Sony may restructure its supply chain in response to tariff increases with EVP for Home Entertainment, Ichiro Takagi, stating that the firm will “consider manufacturing in other countries and regions” if U.S. duties on Chinese exports rise to 25% from 10% currently. Sony’s U.S. seaborne imports have been in decline, falling 9.9% on a year earlier in the fourth quarter. That’s been the result of Sony scaling back Chinese shipments which represented 43.3% of the total in 2018 and fell 24.6% in the fourth quarter. The firm is already increasing shipments from elsewhere, including television...
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