Savings between 25% and 45% compared to local US production Expand your production capacity without investing additional capital resources Compete more effectively with others already doing so Concentrate your resources in your core competencies such as design, marketing and distribution or retailing, where your long term competitive advantages are much more difficult to match Extensive forest resources in country, with growing lumber supply into the future Forest resources comming from plantations or managed natural forest Well developed sawmilling and furniture industries, state of the art technology High productivity and low cost LOCAL (not as in China) labor, sustainable for the future Full compliance with WTO labor protection laws, no child labor, right to unionize Export oriented lumber and furniture industries because of small domestic market Availability of species hardwoods and softwoods for furniture (eg pine, cherry and poplar) Stable country economically and politically; safe from world terrorism Access to source products from other south American countries, Brazil, Bolivia, etc Long term stable and predictable currency exchange rate Multiple maritime routes with weekly frequency at competitive costs. (50% compared to Asia) One night travel distance, similar time zone Other products types available, like metal, glass, stone, ceramics, plastics etc Several top ten US manufacturers are currently sourcing furniture from Chile, find out why and measure the benefits. We are the first alternative of diversification for those who want to control the risk of having all it's outsourcing program depending on Asia.