Apple reportedly stockpiling inventory to absorb tariff blows | Infinium-tech

After the “Liberation Day” tariff of the Trump administration, OEMS such as Apple are taking initiative to reduce consumers with unavoidable price increase. China, where bulk of iPhones is assembled, is hit with a combined 54% tariff, India face 26% levy, while all the items in Vietnam will get 46% import duty if they enter the US.

According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, Cupertino has been stocking the inventory of iPhone, MAC and other products in the US for months in anticipation of the new tariff. The newly declared levy to be implemented on April 9 will not apply to devices that are already on American soil and the apple can theoretically prevent the iPhone 17 series to increase iPhone prices.

Apple is also ready to absorb a small percentage of cost by limiting its margin on hardware. On average, Apple products have 45% markup facility on hardware alone. Like other companies, Apple is also re -organizing its contracts with the supply chain partners and manufacturing partners to achieve better pricing for the device components and assembly.

In addition to these factors, Apple is expanding its global manufacturing features in new areas in new areas with Brazil.

It has exceeded seven years as Apple last increased the price of its flagship iPhone in the US, with 2017 iPhone X starting from $ 999. Until we see a huge change on the geopolitical side of things, be prepared for a solid markup on the next generation iPhone.

Source ,Paval,