Puneral tariffs: All iPhones for the US market are supposed to come from India in the future

Apple allegedly wants to double the final production of iPhones in India in a short time in order to avoid the difficult to calculate US criminal offenses against China. The manufacturer wanted to have all iPhones assembled for the US market in India until the end of 2026, As the Financial Times reports, citing informed people. This plan to diversify the supply chain goes far beyond what investors have so far accepted, notes the business newspaper.

Half of all iPhones “Assembled in India” in the future?

Aggressive punitive tariffs imposed by the Trump government against China had already led to Apple hectic iPhones from India flying into the USA, allegedly worth many billion US dollars. The suppliers involved and manufacturer apparently generated record numbers. At the home market USA, Apple drops around 60 million iPhones per year, a little less than a third of global sales.

Apple has been expanding the iPhone production in India for several years, and the rapid rapidly rapids on site caused grievances several times-until violent riots in works. According to estimates, around 40 million iPhones in India are now off the assembly line, but including older model series, which are usually less in demand in the United States. The vast majority of iPhones has so far let Apple final assembled in China, and a large part of the suppliers are also sitting there. Ultimately, Apple wanted to have half of the final assembly carried out in India, reports the information. However, this is also in the side of China in Dorn: In the past few weeks there have been several reports of interference on the shift in production, including for example export bans for certain machines.

Apple boss is considered a Trump whisperer

India was also affected by Trump’s punitive tariffs, but these were immediately paused for negotiations and were lower than the latest tariffs imposed against China. According to media reports, Apple boss Tim Cook has a direct line to the Trump government, an exemption for smartphones is currently saving Apple extremely high import duties in the USA-for the time being.