You know those tags, when you buy something, that say “Made in” with the country of origin. In the USA (where I live) it is required by law for foreign items to have that tag:
We’ve all seen the ubiquitous “Made in China” tags. But in this thread I’m looking for the smallest country that made an object that you’ve bought recently. For example, in my case, it’s probably Switzerland (#136 on this Wikipedia list): I’ve got some knives and some chocolate from there that I bought in the USA in the past six months.
Name the country and the item. Does anyone have anything with a label indicating “Made in Vatican City”? If so that would be pretty amazing.
I’d have to say Hong Kong. We have furniture made there. Years ago my dad worked with a banker from Luxembourg on several occasions, and he and his wife would bring us products from there on their visits to us in the U.S.
Singapore #193 at least. Clothing, maybe a jacket IIRC. I will tear through my stuff at home if you don’t believe me!
Not countries, but US territories show up sometimes, e.g. Guam, NMI. I hear a persistent rumor that they’re allowed to put “Made in USA” but not use US labor laws.
I used to own a sportscoat which was made in “The Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” according to the label…maybe not the smallest country of all, but the one with the longest name I think.
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{snip}. Not countries, but US territories show up sometimes, e.g. Guam, NMI. I hear a persistent rumor that they’re allowed to put “Made in USA” but not use US labor laws.
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