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Apple looking at expanding AirPods manufacture to India to help avoid tariffs

Apple is continuing to find a way to work around impending tariffs on imports from China, with AirPods said to be the latest product to benefit from India assembly.

Apple is continuing to find a way to work around impending tariffs on imports from China, with AirPods said to be the latest product to benefit from India assembly. Beyond leveraging the existing workforce in India, the move will help Apple keep the toll down from tariffs that are expected to be placed on imports from China early in 2025. Officials in the country claim that Apple wants to make 25% of iPhones in India by 2028 — but this timetable may accelerate in the wake of the Trump administration's threat to apply heavy tariffs to companies importing goods from China.

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