[Jewelry making - Article 00290] - Re: [Orchid] India among lowest cost producers of jewelry

[JMDesignFIPG]

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Fellow orchidians,

    I wrote a while back, griping about the fact that many of my fellow
    craftsmen over here in the UK are finding it hard to compete with
    cheap imported goods and services from India. Today I read the
    posting from Umesh in Mumbai (Bombay) India and Umesh quotes some
    typical jewellers wages. If I read correctly a qualified stone setter
    gets $100 wages for a 192 hour working month, this is equivalent to a
    setter earning 52 cents an hour. Who in the USA or UK can compete
    with these wages. Over here in the UK we have a legal minimum wage of
    $8.50 per hour or UKP 4.80. in UK pounds and I know of no setters
    that could work here for this minimum wage, with taxes and rental
    prices. This is why I am concerned about the future of our trade.
    Along with the steady increase in the price of gold. James Miller, an
    ageing English goldsmith. One last thing, a big thank you to Noel and
    Amy the busy people at Art Jewelry magazine for contacting me, then
    adding an article about my work to their January edition. 

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