Samsung weighs relocating dryer production to US in response to Trump tariffs
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics and at least one other appliance maker are considering moving some operations from their plants in Mexico to their U.S. factories.
The review is in response to President Donald Trump's consideration of imposing 25% duties on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, a South Korean newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Samsung is looking at moving dryer production currently happening at its Querétaro plant to a plant in South Carolina, according to the Korea Economic Daily. The paper reports that the South Carolina plant's main product is washing machines.
The U.S. facility in Newberry County, South Carolina, was established in 2017, Samsung's website states. It was Samsung Electronics Home Appliances America's (SEHA) first U.S.-based home appliance manufacturing facility.
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«Previously everything was coming in from across the ocean, so if we had any part shortages, any delays, any material defects, we would have to wait forever,» SEHA Production Manager Bobby Stevens said in a 2023 statement.
«But now, we have local material, so in just a few hours or even 10 minutes, we can get parts and the materials we need to keep everything going, so that’s made a big impact on production here,» he said.
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