Iris Ohyama to shift China fan production to South Korea

Trade war spurs Japanese company to protect US-bound shipments from higher tariffs

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Iris Ohyama has multiple factories in China, including this one in Dalian. (Photo by Manami Sakai)

KENICHI YAMADA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Japanese consumer products company Iris Ohyama will move a portion of its Chinese production to South Korea in order to hedge against tariff risks amid the U.S.-China trade war.

The company currently produces air circulators in Suzhou and Guangzhou, China. "We will move some of that output to South Korea as early as next year to disperse risks," President Akihiro Ohyama told Nikkei.

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