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Apple redirects 97% of Indian iPhone in the United States to reduce tariffs

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Apple. Manoufacturr Foxconn ' S iPhone exports to the States grew from 50% of Indian production to 97%, since Apple is trying to mitigate the influence of Trump's tariffs. Despite the fact that Trump said Tim Cook to stop production in India, it remains that it is impossible to make the iPhone in the USA. Therefore, Apple redirects its supply and distribution lines to minimize the effect of tariffs. 2025, 2025, were exported to the USA. Billion of dollars.Based on customs import data, only March 2025 had record devices in the amount of 1.3 billion dollars supplied to the States. In May 2025, the figure fell a little to a little less than $ 1 billion.

the remaining 3% production of Foxconn in India, probably went to home resellers in the country. Apple has already expanded Indian production, so comparable figures are impossible, but previous messages suggest that a little less than half of the iPhone made in the region were intended for the local market.

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Apple will continue to expand in India, and it will not change production iPhone in the USA. There is no qualified labor or means for the production of iPhone in America.

During the last call of Apple, Tim Cook, said that Apple expected to spend $ 900 million on tariffs in the quarter until the end of 2025.

Further changes in the tariff occurred. According to reports, as soon as the punishment for Cook that does not attend the Trump event, the president announced the new 25% tariff, exclusively on the iPhone. This was later expanded to enable other smartphones for “justice”, but probably legal reasons, since the tariff is not strictly legal for the iPhone only.

, given the volatility of the Trump administration, it seems confident that more tariffs will come. This is especially after the White House previously made the investigation of national security and has already announced that its conclusions would lead to a larger number of tariffs.

, before the obvious loss of Cook with Trump, was noted by the General Director of Apple for the management of relations with the president. In the framework of this, maintaining these relations, in May 2025, as they said, Apple was looking for ways to increase prices for iPhone 17, without publicly accusing tariffs.

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