IKEA to increase US sourcing as tariffs raise import costs

IKEA is preparing to summation the measurement of products sourced from manufacturing facilities successful the US successful effect to rising import costs linked to tariffs imposed during the Trump administration, its elder proviso concatenation enforcement has told Reuters.

The alteration represents a reversal of a semipermanent diminution successful home accumulation for the US market.

IKEA's franchiser, Inter IKEA, closed its manufacturing tract successful Danville, Virginia successful 2019, relocating accumulation backmost to Europe and lone 15% of IKEA products sold successful the US are produced domestically, down from 19% successful 2014.

In comparison, 70% of the company’s European income and 80% of its Asian income travel from regionally manufactured goods.

IKEA’s main sourcing countries stay China, Germany, Italy, Lithuania and Poland.

Inter IKEA planetary proviso manager Susanne Waidzunas told Reuters that the company’s US operations trust heavy connected imported furnishings with agelong transportation pb times.

The displacement toward determination accumulation was planned earlier 2025's tariff increases but has gained relevance, arsenic prices connected definite products successful the US were aboriginal adjusted to negociate the further costs.

IKEA has recorded 2 consecutive years of declining income portion cutting prices to pull customers nether inflationary pressure.

At the aforesaid time, Lithuanian supplier SBA Home is expanding output astatine its archetypal US manufacturing installation successful Mocksville, North Carolina.

The $70m site, supported successful portion by Inter IKEA, is acceptable to nutrient up to 2 cardinal furnishings items annually, including KALLAX shelving units.

IKEA besides intends to summation purchasing from US-based suppliers, including Sauder Woodworking.

"IKEA to summation US sourcing arsenic tariffs rise import costs" was primitively created and published by Retail Insight Network, a GlobalData owned brand.

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