1 mostly aluminium Boeing 747 is worth the same as 200,000 tons of processed aluminium.
The US imbues large technological value to an otherwise raw product. You pay for their knowledge more than the raw product. The benefit the US enjoys is the marginal cost of another plane is much lower than the marginal cost of producing raw aluminium.
The US imbues large technological value to an otherwise raw product. You pay for their knowledge more than the raw product. The benefit the US enjoys is the marginal cost of another plane is much lower than the marginal cost of producing raw aluminium.