Tackle Trade World Jan09

GLOBAL VIEW
Outside of the tackle trade, after China, Vietnam
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EDITORIAL
Editor: Nick Marlow
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S China losing its appeal? As the grip of the global recession tightens,
fi shing-tackle brands the world over are looking to reduce their costs.
For the past few months I have fi elded an increasing numbers of calls
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and e-mails asking me for information about manufacturing in both Vietnam
Deputy editor : David Guest
and Mexico.
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Asking why always results in the same answer – “we cannot cope with the
Mobile: +44 7595 651834 constant price increases,” they say. “Our current supplier is changing the prices
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on a monthly basis”. T_h e usual answer to this, of course, is to switch supplier.
US Correspondent : Tom Meade
Looking for a new country to work in? Well that’s a relatively new concept
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Nick Marlow
for this trade.
In truth, I do know of a few facilities that are currently being built in
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Vietnam – but as far as I am aware the only one ‘online’ at the moment is the
new Daiwa factory located in Da Nang (see page 5), which produces rods and
European Correspondent: Alessandro Brunelli
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reels. I also know of two US-based brands opening up factories in Mexico.
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Looking outside of the tackle trade, after China, Vietnam and Mexico are
both emerging as the world’s next factories of choice for labour-intensive
ADVERTISING
goods.
Business Development Manager
Kevin Pearce
Electronics giants are opening facilities in both Vietnam and Mexico. And
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clothing and footwear have been in Vietnam for a while now.
Mob: +44 7595 651 833 T_h e labour cost in Vietnam is half that of China, while worker productivity
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is about the same. In Mexico, trade agreements make it much cheaper to
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bring goods across the border than to ship from China.
USA Advertising Bart Manganiello
T_h e Vietnamese government has already increased the mandated minimum
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wage for foreign-funded companies in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, the
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Chinese-made goods have, at the same time, become increasingly expensive.
Ad Production Manager Justin Fox
T_h at gives Vietnamese manufacturers an opportunity to win a bigger share.
Ad Production Assistant Joanna Topping
Vietnam’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January
last year has provided its textile industry with quota-free access to the
PRODUCTION
US. Joining the WTO regime has also caused a massive surge in overseas
Chief Sub Editor Dean Kirkman
investment commitments this year.
Sub Editor Dave Burnham
T_h e biggest draw of the country is clearly its labour. T_h e median age in
Creative Director Mark Grafton
Vietnam is 25 years. T_h e workforce isn’t just young, but also literate and
Head Designer Ben Jones healthy: the proportion of people who are undernourished has been cut in
Ad Design Dave Thomson, Minesh Mistry,
half over the past three decades.
Mike Calvert, Ian Haynes and
Stephen Jorgensen
So are we going to see all fi shing tackle production switching from China
to Vietnam and Mexico? Well of course we aren’t. For most, the cost of
Repro Manager D e rek Mooney moving production far outweighs any benefi ts. But if you are building from
Snr Repro Assistant Thomas Webb
scratch… that’s an entire diﬀ erent story… TTW
Repro Assistant Stephanie Horn
Graphics Technician Peter Holmes
Marketing Designer Paul Evans
Publisher Sean O’Driscoll
David Guest’s Hot Topic...
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