In this month, US President Donald Trump will import more iPhones from India to the US to reduce the impact from the tariffs imposed, The Wall Street Journal,
26 percent tariff on goods imported from India will be lower than Apple’s lower line with 54 percent tariff on goods from China, 46 percent tariff in Vietnam or 36 percent in Thailand.
Apple has not planned to make major changes in its supply chain as the tariff position is “very uncertain.” Source of American iPhones more than India will offset the cost of tariffs in China, and Apple is seeing that as a short -term solution, while it tries to persuade Trump to exempt his equipment. Apple was successful in getting the Apple device exempted from tariff during the first term of Apple CEO Tim Cook Trump, but at this time he has less luck.
Apple has been working to increase manufacturing in India for the past several years, and it will create 25 million iPhones in India this year. Apple can meet the demand for about 50 percent of the US iPhone in 2025, by redirecting iPhones made in the US market in India.
While Trump sets tariffs at 54 percent on Chinese goods, he said today that if China did not remove 34 percent of mutual tariffs, he would increase them what it had announced on Friday.
In the weekend, from a report The Wall Street Journal Suggested that there may be current tariff on goods from China Increase the component cost of Apple Importantly for iphone. An iPhone 16 Pro, which is now a cost of Apple $ 580, for example, can cost $ 850 with tariffs.
Trump is emphasizing for companies such as Apple to create its equipment in the United States, but this is not possible as it is more cheap to pay tariffs for Apple, which is more cheap than trying to move manufacturing in a country, which does not require the number of skilled workers for advanced construction for Apple.
Earlier this year, Apple announced a plan to spend $ 500 billion on American manufacturing, the company has made less demand to make Apple Intelligence Server and other similar products.
Apple may employ other strategies to deal with tariff, including pressure on suppliers for low prices and absorb certain costs, but it is quite possible that Apple will increase its prices in the near future.
Trump’s tariff schemes have dropped the shares considerably during the last three days, with the Apple Stock nearly 20 percent less since last Wednesday.
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