Our rods are made in China to our strict standards. We wish that we could sell "Made in the U.S.A" rods, but unfortunately there are no carbon manufactures in America who have said they are up for the job. Luckily, the Chinese are very good at making rods and will make them to whatever we specify. If we were to specify quality similar to Aventik or other inexpensive Amazon brands, they would produce an inexpensive rod. At WTR we specify the highest qualify wraping and resin standards, which in turn produces the amazing rods we sell!