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Global Competition

Table 1: Comparison of transporting from Canada vs. China

(²A1 Freight Forwarding, 2015), (¹FedEx, 2015), (³FedEx, 2015)

One down fall to this product is that there is cheaper and more efficient ways to get California Mastitis Testing kits to Nepal. This can be compared in two ways, shipping cost and cost of the product. There is a company called DeLaval which has companies all over the world that can supply the California Mastitis testing kits into Nepal. The closest country to Nepal that does provide the kits is China (DeLaval, 2013).  With China being a neighbouring country, the cost of flying the product from Guangzhou, China (DeLaval, 2013) to Kathmandu, Nepal approximately 48% cheaper then trucking and flying the product from Ancaster, Ontario. While this is beneficial, the product could be priced at the same range and the flying cost only decreases the price of the product by approximately 10 Canadian dollars (as shown in table 1). If the cost of the product was as low as the manufactured product from Immucell (Maine, United States of America), it would make a big difference for the Nepalese farmers (Immucell, 2014). The cost range of these kits are approximately 10-15 American dollars (Nasco, 2015), which is much cheaper than the Ormond Veterinary Supply California Mastitis Testing kits. The way to benefit the Nepalese the best is to have the low cost of the kits and the low cost of shipment so it is cheaper for the Nepalese to buy, and with a cheap, effective model, farmers might spread the word around more about the product within the community. Since both China and the United States have better deals of the California Mastitis testing kits, this would make them global competition to the export of California Mastitis Testing kits from Canada.

Figure 1: Immucell California Mastitis Test Kit (Immucell, 2014)

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