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    Home»Sections»Consumer electronics»iPhones could get hit with 10% Trump tariff

    iPhones could get hit with 10% Trump tariff

    Consumer electronics By Agency Staff27 November 2018
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    Apple, which has lost a fifth of its value in a technology market rout since October, is poised for another setback after US President Donald Trump suggested that 10% tariffs could be placed on mobile phones, like the iPhone, and laptops made in China.

    The company already is facing reports of suppliers cutting forecasts, signalling the new iPhone models introduced in September aren’t selling as well as anticipated. Trump’s comments to The Wall Street Journal that he may include Apple’s signature product in another round of tariffs on Chinese imports are another blow for CEO Tim Cook.

    “Maybe. Maybe. Depends on what the rate is,” the president said, referring to mobile phones and laptops. “I mean, I can make it 10%, and people could stand that very easily.” Apple stock fell about 1.6% in extended trading Monday following the comments.

    Maybe. Maybe. Depends on what the rate is. I mean, I can make it 10%, and people could stand that very easily

    The US is due to raise import duties on about US$200-billion worth of goods from China to 25% from 10% on 1 January. The vast majority of iPhones and other Apple products are built in China and then exported globally. Apple couldn’t be reached for comment.

    Some analysts said the comments may shake investors. With consumers “clearly price sensitive” and the average sales price of an iPhone reaching almost $800, “the last thing Cook and investors want to see is additional tariffs added to iPhones and impacting demand drivers at this crucial growth juncture for the company”, Daniel Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, wrote on Monday in a note.

    The price of an iPhone ranges from $449 to $1 449 in the US, including older models such as the iPhone 7 that Apple still sells.

    Slipped

    Shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry, the biggest iPhone assembler, slipped about 1% in Taiwan trading on Tuesday and have dropped about 40% this year. Inventec, which supplies Apple and other US tech companies, fell 4.3% to the lowest level in more than a year.

    So far, Apple’s most lucrative devices, like the iPhone and iPad, have been left out of US tariffs. Earlier this year, Apple said products like the Apple Watch and AirPods would be affected before the US said it wouldn’t impose taxes on such items. Still, the company warned in September, that other items, like the Mac mini, Apple Pencil stylus, and some cables and cases, could be harmed.

    Apple CEO Tim Cook

    The company has made a small percentage of older iPhone models in Brazil and India in recent years, in part to avoid local taxes on imported goods. Trump on several occasions has suggested that Apple should bring iPhone manufacturing to the US.

    In his early years running Apple, Cook would respond to questions about increasing manufacturing in the US by saying the skill sets in China are more conducive to producing the company’s products. However, in recent months, he has modified that view, saying in an interview this year that “it’s not true that the iPhone is not made in the United States”. Some components, like the smartphone’s glass cover, are manufactured in the US and shipped for assembly in China.

    In Trump’s almost two years in office, Cook has met with him multiple times at large meetings with other technology executives and privately at the White House.  — Reported by Mark Gurman, (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP

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