Reuters: “Apple” transports 1.5 million iPhone from India due to Trump’s fees
Apple has rented charging trips to transport 600 tons from iPhone, or up to 1.5 million phones, to the United States from India in an attempt to alleviate the customs duties imposed by US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters news agency, from sources that have not been identified.
The global company had intensified its production in India; The details of this step provide a look at its strategy to deal with the customs duties imposed by Trump and build a stock of great popularity in the United States, one of its largest markets.
Last week, Trump announced the imposition of “mutual” customs duties on the countries of the world, before it was suspended on Wednesday for a period of 90 days in the wake of the fluctuations of global markets and the loss of American stock markets billions of dollars; But it kept a high -rise drawn on China, which she responded similarly.
Analysts warn that the prices of iPhone phones in the United States may rise tremendously due to Apple’s great dependence on imports from China, the main center for devices manufacturing, which are subject to the highest customs duties imposed by Trump and currently reaching 125%.
This percentage exceeds 26% customs duties on imports from India, which is currently stopped after being suspended by Trump. “Apple wanted to get out of the drawings.”
According to the source, the company pressed an airport authorities in India to reduce the time required to end customs procedures at Chennai Airport in Tamil state in the south of the country to 6 hours instead of 30 hours.
He said that the arrangement of the so -called “green corridor” at the airport, located at the Indian Manufacturing Center, mimics a model that the company uses at some airports in China.
Apple sells more than 220 million iPhone phones annually around the world. Counteloint Research estimates that about 20% of the total iPhone imports to the United States now come from India, while the remaining imports come from China.
