Ending Its China Manufacturing Would Cost Sonos $15M, 2 Years, It Tells USTR
Sonos can’t move outside China “in any reasonable or efficient manner” production of the wireless mesh network speakers it seeks exclusion from the List 4A tariffs, posted the vendor Wednesday in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative public docket.…
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Sonos estimates it would cost more than $15 million and take about two years to find alternative sourcing. There's “no other single market in the world” for such production, said the company, and “fragmenting our supply chain across several countries is inefficient." It imports the products under the 8517.62.00.90 heading covering a broad swatch of consumer tech products including smartwatches.