The US Agency for International Development is switching suppliers from Alabama-based Alatech, the only US condom maker, to a Chinese company. USAID has distributed 10 billion condoms in poor countries around the world. According to their web site, Alatech manufactures 1 billion condoms each year. Chinese condoms cost 2 cents each versus 5 cents each from Alatech.
The small town of Eufaula, Alabama (map, pop. approx 14,000) will be severely effected by this change. 300 jobs are expected to be lost.
I'm not sure why more major American news outlets didn't pick up this story. When I searched for it on Google, most of the news hits were from foreign (non-US) media.
Even Fox News got it from the Kansas City Star.
Wallet Pop headline writes had fun with this story: American condom-makers layoff workers as production heads overseas (original headline: American condom-makers get the shaft as production heads overseas)
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