page_title: Knock-down kit
section_title: Housing
hierarchical_section_title: Knock-down kit / Housing
caption_attribution_description: English: Advertisement for knocked down kits for houses, in Popular Mechanics, May 1908.
context_page_description: A knock-down kit is a collection of parts required to assemble a product. The parts are typically manufactured in one country or region, then exported to another country or region for final assembly.
  A common form of knock-down is a complete knock-down, which is a kit of entirely unassembled parts of a product. It is also a method of supplying parts to a market, particularly in shipping to foreign nations, and serves as a way of counting or pricing. CKD is a common practice in the automotive, bus, heavy truck and rail vehicle industries, as well as electronics, furniture and other products. Businesses sell knocked-down kits to their foreign affiliates or licensees for various reasons, including the avoidance of import taxes, to receive tax preferences for providing local manufacturing jobs, or even to be considered as a bidder at all.
  A semi-knocked-down kit or incompletely disassembled kit is a kit of the partially assembled parts of a product.
context_section_description: A 1908 advertisement in Popular Mechanics attests that knock-down kits for houses were on the market by the early 20th century, if not before.
caption: Advertisement for knocked-down kits for houses, in Popular Mechanics, May 1908
exif: {}