The media published information according to which Apple accelerated the implementation of its plan to source all iPhones to the United States from India, which is a kind of response from the technology giant to the new US tariffs.
The mentioned company already had intentions to pay more and more attention to Indian-made smartphones in the context of sales in the United States market. Now the technology giant intends to get all its US-bound iPhones from India by the end of next year. The media published the relevant information on Friday, April 25.
According to the data that journalists have, Apple intends to double the production of its smartphones in the South Asian country to 80 million units. It is worth noting that in the fiscal year, which ended in March, 40 million iPhones were assembled in India. Also during the mentioned period, the technology giant increased its production volumes in the South Asian country by 60%.
The media reported that iPhone sales in the US currently total 60 million units.
Apple and its suppliers began gradually to move away from China during the coronavirus pandemic. The corresponding process accelerated after Washington imposed high tariffs on Beijing. China has also decided on countermeasures of a similar nature. For Apple, as for other US technology companies, the current state of affairs significantly limits the possibilities of operating in China and any cooperation with this country, which has large production facilities and a huge market.
For the first time, reports of Apple’s intentions to supply more Indian-made smartphones to the domestic market were recorded in the information space in the first half of the current month.
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