Sony to move back to Japan camcorder output in China

Sony Corp will shift Chinese production of camcorders bound for the US back to Japan by the end of September in an attempt to shorten the delivery time to three weeks from four weeks, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing company sources.

Currently, the company ships from Japan about 40% of key components, including lenses and image-processing circuits, to China for camcorder assembly there. It takes one week to send the parts and clear customs, so assembling the products in Japan will save that much time, the sources said.