After reading a post from Fred F on how expensive zincs were I ordered several years supply from Defender. They were advertised as Canada Metal Zincs and we were happy to support North American manuafacture.As it turns out Canada Metal Zincs are made in China. I can't see how they could screw up Zincs as they are supposed to corode - unlike their stainless steel but who knows. Well, I did save a bunch of money and with the price of base metals going up it will likely be one of my better investments!