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iPhones being transported halfway around the world isn't? In both cases the difference in labor cost is large enough to make the flight profitable.


It makes sense for there to be only one iphone production line, in the same place as all the factories that make iphone components - shipping the components around and having multiple copies of the production line would probably be more wasteful. That's not really a concern that applies to roses.


Yes, since roses can be grown almost anywhere, and they are 100s of replacement for a rose.


In theory bananas can be grown anywhere, but I believe biology has other things to say.


Bananas aren't flown though. They can be grown in many places, it's just the current supply chain for them is most cost-effective.


Some bananas certainly are flown, although I don't know the proportion of the total.

They were loaded into a flight I was on from Costa Rica to Paris.




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