EUFAULA, Ala., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Condom production in the United States is facing competition from overseas, putting many jobs at stake, The New York Times reported.
Most of the competition is coming from Asia, where condoms can be produced for a fraction of the cost.
Through AIDS prevention and other programs overseas, Alabama companies have won federal contracts to produce billions of condoms. But workers at a plant in Eufaula, Ala., told the Times they were feeling the onslaught of competition from Asia.
The U.S. government is the largest donor of condoms in the world. The Times reported in the past two decades that more than 9 billion condoms have been bought by the United States in response to the worldwide AIDS crisis.
Many of these condoms, though, are Asian-made. The use of these condoms has contributed to layoffs scheduled for the Eufaula plant next month, the report said.
