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Apple asked Foxconn and Pegatron to investigate manufacturing iPhones in the
United States, as Donald Trump import policy overhangs
Apple has reportedly asked key iPhone manufacturer partners, namely Foxconn
and Pegatron, to investigate ways to bring the iPhone assembly supply chain
into the United States. Today, all iPhones (and almost all Apple products)
are manufactured and assembled in China. The Nikkei report says Foxconn is
actively researching ways to make iPhones in the US although Pegatron
apparently refused Apple’s request over cost concerns. A source is quoted
as saying that domestic production of iPhones means increasing costs by “
more than double”.
Apple has received some criticism over the years for its dependence on
Chinese manufacturing but the issue has come into the limelight recently as
Donald Trump, now US President elect, claimed that he will force Apple to
build its “computers and things” in the United States.
Like many Trump policies, to what extent he intends to put that plan into
action is unknown although it still raises uncertainty about Apple’s supply
chain. The report says sources in the Apple supply chain believe Trump will
push Apple to make some percentage of iPhones in the United States.
Whatever the reality, it makes sense for Apple to explore domestic iPhone
production and be necessarily prepared for any eventuality.
The report does not say that Apple, Foxconn or Pegatron have any current
plans to begin US manufacturing. Whilst Foxconn is conducting the research,
it is also not known what will the ruling will be on its practicality. The
report notes that Foxconn’s chairman is not very enthusiastic about the
idea of moving Apple’s manufacturing line away from China.
From Apple’s perspective, it seems unlikely that the company would move
iPhone production to America without a financial reason to do so. If the
Trump administration decides to heavily tax company imports, it may end up
being cheaper for Apple to manufacture in the US and absorb the higher
production costs.
As it stands today, Apple assembles almost everything it sells in China;
iPhones, iPads and Macs. The exception is the low-volume specialist (and
expensive) Mac Pro which Apple makes in a US factory. In the past, Apple CEO
Tim Cook has dismissed the possibility of making iPhones in the US due to a
‘brain drain’ of vocational talent and knowledge in the American
workforce. A supplier report from yesterday reaffirmed this position, saying
that Donald Trump’s insistence to make iPhones in the United States is
simply impossible.
United States, as Donald Trump import policy overhangs
Apple has reportedly asked key iPhone manufacturer partners, namely Foxconn
and Pegatron, to investigate ways to bring the iPhone assembly supply chain
into the United States. Today, all iPhones (and almost all Apple products)
are manufactured and assembled in China. The Nikkei report says Foxconn is
actively researching ways to make iPhones in the US although Pegatron
apparently refused Apple’s request over cost concerns. A source is quoted
as saying that domestic production of iPhones means increasing costs by “
more than double”.
Apple has received some criticism over the years for its dependence on
Chinese manufacturing but the issue has come into the limelight recently as
Donald Trump, now US President elect, claimed that he will force Apple to
build its “computers and things” in the United States.
Like many Trump policies, to what extent he intends to put that plan into
action is unknown although it still raises uncertainty about Apple’s supply
chain. The report says sources in the Apple supply chain believe Trump will
push Apple to make some percentage of iPhones in the United States.
Whatever the reality, it makes sense for Apple to explore domestic iPhone
production and be necessarily prepared for any eventuality.
The report does not say that Apple, Foxconn or Pegatron have any current
plans to begin US manufacturing. Whilst Foxconn is conducting the research,
it is also not known what will the ruling will be on its practicality. The
report notes that Foxconn’s chairman is not very enthusiastic about the
idea of moving Apple’s manufacturing line away from China.
From Apple’s perspective, it seems unlikely that the company would move
iPhone production to America without a financial reason to do so. If the
Trump administration decides to heavily tax company imports, it may end up
being cheaper for Apple to manufacture in the US and absorb the higher
production costs.
As it stands today, Apple assembles almost everything it sells in China;
iPhones, iPads and Macs. The exception is the low-volume specialist (and
expensive) Mac Pro which Apple makes in a US factory. In the past, Apple CEO
Tim Cook has dismissed the possibility of making iPhones in the US due to a
‘brain drain’ of vocational talent and knowledge in the American
workforce. A supplier report from yesterday reaffirmed this position, saying
that Donald Trump’s insistence to make iPhones in the United States is
simply impossible.
