In 2003 the US imported six million dollars worth of flags from the rest of the world with the Chinese contributing $4.5 million to the imports. Another statistic of interest is that in 2001 flag imports topped out at $51.7 million with $29.7 million coming from the Chinese.

A question arises:

As this is clearly a knock on effect created from globalization and its consequences and with the United States economic might on the decline with many of these US trans-national corporations now based in China, where they violate many localised workers with human rights abuses. One must wonder what values will be passed on and will China copy American cultural imperialism with a totalitarian and powerful vision? As in US Army and Navy custom the flag is folded to reference the flag folding ceremony. The label on the Flag reads 'Made In china'.