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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by ricardobeat on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:43PM (#39377679)
Is the percentage of steel imports relevant, when most of the metal consumer products are coming from abroad?

Simple stuff like pots and pans, cutlery, potato mashers. Then industrial parts. Farm equipment. Eventually, cell phone frames and more sophisticated stuff. I think this is what the parent comment is alluding to.

Re:YC: Requests for Startups by skrbjc on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:02PM (#39386010)
Ywes, but if we have cheap materials here, it makes it more enticing to manufacture here as well.