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In a race against Trump’s new policy, which has imposed a 10% reciprocal tariff on all countries kicking in on April 5, Apple got ahead of the game, as it reportedly flew five planeloads of iPhones and other devices from India to the U.S. at the end of March, according to local media outlet The Times of India.
The report suggests that by rushing shipments, Apple has managed to keep prices steady—for now. Warehouses in the U.S. are reportedly stocked for the next few months, allowing the tech giant to delay global price adjustments while it studies the impact of tariffs across manufacturing hubs, as per The Times of India.
Thus, sources cited by the report note that Apple has no immediate plans to hike retail prices in India or elsewhere. Instead, it scrambled to ship stock from factories in India and China in advance to soften the tariff blow, the report adds.
According to TechNews, Apple’s major production locations are as follows:
Despite the tariff crisis, Apple seems to benefit from its “Made in India” strategy, as reported by The Economic Times. While Trump’s reciprocal tariffs hit over 180 countries, including a 26% tariff on India, the rate is much lower than China’s 54% and Vietnam’s 46%. The report adds that Apple has moved up to 15% of its iPhone production to India.
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