Trump turned off smartphones and computers from import duties
US President Donald Trump’s administration has released smartphones and computers imported mainly by China by the so -called. « Reciprocal duties » of 145%imposed on Chinese imports.
US customs and border services have published a notice late on Friday, explaining that the goods will be excluded from Trump’s 10 % global tariff and a much higher duty on imports from China.
This move comes after the fears of US technology companies that devices prices can jump to the sky, as many of them are manufactured in China, BBC reports on Saturday.
Exceptions include other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells and memory cards.
The US is a major market for the iPhone, with more than half of smartphone sales last year.
It says that 80% of Apple’s phones sold in the United States are manufactured in China and the remaining 20% in India.
By displacing some of their production facilities from China « Apple » positions them in India and Vietnam, which are also the subject of the so -called. Trump’s « reciprocal myths ».
Ever since the mita has been announced, Apple has been trying to accelerate and increase its production of devices manufactured in India.
Trump has announced a 90-day pause of duties, China is an exception
Apple’s head Tim Cook was among the technology billionaires who attended Trump’s office in January.
This week, Trump postponed the entry into force of duties for all countries that did not require retaliatory duties except China. Apart from a delay, by July, they will have to pay only a total of 10% duty for their imports to the United States.
