Third World Countries 3

[Jman69]

My client is requiring the material for the pressure vessel that we are fabricating not to be from third world countries. My question is, what is considered to be a third world country?

Thanks
JM

 

[ColonelSanders83]

The right answer to make the costumer give you a list of "approved countries of origin".

Put the problem of definition with the client, where it rightly belongs.

A question properly stated is a problem half solved.

Always remember, free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it!

http://www.ap-dynamics.ab.ca/

 

[metalonis]

DFAS 252.225-7014 gives a list of qualifying countries when there is a requirement for domestic origin of materials (applies to US).
Hope this doesn't complicate things.

 

[trottiey]

DFAS 252.225-7014 was deleted on July 29, 2009. Buyers are advised to stop flowing down a non-existent clause.

https://dap.dau.mil/aap/pages/qdetails.aspx?cgiSubjectAreaID=35&cgiQuestionID=105706

 

[boilerone]

Notice that first, English and Chinese versions of Wiki have different maps and second, even though neither map shows China to be still a 3rd word country, the leadership still claims 'we always belong to the Third Word' and further more, in the news, 'U.S. Downgraded to Third World Nation', haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/????

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11086293/1/us-downgraded-to-third-world-nation.html

An list of approved countries of origin makes more sense.

 

[rmw]

I read this post last evening and thought; 'well, there goes getting anything from Louisiana.'

rmw

 

[metalonis]

Guess I meant DFARS 252.225-7012, not 7014.

 

[eyec]

Some designations (US)you may find interesting.

Designated country” means any of the following countries:

(1) A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement country (Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as “the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei))”, or United Kingdom);

(2) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, or Singapore);

(3) A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or

(4) A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, or Trinidad and Tobago).