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WDC » Topics » Manufacturing and marketing our products abroad subjects us to numerous risks.

These excerpts taken from the WDC 10-K filed Aug 20, 2008.
Manufacturing and marketing our products abroad subjects us to numerous risks.
 
We are subject to risks associated with our foreign manufacturing operations and foreign marketing efforts, including:
 
  •  obtaining requisite U.S. and foreign governmental permits and approvals;
 
  •  currency exchange rate fluctuations or restrictions;
 
  •  political instability and civil unrest;
 
  •  limited transportation availability, delays, and extended time required for shipping, which risks may be compounded in periods of price declines;
 
  •  higher freight rates;
 
  •  labor problems;
 
  •  trade restrictions or higher tariffs;
 
  •  copyright levies or similar fees imposed in European and other countries:
 
  •  exchange, currency and tax controls and reallocations;


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  •  increasing labor and overhead costs; and
 
  •  loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under agreements or treaties with foreign tax authorities.
 
Manufacturing
and marketing our products abroad subjects us to numerous
risks.


 



We are subject to risks associated with our foreign
manufacturing operations and foreign marketing efforts,
including:


 
































































































  • 
obtaining requisite U.S. and foreign governmental permits
and approvals;
 
  • 
currency exchange rate fluctuations or restrictions;
 
  • 
political instability and civil unrest;
 
  • 
limited transportation availability, delays, and extended time
required for shipping, which risks may be compounded in periods
of price declines;
 
  • 
higher freight rates;
 
  • 
labor problems;
 
  • 
trade restrictions or higher tariffs;
 
  • 
copyright levies or similar fees imposed in European and other
countries:
 
  • 
exchange, currency and tax controls and reallocations;





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  • 
increasing labor and overhead costs; and
 
  • 
loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under agreements
or treaties with foreign tax authorities.


 




This excerpt taken from the WDC 10-K filed Aug 28, 2007.
Manufacturing and marketing our products abroad subjects us to numerous risks.
 
We are subject to risks associated with our foreign manufacturing operations and foreign marketing efforts, including:
 
  •  obtaining requisite United States of America and foreign governmental permits and approvals;
 
  •  currency exchange rate fluctuations or restrictions;
 
  •  political instability and civil unrest;
 
  •  limited transportation availability, delays, and extended time required for shipping, which risks may be compounded in periods of price declines;


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  •  higher freight rates;
 
  •  labor problems;
 
  •  trade restrictions or higher tariffs;
 
  •  exchange, currency and tax controls and reallocations;
 
  •  increasing labor and overhead costs; and
 
  •  loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under agreements or treaties with foreign tax authorities.
 
While neither the 2006 Thai coup d’état nor terrorist bombings in Bangkok had any appreciable impact on our manufacturing operations, these events illustrate the risks associated with our foreign manufacturing operations and foreign marketing efforts and the importance to our business of stability in the countries in which we operate.
 
This excerpt taken from the WDC 10-K filed Nov 20, 2006.
Manufacturing and marketing our products abroad subjects us to numerous risks.
 
We are subject to risks associated with our foreign manufacturing operations and foreign marketing efforts, including:
 
  •  obtaining requisite United States of America and foreign governmental permits and approvals;
 
  •  currency exchange rate fluctuations or restrictions;
 
  •  political instability and civil unrest;
 
  •  limited transportation availability, delays, and extended time required for shipping, which risks may be compounded in periods of price declines;
 
  •  higher freight rates;
 
  •  labor problems;
 
  •  trade restrictions or higher tariffs;
 
  •  exchange, currency and tax controls and reallocations;
 
  •  increasing labor and overhead costs; and
 
  •  loss or non-renewal of favorable tax treatment under agreements or treaties with foreign tax authorities.
 

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10-K (2 sections)
Aug 20, 2008
10-K
Aug 28, 2007
10-K
Nov 20, 2006

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