Analysts have warned 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 is subject to the highest customs duties imposed by US President Donald Trump and currently reaching 125%.
Sources told Reuters news that the giant technology company Apple has rented charging trips to transport 600 tons of iPhone, or up to 1.5 million phones, to the United States from India after its production intensified there in an attempt to alleviate the customs duties imposed by the US President.
The details of this step provide Apple’s private strategy to deal with the customs duties imposed by Trump and build a stock of great popularity in the United States and is one of its largest markets.
This percentage exceeds 26% customs duties on imports from India, which has now stopped after Trump announced a 90 -day comment, but he excluded China.
One of the sources familiar with the plan said Apple “wanted to get out of the drawings.”
The source added that the company pressed the airport authorities in India to reduce the time required to end the customs procedures at Chennai Airport in Tamil Nadu, in the south of the country, to 6 hours instead of 30 hours.
The source said that the arrangement of the so -called “green corridor” at the airport located at the Indian Manufacturing Center simulates a model that the company uses at some airports in China.
The source and an Indian government official said that about 6 charging aircraft, each of which are able to carry 100 tons, have left the country since last March, one of which is this week with new customs duties entering into force.
For its part, the Canadian Techesights specialized in electronic products expected that China’s iPhone phones in China will face a significant increase in prices due to US customs duties on Beijing’s imports.
Most iPhone phones in China are manufactured, where customs duties on Chinese imports are expected to increase the prices of the company’s products soon.
On the different sources of manufacturing the ingredients of the iPhone, it set an example of this with the latest iPhone versions, “iPhone Pro 16”:
- The processor comes from Taiwan and costs $ 90.85
- The modem comes from South Korea and costs 26.62 dollars
- The memory of the phone comes from the United States and costs 21.8 dollars
- The rear camera is made in Japan and costs 126.95 dollars
- The battery, its source is China and costs 4.10 dollars
- The storage space is made by Japan and costs $ 20.59
- The main cover comes from Taiwan and costs $ 20.79
- In addition to other ingredients that cost about 200 dollars.
The cost of making components for this phone in China is estimated at about $ 30, but if these components are made in the United States, the cost increases to $ 300.
Apple sells more than 220 million iPhone phones annually around the world.
Countelboint 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.
Accounts on the expectations of Rosenblat Skorites show that the price of the most expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max in the United States would have risen from 1599 dollars to $ 2300 when the percentage of fees imposed on
China 54%.
