryamember]

mahalan tingali sa production cost ang pinoy if maghimo ta ato kaugalingon product. At least ang pinakurat nga suka pinoy made LOL Bitaw its up to the business owners man pud kung unsay ganahan nila ibaligya. Sa title ni TS abi nako gipugos siya palit ug china made product hehehe

[hanzsoul]

ok na imong suggestion bay. pero kaming mga uyamot nga mga tawo. mag-unsa naman lang. dli ikalimod nga china made products mao nanay makit-an nimo sa matag balay bisag unsa pana ka branded motatak lang gihapon na ang china.

[MeMing]

ok na imong suggestion bay. pero kaming mga uyamot nga mga tawo. mag-unsa naman lang. dli ikalimod nga china made products mao nanay makit-an nimo sa matag balay bisag unsa pana ka branded motatak lang gihapon na ang china.

kitang tanan uyamot man boss ug kitang tanan mao ra situation karon, puno ta china-made products maski unsa pay brand.

ug dili sad nato elimod lisud gyud ni buhaton kay mga indindired espisis na gyud ning dili made in china karon pero, dili gyud impossibli.

mao na magtinabangay ta pangita asa nani sila karon. sigurado ko naay uban aning mga productoha mas mahal pa compara sa ilang made in china nga kauban pero sigurado sad ko dili kanunay. sama nalang sa mga branded nga sapatos nga naay dili made in china nga mas barato pa sa mga made in china nga same brand nga sapatos, etc.

so asa paman ta kita dili made in china diri cebu?

OT: ang "japanese store" ba na siya sa park mall kanang P 99.00 below epik nila, puno sa made in china! pagkaloslos nalang gyud! mao siga-on nato atong mga mata! haha

[MeMing]

Update Summary: +Skittles



0. Software (IMPORTANT especially for businesses and government)
Made in China: Advance System Care Utility Suit (IOBit China)
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Auslogics (Australia), Piriform (United States), Spybot (Europe?)

Made in China: Easeus Disk and Data Recovery (CHENGDU Yiwo China)
Friendly Countries Alternatives: MiniTool (Canada)

1. Coffee
Made in China: Great Taste
Philppine Alternatives: Café Puro, Nescafe, San Mig Coffee
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Kopiko (Indonesia)

2. Fastfood
Condiments Made in China: Mc Donald's Philippines
Philippine Alternatives: Jollibee, Tropical Hut, 7-11

3. Peanut Butter
Made in China: Ladies' Choice, Best Foods
Philippine Alternatives: Lily's Peanut Butter
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Peter Pan (United States)

4. Personal Care - Toothpaste
Made in China: Maxam, and others
Philippine Alternatives: Hapee Toothpaste, Gumtech, Beam, Kutitap, Unique

5. Personal Care - Whitening
Made in the Philipines: Skin White

6. Chocolates
Made in China: M&M, Mars, Snickers (I can't believe it)
Philippine Alternatives: Goya Product Line, Chocquick Product Line, Ricoa Flat Tops/Curly Tops
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Lindt (Swiss), Villars (Swiss), Meji (Japan)

7. Detergent (Dishwashing, Handwashing, Cleansers)
Made in China: Lins
Philippine Alternatives: Pride, Joy
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Wings (Indonesia), Lulu (Singapore)

8. Vehicles
Made in China: Chery, Chana, Great Wall Motors, Zongshen, Jianshe, Motorstar (sorry Manny Pacman), Loncin
Philippine Alternatives (assembly or manufacturing): Sarao (powered by Isuzu Powertrain Philippines), Honda, Kawasaki, Ford (Focus)
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Toyota (Indonesia, Japan), Honda (Thailand, Japan), Kia (South Korea)

This temporary listing was sourced from - | TopGear.com.ph.
You can practically compare, contrast, and substitute the other Chinese cars with those shown above.

9. Cellphones
Made in China: Firefly, Torque, Cherry Mobile
Philippine Alternatives (assembly or design or manufacturing): MyPhone
Friendly Countries Alternatives: Nokia(Finland)

10. Laptop
Made in China: Lenovo (with Communist Party top management and shareholders)
Philippine Alternatives: Neo


Coming Soon:
1. additional Products
2. more information
3. tourism destinations

Thank you for those who contributed software information.

Thank you very much. Please share and link back to this thread, so that our kababayans can see the rationale behind it; also affirming and dissenting opinions. Please don't hesitate to post or PM me if there suggestions, comments, and corrections.

We have a choice.
Patronize Filipino and Friendly Countries' Products

Source: Heartache: Pinoy Food now Made in China, Alternatives Here - Page 8

[emow]

i respect your effort TS... but i thinks its futile... Something maybe made in EU or America, but china may have a large stake on that company anyway...Something made in egypt or france, but the individual components maybe made in china... Just because there's no lable that it is made in china, it doesn't mean that there no parts made in china...Like in auto industry, toyota is made in japan, but a some of its components are made in china, same with other auto companies...

[Crinkles11]

Unsaon kaha nato boss noh, kung ang China dili na mubaligya sa ilang 'rare earth' ? I think dili lang Pinas ang magkalisod hasta tibuok kalibutan.

What are 'rare earths' used for?

"Rare earths" are a group of 17 chemically similar elements crucial to the manufacture of many hi-tech products. Despite their name, most are abundant in nature but are hazardous to extract. Most "rare earth" elements have uses in several different fields, as well as those listed below.

Neodymium
This is used to make powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives to enable them to be smaller and more efficient. Magnets containing neodymium are also used in green technologies such as the manufacture of wind turbines and hybrid cars.

Lanthanum
This element is used in camera and telescope lenses. Compounds containing lanthanum are used extensively in carbon lighting applications, such as studio lighting and cinema projection.

Cerium
Used in catalytic converters in cars, enabling them to run at high temperatures and playing a crucial role in the chemical reactions in the converter. Lanthanum and cerium are also used in the process of refining crude oil.


Yttrium is used in the process of generating colour displays on devices such as television screens
Praseodymium
Used to create strong metals for use in aircraft engines. Praseodymium is also a component of a special sort of glass, used to make visors to protect welders and glassmakers.

Gadolinium
Used in X-ray and MRI scanning systems, and also in television screens. Research is also being done into its possible use in developing more efficient refrigeration systems.

Yttrium, terbium, europium
Important in making televisions and computer screens and other devices that have visual displays as they are used in making materials that give off different colours. Europium is also used in making control rods in nuclear reactors.

[redemption32]

Just a thought..

The machines that manufacture most of this Philippine-made products are most likely to either be made from China, or reconditioned from China and/or most of its parts are made from China. These "friendly" countries you are talking about, they subcontract some of the parts or some of the ingredients of the product to China. The subcontract the packaging to China. Their logistics equipment, one way or another, are made from China.

And why would we want to avoid things that are made from China?? Although it's true that most of the products that they sell have poor quality, but you're talking about the knock-offs! The Adadis, the Nokai, the Sonya. And the extremely cheap stuff. Of course it's of poor quality. It's cheap.

And if you've bought a China-made item that is expensive but has poor quality, does that talk about how China-made items are? Does it not talk about the unfair retail practices you experienced? Does it not talk about the gullibility of consumers to willingly buy these items??
Since you mentioned about China-made items aren't that Cheap anymore,
a. Isn't M&Ms cheaper than Lindt, Villars or Meji?
b. Isn't Lady's choice cheaper than Peter Pan?

And since you mention the inferiority of the quality of China-made products,
a. Would you rather have a Goya bar than M&Ms? (although goya bar tastes good, too)
b. Would you rather put Lily's peanut butter on your sandwich rather than Lady's choice peanut butter?
(both are more or less of the same price)

It just goes to show that most of the China-made products are cheaper. And NOT ALL of them have poor quality.

The other alternatives you mentioned are there. What more can you ask? There isn't a lot because frankly, there aren't a lot within an average Filipino's price range! Retailers always look to their profits. If it doesn't sell that much, why buy it, diba?