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Supply chains remain agile to avoid US tariffs

10 Oct '25
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Supply chains remain agile to avoid US tariffs
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  • China's role as the backbone of the global textile supply chain remains decisive.
  • Between 2018 and 2024, Chinese exports to Vietnam grew nearly *** annually.
  • Goods deemed to be routed via transshipment can still attract a *** US levy.
  • China's investments in Southeast Asia's four largest economies have quadrupled over the past decade.

Increasingly, these materials are exported to countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia, where garments are assembled before being shipped to Western markets under preferential trade regimes like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

This restructuring has gathered pace as Washington has raised tariffs on Chinese textiles from around **-** per cent to, in some cases, above ** per cent.

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