Apple requested immediate suppliers to ship several premium equipment as possible for the United States, especially those priced more than $ 3,000, in response to the announcement of “mutual” tariff “by 104% on business partners by President Donald Trump (through) Nikki,
With Apple, Dell, Microsoft and Lenovo, allegedly scrambled to reduce the effects of tariffs by expediting the shipment before April 9, the day the tariffs became effective.
“We received more and more consumer electronics from customers and many of them to ship by air,” said Apple, Microsoft, and an executive of Google. “But the biggest challenge is that we do not have so many components in stock.”
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The final-mint congestion has created logistic challenges, in which suppliers are struggling to meet the orders due to the lack of components and tight shipping deadlines. All customs approval was to be completed before midnight of US time, which described an international air shipping manager as “a race against the clock”.
As action, this Chinese export is facing 104%of its largest American tariff on Wednesday. This is a combination of 20% imposed earlier, 34% were announced last week, and 50% of Trump were applied hours before Trump after the refusal of Beijing to withdraw an anti -anti -counter tariff on US goods.
Apple is evaluating various strategies to reduce the effects of tariffs of Trump. The company has been diversifying its manufacturing base over the years, India has become a rapidly important production center.
A recent report shows that Apple plans to make more iPhones a source for the US market from India, where tariffs have been fixed at 26% compared to 104% tariffs on goods from China. The company is expected to produce about 25 million iPhones in India this year, potentially demanding about 50% iPhone of the US iPhone in 2025.
The condition of the tariff has already had considerable impact on Apple’s stock, which has fallen by about 23% since last Wednesday, as investors worry about the company’s profits and potential effects on the global supply chain.
Apple CEO Tim Cook successfully exempted the Apple devices during Trump’s first term, but he faced major challenges this time. The company now appears to chase the dual strategy of short -term logistics adjustment demanding long -term political solutions.
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