Amid Chinese Tariffs, More Smartphones Imported From Vietnam
U.S. smartphone importers shifted toward Vietnam and from China in November, the last full month before then-U.S. scheduled imposition of 15 percent tariffs on Chinese handsets, said new Census Bureau data we accessed Thursday through the International Trade Commission. The…
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Trump administration suspended the levies Dec. 13, less than 48 hours before they were to take effect (see 1912130062). China was 73.7 percent of the 21.1 million smartphones imported to the U.S. from all countries in November, down 5.8 points sequentially. The U.S. imported 4.6 million smartphones from Vietnam in November, a 21 percent increase sequentially and a 65 percent jump from November 2018.