India Imposes Import Restrictions on Prebuilt PCs

[mechtech]

Just don’t ship any PCs there.

 

[prtskg]

I thought China and India were on good terms? Seems more like a move by the G7 and possibly BRICS too to counter western sanctions/maintain G7 reliance on cheap manufacturing

China has border tension with India. There has also been minor conflict between their forces on border with deaths within hundred in last 3 years.

Just don’t ship any PCs there.

Last quarter they bought $8B worth of PCs. Companies will definitely sell their product in the market, whether through licensed import or local manufacturing.

 

[de.das.dude]

I thought China and India were on good terms? Seems more like a move by the G7 and possibly BRICS too to counter western sanctions/maintain G7 reliance on cheap manufacturing

lots of border conflicts regarding where the border is.

People working in those industries. People getting experience in high technology and maybe 10-20 years latter starting a startup in India. Building factories in a country is at it's citizens best interests, with a couple of rules of course. Good working environment for workers, higher wages than the minimum at least, the average preferably and definitely rules to protect the environment where those factories will build.
Believe me the alternative - not having manufacturing - is much worst. You should not focus on the 10 rich people who will become richer. You should focus on the thousands who will get a good job.

Unfortunately that being non existent, is also why India is good for making stuff for cheap...

 

[Fourstaff]

Import substitution industrialisation is a common strategy for developing nations, I hope India will be able to efficiently implement this. I am curious as to why there is no grace period - factories takes time to build.

 

[john_]

Unfortunately that being non existent, is also why India is good for making stuff for cheap...

Where huge populations exist, poverty will also be a problem. And yes countries will have to have ultra cheap labor hands to be competitive to China. I have a theory that in neighbor Turkey that it's economy fell of a cliff the latest years, it was partly intentional move from their president, to push population to poverty, lower wages, convince big corporations to build manufacturing there. Many countries try to secure part of the manufacturing that will leave China and move to other countries and the only way to do it, is by simply offering cheap labor.
But a massive movement of manufacturing relocating in a country could be also the first step to improve in the long run that country's working and living conditions. If huge numbers of factories got build in India that will be a huge win for India. Having those facilities there, the government can slowly start making laws that will secure minimal working conditions and wages in those factories, while at the same time avoid angering the corporations. You know, there are many Chinese tourists in Greece every year. I can't say the same about Indian tourists. Maybe people from India prefer other destinations, or maybe all this manufacturing in China does make many people wealthy enough to come this way for vacations.

 

[R0H1T]

Like I said in another thread one of the biggest reasons for this move is the market size, India is already the most populous nation & would probably be the second largest market soon for a lot of volume products after China. This is really a no brainer for anyone with a manufacturing presence & China flexing its muscles in SCS or elsewhere has only accelerated this!

 

[prtskg]

Import substitution industrialisation is a common strategy for developing nations, I hope India will be able to efficiently implement this. I am curious as to why there is no grace period - factories takes time to build.

Import license can be obtained online. Grace period is upto October 31st. I expect some conditions/restrictions to encourage local manufacturing.

 

[Wirko]

Import substitution industrialisation is a common strategy for developing nations, I hope India will be able to efficiently implement this. I am curious as to why there is no grace period - factories takes time to build.

To paraphrase a famous quote: And, when you want something, all the bureaucrats conspire in helping you to achieve it.

 

[defaultluser]

TV manufacturing makes sense to corner, as it takes large quantities of precision equipment - both the large panels themselves, and they assemble LED back-planes on large PCB!!

But the Chinese PC market is so generic worldwide because most cant afford an expensive model form HP/Dell/Apple; so most PCs are all sold under nameless grey-market bricks you can only buy on alibaba

Expect the same race-to-the-bottom there, much like their mass-produced Chinese sub $200 Android phones - as long as Intel considers android a threat, it will continue to dump sub-150 system price dual-core PC components on the market!







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