Apple airlifts 600 tonnes of iPhones from India ‘to beat’ Trump tariffs, sources say
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New Delhi: After President Donald Trump’s attempt to defeat the prices, Tech Dev Apple chartered 600 tonnes of iPhones, or more than 1.5 million in cargo flights to 600 tonnes, or a maximum of 1.5 million flights.
Details of this push provide an insight into the US smartphone company’s private strategy to revolve around Trump’s prices and develop its famous iPhones inventory in the United States, which is its largest market.
Analysts have warned that the US prices of iPhones may rise, which relies more on imports from China’s main manufacturing center, China, which is the highest tax rate of Trump.
That number is much higher than the rates of 26 % on imports from India, but after that, Trump called a 90 -day break this week, which has not been excluded from China. Apple “wanted to defeat the tariff,” sources familiar with the plan said.
Sources added that the company lobbied to Indian airport officials to reduce the time needed to clean the customs at Chennai Airport in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which is less than 30 hours.
Sources said that the so -called “green transit” arrangements at the Indian manufacturing hub airport used a model of Apple at some Chinese airports. The source and an Indian government official said that since March there has been a capacity of 100 tonnes, one of them kicked new heads this week.
Reuters measurements show that the package weight of the iPhone 14 and its charging cable comes at about 350 350 grams (12.35 ounces), which shows that the total cargo of 600 tonnes contains about 1.5 1.5 million iPhones, after calculating some packaging weights.
Apple and India’s aviation ministry did not respond to a request to comment. All sources tried not to disclose their names because strategies and debates were private. Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones a year worldwide, which is estimated by Counterpoint Research that the fifth of the total iPhone imports to the United States now comes from India, and the rest from China.
Trump permanently raised US prices on China, which stands at 125 % by Wednesday, 54 % ago. At a 54 % tariff rate, the top and iPhone 16 Pro Max will cost $ 1,599 in the United States, based on an estimated Rosen Bluettirs, $ 2,300.
Sunday’s shift
The source added that in India, Apple accelerated airplanes, adding workers to its purpose of increasing its normal production in iPhone plants, adding workers, and temporarily expanding operations at the Foxkan India factory by Sunday.
Two other direct sources confirmed that the Foxkan plant in Chennai now operates on Sunday, which is usually a holiday. Last year, the plant came out of 20 million iPhones, including the latest iPhone 15 and 16 models.
Since Apple diversifies its manufacturing beyond China, it has placed India in position for an important role. Foxkin and Tata, which are two main suppliers there, have three factories, of which two more are built.
A senior Indian official said that Apple spent almost eight months to plan and establish a fast customs clearance in Chennai, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government asked the officials to support Apple.
Commercially available customs data shows that Foxkan’s delivery from India to the United States increased $ 770 million in January and $ 643 million in February, compared to a extent from 110 million to $ 331 million, which is commercially available customs data.
More than 85 % of Foxkan’s January and February aircraft were offloaded in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Foxkin did not answer Reuters’ questions.
