Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Consistent underexposure problem
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:34 +0100 (BST)

Dan Cardish writes:

> If *most* of the camera is assembled in Portugal, how are they able to
> stamp "Made in Germany" on the camera?

Because the EU rules use "added value" to determine which country of 
origin the manufacturer may mark.

Leica says (and can presumably provide figures to prove) that most of the 
*value* is added in Solms, therefore it can mark the product "Made in 
Germany".

David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk