Yes, a few pellet styles were made in Brazil during the covid bio warfare period and this was due to supply chain interruptions and work force stand downs due to the disease. This information was gleaned from air gun industry observers and I can only attest to its accuracy based on hearsay but the folks I interviewed seemed to be well comported professional sources of information. Thank you...Please see my reviews of the 14.3 gr Premier Hollow Point Pellet and the Synthetic Marauder PCP .22 on the wonderful Pyramyd Air web site under Chuck...Tried and true and satisfied...Thanks again and God Bless...Futhermore, I was told by someone that Crosman produces one million pellets a day only to be made aware that it may be three million a day according to Air Guns of Arizonia when on a tour of the Crosman facility...???!!!!!!!!...Does this mean that one million pellets {+++} are being expended every day???!!!! Sorry about the overblown punctuation...PS 96% is good enuf for gov'mnt work...More later...