{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Friendshoring","description":"Friendshoring describes the deliberate relocation of supply chains away from countries perceived as geopolitically risky or unreliable toward nations considered strategically aligned – partners bound by shared values, trade agreements, or security commitments. The term emerged in policy and trade discourse and combines the logic of nearshoring and reshoring with an explicitly political dimension: geographic proximity matters less than political dependability. For freight forwarders and shippers,","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/friendshoring","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T22:16:59.856396","citation":"https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/04/19/friendshoring-what-why-how","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/friendshoring","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Friendshoring · Friendshoring describes the deliberate relocation of supply chains away from countries perceived as geopolitically risky or unreliable toward nations considered strategically aligned – partners bound by shared values, trade agreements, or security commitments. · Quelle: https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/04/19/friendshoring-what-why-how"}