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The global trade war has been a topic top of mind for nearly all manufacturers and product creators over the last few years, and the topic has started to affect their bottom lines more seriously.

Ricardo Ortiz，FICTIV的国际物流领先，加入Dragon Innovation战略规划Shawn Chang的副总裁回答了关于2019年及以后的全球制造状况的问题。

解决关税缓解

产品所有者寻求地址的一致主题之一是关税缓解。With the cost to import goods from China into the United States increasing, more companies are looking for ways to avoid the tariffs associated with some overseas production.

A common method used by a number of larger companies to help reduce or eliminate tariff costs is actually to change the country of origin of their product by moving its production location. However, this can sometimes cause more headaches than anticipated, especially if the right research isn’t done ahead of time.

根据Ricardo的说法，一个良好的开始是通过解决一个简单的问题。“如果您计划在不同国家的生产或完成工作，那么实际上会改变原籍国吗？”

Ricardo notes that taking a product and finishing it in another country doesn’t necessarily mean you’re changing its country of origin. The product itself has to go through重大转型为了获得资格。真正了解可能需要发生的转换的关键组成部分是在开始时有效地分类产品使用正确的HTS代码。

Supply chain strategies for tariff mitigation

其他缓解策略是否成功？

“有许多供应链策略，任何规模公司都应该考虑，”肖恩说。“包括移动制造，多样化供应商基础，优化供应链，重新定义您的定价策略，甚至申请免税。”

但最终，每个公司都不同。肖恩说，公司往往喜欢模仿苹果这样的大科技巨头，但很快发现播放领域不是水平。对于像Apple这样的公司，在另一个国家的不同供应商搬到另一个国家可能很简单。

但是，每次举动都有权衡。虽然您可能能够避免关税成本，但肖恩指出还有其他需要考虑，如国家的经济或政治稳定，可用管理资源，甚至工人能力。

当今世界的全球制造是非常活跃的，比以往任何时候都更多。了解有关关税和国际物流的更多信息，按需观看这个网络研讨会在龙创新。