Sources told the Reuters that Tech Giant Apple charged cargo flights to ferry 600 tonnes of iPhone, or 1.5 million as 1.5 million, when President Donald tried to defeat the tariff of Donald Trump, the sources told Reuters.
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Analysts warned that iPhone US prices may increase, given the high dependence of Apple on imports from China, the main manufacturing center of equipment, which is subject to the highest tariff rate of 125 percent of Trump’s highest tariff rate.
This figure is more than 26 percent tariff on imports from India, but now Trump is called the 90-day break this week, which excludes China.
Apple “wanted to defeat the tariff,” said one of the scheme familiar sources.
The source said that the company lobbied the Indian airport officials below 30 hours to cut the customs at Chennai Airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for six hours.
The source said that the so -called “green corridor” arrangements at the airport at the Indian Manufacturing Center have used a model at some airports in China.
A Government of India official said that about six cargo jets are of a capacity of 100 tonnes since March, one of them kicked the new tariff as this week, and an official of the Government of India said.
The weight of an iPhone 14 and its charging cable shows approximately 350 grams (12.35 ounces), the Reuters measurement, containing about 1.5 million iPhones in a total cargo of 600 tons, after accounting for some packaging weight.
Apple and India’s Ministry of Aviation did not respond to the request of the comment. All sources demanded oblivion in the form of strategy and discussion.
Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones a year worldwide, with counterpoint research, the fifth of the total iPhone imports in the United States comes from India, and the rest from China.
Trump continuously increased the US tariff on China, standing at 125 percent on Wednesday, 54 percent in advance.
At 54 percent tariff rate, the cost of $ 1,599 (about Rs 1.37 lakh) of the top-end iPhone 16 Pro Max in the United States would have increased to $ 2,300 (about Rs 1.97 lakh), calculation based on estimates by the Rosynblies Securities Show.
Sunday shift
In India, Apple carried forward air shipment to meet its target of 20 percent increase in normal production in iPhone plants, attained workers by adding, and temporarily expanded the operations in the largest Foxconn India Factory on Sunday, the source said.
Two other direct sources confirmed that the Foxconn plant in Chennai now runs on Sunday, which is usually a holiday. The plant turned out to be 20 million iPhones last year, which included the latest iPhone 15 and 16 models.
As Apple brings diversity in its manufacturing beyond China, it has deployed India for an important role. Foxconn and Tata, its two main suppliers, all have three factories, two of which are being built.
A senior Indian official said that Apple spent nearly eight months to plan and establish a customs withdrawal in Chennai, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government asked the officials to support Apple.
Foxconn shipments from India to the United States to $ 770 million (about Rs 6,628 crore) in January and $ 643 million in February (about Rs 5,536 crore) in $ $ 110 million (about Rs 947 crore).
More than 85 percent of Foxcon’s January and February aerial shipment was closed in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.
Foxconn did not answer Reuters’ questions.
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