"Puester" > wrote in message
>
> It does make you wonder why, then, builders buy rotten plasterboard from
> China and shipping costs don't make it cost prohibitive. SOMETHING is
> making ours too expensive!
>
> gloria p

A few years ago I saw on a TV show how it is made . They bring in the
gypsum rock by ship. If the raw material is closer to the factory, it is
probably about as cheap to ship the finished product, especially to the west
coast.