offshore manufacturing

offshore manufacturing definition - business

offshore manufacturing

Foreign manufacturing by a domestic company, generally for export to the country in which the domestic firm is located. For example, a U.S. clothing manufacturer establishes a factory in Asia with output exported mainly to the United States.

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