28 Mar, 2017 @ 12:03
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‘Made in Germany’ is the most respected brand in the world while ‘Made in Spain’ lags behind

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pjimage-15THE ‘Made in Germany’ label is the most respected in the world.

According to the annual Made in Country Index, which ranks how products made in different countries are viewed, goods made in Germany are the most trusted.

The ‘Made in Country’ label was first introduced by the UK 130 years ago in a bid to protects its good from German imitations.

But the tables seem to have turned, with goods labelled ‘Made in UK’ coming in fourth on the index.

The UK brand was also beaten by ‘Made in the EU’, which came third, scoring highly in the categories of quality and technology.

The EU classification was only introduced by the European Commission in 2003, but has already won much respect and status around the world.

The survey, carried out by Statista, spoke to 40,000 global consumers.

German goods were associated with quality and safety, and were ranked number one by 13 countries, including Spain.

Spain came in at 20th on the list, with its products being especially appreciated in Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East.

The goods are seen as being good value for money, having good quality and design.

Second place went to Switzerland after it scored highly in status and authenticity.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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6 Comments

  1. Lets see…
    99% of the British (lol) industries are now German, Indian, American, you name the rest.
    And the few that remain British, are known for committing the biggest disasters in history (BP Deepwater Horizon, for example)
    As I have wisely said, British + Technology = Monkey + Machine Gun.

    • Really Pablo?
      A study by MITI – Japan’s equivalent of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – concluded that 54% of the world’s most important inventions were British. Of the rest, 25% were American and 5% Japanese.
      What inventions has your country gifted to the planet?
      Please enlighten us and list them.

  2. Of that 54%, it would be interesting to know how many were Scots? Tried Google but it remains schtum on the subject. We can of course, disregard Argentina on this, unless we count their wild invention that they own The Falklands.

  3. So where do Rolls Royce stand in all this? The body is made, built and pre-painted in Germany. The transmission is made & built in Germany not to speak of the engine. Should the RR car now be said to have been built in the EU or in the United Kingdom?

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