The laptop manufacturer has been weighing the impact of US tariffs amid the US-China trade dispute

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/13
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Notebook manufacturer Quanta Computer is planning to move part of its production from China to Southeast Asia to avoid U.S. tariffs targeting goods exported from China.

Moving production that is bound to be exported to the U.S. from China to Southeast Asian nations is necessary, said Quanta’s founder and chairman Barry Lam (林百里), at a press conference on Tuesday (August 13). The plan will include the company’s laptops, which are facing an additional 10 percent tariff from September.

Some of the production, such as the computer servers, has been moved back to Taiwan for about half a year, according to Lam. Yet Taiwan is lacking the workforce for labor-intensive jobs, he added.

Assessment to set up a factory in Southeast Asia has been completed, but the company needs to discuss the issue with its clients, before reaching a final decision soon, Lam said.
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