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>That European chocolate in American supermarkets is quite often the lowest-quality stuff from here.

I guess this is somewhat universal: the only Brazilian cachaças available here in Germany are the worst ones in Brazil, but they have insane prices (e.g. 12€ for one that isn't worth the 2€ it costs in Brazil).

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I think it's actually extremely universal -- most of the US brands available in Thailand were the more national/mediocre brands.

Which makes sense when you think who is prepared to export levels of product sufficient to supply a nation, but it's amusing that all we really see is the mediocre versions of other nations imported.

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