Since the discussion here concerns primarily Behringer equipment, as many know Behringer is a German company who designs the stuff but still has it manufactured offshore to their specifications. This is pretty well, the case with most electronics(although not necessarily speaker) companies nowadays. The mammoth AND contrary to some opinions, quite "state-of-the art" operations that have been set up in China and the cost structure they have created makes it a situation where a company like Behringer could NEVER sell their product at anywhere near those prices if they were made in Germany.
You can buy an Anthem, Classe, Krell among other so-called "high-end" product that is designed and assembled in North America and pay many times more for it(much higher labor costs) but ironically if you opened it up and looked inside, I would almost guarantee you most(if not all) of the parts are STILL made in the Far East.
