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U.S. Manufacturers Move Supply Chains Out of China
Published on: 2019-07-18
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Workers at a car plant in Vietnam, where competitive costs are attracting manufacturers and where, US President Donald Trump says, investors in China are now looking

U.S. manufacturers are shifting production to countries outside of China as trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies stretch into a second year.
 

Companies that make Crocs shoes, Yeti beer coolers, Roomba vacuums and GoPro cameras are producing goods in other countries to avoid U.S. tariffs of as much as 25% on some $250 billion of imports from China. Apple Inc. also is considering shifting final assembly of some of its devices out of China to avoid U.S. tariffs.
 

Furniture-maker Lovesac Co. is making about 60% of its furniture in China, down from 75% at the start of the year. “We have been shifting production to Vietnam very aggressively,” says Shawn Nelson, chief executive of the Stamford, Connecticut, company, adding he plans to have no production in China by the end of next year.

Apple plans to move some manufacturing out of China

The moves by U.S. companies add up to a reordering of global manufacturing supply chains as they prepare for an extended period of uneven trade relations. Executives at companies that are moving operations outside China said they expect to keep them that way because of the time and money invested in setting up new facilities and shifting shipping arrangements. Companies said the shifts accelerated after the tariff on many Chinese imports rose to 25% from 10% in May.“Once you move, you don’t go back,” Nelson says.

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