99% of Ikea product is made-in-China garbage. People go and are fooled by the European look, but Ikea only sells European products in Europe.
More than 2,000 suppliers in over 50 countries manufacture our products. The profile of our well-designed and high quality range is distinctively Swedish/Scandinavian. The low price is literally built into the production and the flat packs facilitate a rational distribution, self-service and immediate take-away. All of our products are labelled "Design and Quality, IKEA of Sweden."
We buy A LOT of furniture and home accessories from IKEA. And we have for years as we lived full time in Gothenburg, Sweden for years and now are part timers. I don't think I have ever bought a product that was made in China. Vietnam yes. Korea yes. Honduras yes. Italy yes. India yes. You name it - but I don't ever remember China.
I had to go and check a bunch of furniture I just bought at IKEA. The Bestå Burs furniture I just got was all made in Italy.
Having lived in Sweden I can attest that there are NOT two product lines-one set made for European stores and another line for anywhere else. The KEY advantage of IKEA is its global manufacturing and distribution of flat packed goods.
I don't think you are giving IKEA a fair shake.
However, I've bought furniture from IKEA made in Turkey, Viet Nam, United States, Mexico, and so on.
Some items are quite commonly made in dozens of countries, and IKEA makes its profits on the large scale purchase contracts they sign with manufacturers to make things to the IKEA standard.
The ONLY IKEA products I've purchased that are regularly made in China for sale in the US are stainless steel cookware ~