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China sources most of the components for Apple Products from different countries. Here is a list of countries that provide the parts. https://www.quora.com/Wh
by hourislate 8y ago
China sources most of the components for Apple Products from different countries.
Here is a list of countries that provide the parts.
https://www.quora.com/Where-is-the-iPhone-originally-made https://www.quora.com/Where-is-the-iPhone-originally-made
As you can see it would be fairly easy to for Apple/Foxconn to source these parts and build their products in the USA. I think the big motivator for them is they would rather outsource manufacturing to Foxconn and wash their hands of having to deal with it.
- mc32 8y agoAlso Foxconn could move ops back to Taiwan, albeit a bit expensive labor wise.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoBut still cheaper than the US. I don't see iPhones being made in the US anytime soon, there are many places in Asia other than China that would be higher up the list than the states.
- mc32 8y agoYeah. I don’t think it’s likely that production would come back —though not impossible. That said the main point is Foxconn could move production to other manufacturing centers, if need be, though it would need some transition period to avoid disruption.
- taobility 8y agoI don't think any other Asia countries has same scale of labor, supply chain and infrastructure to manufacture the goods with tremendous demand like iPhone. It's not just cheap labor, it involves a whole manufacture ecosystem.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoTaiwan, Japan, Korea all have the infrastructure and expertise. China is a huge market, but iPhones still are considered imports because they are built in SEZs anyways.