Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP
Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP
Neal Kimberley
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Neal Kimberley

Coronavirus: As crisis drags on, cracks show in global supply chains

  • After decades of offshoring manufacturing to China, the disruption to supply chains caused by the Covid-19 outbreak may prompt some sectors to consider diversifying production
  • The car and smartphone industries have proved quite vulnerable

Neal Kimberley
Neal Kimberley

Updated: 4:07am, 19 Feb, 2020

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Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP
Rows of Hyundai cars are parked for shipping in the southeastern port of Ulsan in South Korea. Hyundai has suspended work at a factory in Ulsan, hamstrung by a lack of parts as the coronavirus outbreak cripples China’s industrial output. Photo: AFP
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