U.S. footwear imports from China just had their worst January in more than a decade, FDRA President and CEO Matt Priest told CNBC in an interview.
between the U.S. and China, when the spread of the coronavirus began in China, prompting quarantines and shuttered factories.
Though trade tensions eased somewhat in late 2019, Priest said shoe companies are still mitigating the duties they must pay on footwear imported from Asia. "The virus is now going to coexist with the trade war," he said. "Just because the coronavirus is here does not mean the tariffs are going away." Many shoe makers had already started to diversify their supply chains and reduce their reliance on China as a result of the higher tariffs. Companies including Nike, Under Armour and Puma have steadily been shifting resources to places such as Vietnam.Still, these businesses will inevitably take a hit from the coronavirus, as evidenced by the slowing rate of imports to kick off 2020.
Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted is referring to the spread of COVID-19 as "a painful setback" for the company's business, as it is already seeing traffic declines at some of its shops. It has not yet factored a hit into its full-year outlook.
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