Apple Won't Be Impacted by India Tariff Increase

U.S. President Donald Trump is expanding the tariff connected goods from India to 50 percent starting connected August 27, but Apple's manufacturing successful the state won't beryllium affected.


Semiconductors and derivative products similar iPhones are already exempt from the existing 25 percent reciprocal tariffs that are successful place. According to CNBC, the enforcement bid expanding the tariff complaint doubles the 25 percent reciprocal tariff complaint to 50 percent, and semiconductors volition proceed to beryllium exempt.

Apple is already unaffected by the 25 percent reciprocal tariffs successful India that were enactment successful spot connected August 1, and it looks similar that's not going to alteration if and erstwhile tariffs summation to the 50 percent people aboriginal successful August.

Apple has been shifting a important information of its manufacturing from China to India for proviso concatenation diversification and due to the fact that of U.S.-China commercialized tensions. Apple partners similar Foxconn and Pegatron person established factories successful India for assembling the iPhone, and each 5 iPhone 16 models are assembled successful the state for Indian customers and for export to countries similar the U.S.

The bid that exempts Apple from paying reciprocal tariffs is temporary, and exemptions could alteration astatine Trump's whim. Trump has said that nary 1 is "getting disconnected the hook," and that his medication is moving connected circumstantial semiconductor levies that could interaction Apple devices.

Apple is moving hard to person Trump not to taxable it to further tariffs. The institution promised to invest $500 billion successful U.S. manufacturing earlier this year, and today, Trump is announcing different $100 cardinal Apple concern successful the signifier of a caller U.S.-based Apple manufacturing program. Apple CEO Tim Cook volition beryllium contiguous for the announcement.
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