Vietnam, April 4, 2020 — cybernewschronicle.com — Goods with ‘Made in Vietnam’ tags have become more popular in the United States as the world’s largest economy reduce its dependence on China’s supply chains. Based on the data from the
U.S. Census Bureau, America’s imports from Vietnam has recorded its highest
increase in the previous year since 2003. The imports for 2019 amounted to a
total of $67 billion which is equivalent to 36% rise.
The Southeast Asian nation is
a major exporter of agricultural and electronic products to the U.S. It also
supplies Americans with clothing, furniture and other goods. “The United States has become
far and away the most important driver of Vietnam’s export
engine, accounting for two-thirds of Vietnam’s total export
growth in 2019,” said Michael Ryan, the director of economics at IHS Markit
Economics.
He added that Vietnam is
making a “massive reorientation” in trade toward the U.S. market. The
increase in exports also show that Vietnam is one the largest beneficiaries of
the trade war between the U.S. and China. While Vietnam’s exports
increased in 2019, the U.S. imports from mainland China dropped more than 13%
during the same year.
Several companies worldwide
are now moving to Vietnam due to higher costs of exports and other factors that
hurdle trading with China. “The trade war did not get
companies to move to the United States.
Instead, it caused many to move to
other nations, like Vietnam,” said Jing Wu, a business professor in Hong Kong
interviewed by the Voice of America. Experts say that Vietnam has
also seen an increase in direct investments from foreign manufacturers as a
result of the imposition of elevated tariffs in major economies.
