According to a report, Apple is working on sending more iPhone units produced in India in India in India, as the company looks to reduce the influence of recently announced American tariffs on China. The company is also asked to demand a discount from tariffs on Chinese goods introduced by US President Donald Trump last week. Apple depends a lot on China to produce iPhone, which is its best selling hardware product, but the company has been taking steps to diversify its supply chain in recent years.
Apple can redirect iPhone units created in the US in India
Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans Reports He wants to ship more iPhone units from Apple India to America. Cupertino company is producing millions of smartphones in India, and is said to be looking at the latest tariffs on Chinese goods, which was increased by 54 percent by President Trump on 2 April.
According to the report, the step to ship more iPhone units from India to the US will allow the company to meet half of its handset demand in the US in 2025 – if it chooses to send all units produced in India. The US announced 26 percent tariff on imports from India last week, which is much lower than China.
The company was exempted from tariff during President Trump’s first term, and is said to be demanding a uniform discount. Under the tariff, the cost of shipping iPhone units from China to the US can increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro to $ 850 (about 73,300 rupees), from $ 550 (about Rs 47,400). according to the report.
Apple depends a lot on China to produce iPhone, and the company’s shares have fallen by 19 percent in the last three days, About $ 640 billion (About 55,18,900 rupees) in the market cap.
Last month, it was reported that Foxconn is conducting limited tests of iPhone production in the Bengaluru campus before the plan to accelerate the production of iPhone models in the country. Apple’s Taiwan -based supplier produced 12 million iPhone units in India last year, and it is said that the number is working to bring from 25 million to 30 million smartphones.
