Donald Trump is very unhappy against Apple, and said it in one of his regular fury messages published on his real platform. In his last bump, the US president recalled that “for a long time,” said Apple manufactures his iPhone in the United States.
Although Apple now manufactures most of its smartphones for the US market in India, Donald Trump threatens the company led by Tim Cook to increase its 25% customs duties if they do not comply: “We are not interested in building it in India. India can take care of itself, he is going very well,” he already announced last week.
Manufacture cost too high
The question of an iPhone “made in the US.
But what specifically avoids that Apple does with respect to its Mac Pro and that it is carried out on the American soil?
The first thing you should know: most of the parts of an iPhone come from a country, China. There are also fleas, which are made in Taiwan. Once built, these pieces join to assemble; For the American iPhone, it is, therefore, most of the time in India.
The second element to consider is the cost of manufacturing. Like many other technological companies, choice has been made to make devices in countries where costs are low. It is for this reason that China, Vietnam, but also Indonesia, Vietnam or even India are privileged.
A 90% cost increase for Apple
Even if they are developing countries or in full commercial expansion, and wages are gradually increasing, they are still much lower than in western countries, either in Europe or the United States.
Putting extreme to extreme, these two elements allow to maintain competitive prices for Apple and for others. An analyst estimated that if an iPhone was manufactured in the United States, it could cost up to $ 3,500. A figure that may seem crazy, but others even consider it away from the account.
The Mac Pro can be manufactured in the United States, because on the one hand, it is very expensive, but also because it does not require a full supply chain with thousands of workers in the same place.
On the opposite of a product as popular as the iPhone, whose production is organized around hundreds of thousands of employees in Asia.
A workforce that is also completely absent from the American soil.
Apple thought I had calmed Donald Trump
Tim Cook, the Apple Chief, had already responded on this subject, using an imagined example to see the lack of qualified personnel, specifying that in the manufacturing field, when China could fill “several football stages”, the United States only represented “handful” of people.
Another element to consider: the absence of a sufficiently large and established production chain. Such a project is still possible, but would require several years of construction, which makes the immediate availability of a “local” product simply impossible.
A reality that has not even tried to deny the signature of highly respected analysts Bank of America, for whom the production of an “iPhone” made in the US. UU. It would be “difficult”, with an increase in Apple’s costs of the request of 90% if we take into account all components to import the US soil.
For Tim Cook, who proudly announced $ 500 billion in investments in the United States to calm the ardor of a “American” president a few weeks ago, therefore, it is a return to the starting point.
Source: BFM TV
