Why do we sell him raw materials and he told us – electronics?

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Почему мы продаем ему сырье, а он нам – электронику?

Even boring customs statistics sometimes can be shocking. And get to think hard.

Tricky question: what do you think, what products occupy the largest share in the Russian import from Vietnam?

Until the thoughts move in the mind of scholars, we can speculate that the socialist Republic of Vietnam is a typical third world country, the former agricultural hinterland, which is only now makes its industrial transition. Behind the China of 25-30 years. What can the great Russian import from there?

So according to customs statistics, the main share in the Russian import Vietnamese goods has taken such a group, how… electrical machinery and equipment and accessories. It accounted for almost half of imports.

Unexpectedly, right?

A key article of the Russian export to Vietnam, however, remains oil and its by-products. According to the weight, she is even ahead of military goods (passing on secret statistics). Third place is metals and products from them.

That is, the structure of Russian-Vietnamese trade is a bit like a turnover with developed countries. We are there for oil and other raw materials, and from there us – electronics and equipment.

Of course, this bias partly due to the small absolute figures of trade turnover of our two countries. It’s only $ 3.8 billion. Oh, and most importantly in the Vietnamese import electrical goods – cell phones. We purchased them for almost $ 1 billion. in 2016.

By the way, say, Samsung Vietnamese Assembly quite good.

 

Then it would be possible to put the point pohihikat over the paradoxes of statistics. But what other point of interest emerges.

In Russia has long been a signature plant of Samsung Electronics, which produce TVs, monitors and washing machines. Well, how produced… Collect – it would be more accurate to say, though plastic cases are stamped in Russia, and some of the PCB propisyvayutsya there, near Kaluga.

Question: why cell phones and smartphones cheaper to drive to Russia from Vietnam, and not to collect on the spot, good area and there is successful experience also?

You can immediately tell it’s not a salary history. The salary of the workers on the “Samsung electronics Rus Kaluga” – an average of 25 thousand rubles. with normal chart from 8-00 to 17-00, all breaks and holidays. In shifts, with overtime, can earn 38-45 thousand RUB

This rotational work, it is necessary to tell, not sugar. Standing. Lunch is 40 minutes, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes. Clothing shall be issued, free accomodation in the dormitory, transport to the enterprise at the expense of the employer. In Moscow in the construction of the Tajik migrant workers injected.

In Vietnam, despite the myths about cheap labor, wages are now very tiny. Yes, workers Shoe and garment factories will receive about 200-250$. per month. But in the electronics industry bills are quite different. Workers there have on average 350-450 dollars depending on the working conditions and qualifications. Itry local get from $ 500. Joint ventures there are still annual and quarterly bonuses.

But 25 thousand. – where it is us $ 430. at the current rate. That is, on wages and conditions of labour of the Russian laborer “Samsung electronics Rus…” is not much different from its Vietnamese counterpart. As for qualifications – well, yesterday’s peasant from the province of Lao Cai is better in Kaluga proletariat in the third generation?

So why multinationals Samsung Electronics (and many others, probably) cheaper to produce all potentially high-tech in Vietnam and Laos and then take 10-20 days to Russia? Rather than develop a similar production on the Russian platforms? The question of questions.

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