>>I've always wondered when a label reads 'made from Florida oranges' if that meant the oranges were picked in Florida, shipped to China for manufacture of orange juice, and then shipped to the U.S. for sale?
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>The transportation is too cheap... but won't be forever. Once it becomes prohibitively expensive to move the bulk around, let's just hope they'll find local workforce who'll still remember how to squeeze the fruit. Or do other stuff (had to mention this for the non-abstract people who may read this: yes, I meant other skilled labor in general too, and this is not specifically about oranges, orange juice, or Florida in particular).


How can the transportation be cheap? Oranges are perishable so you can't just put them on a boat.

Importing any kind of juice from China -- especially if it originated in the U.S., was shipped to China, then shipped back -- makes no sense to me at all. I would have to see it to believe it.