Apple confirms US customers won't get 'Made in China' iPhones in 2025

Apple CEO Tim Cook has told analysts that almost all iPhone sales between April and June this year won't be made in China.

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Apple is doing its best to avoid the newly implemented tariffs implemented by President Trump, which are particularly aimed at China's manufacturing prowess. The idea behind the tariffs is to bring manufacturing back to the United States by making it expensive for US-based companies to outsource manufacturing to other countries, particularly China.

However, technology manufacturers, along with many other various companies, can't simply switch to US-based manufacturing overnight and still maintain steady product launches, but what they can do is increase the manufacturing of products in countries where it has already established manufacturing lines. Cook has told analysts that nearly all iPhone models sold in the US during April and June 2025 will be shipped from India, as Apple is looking to avoid as much as it possibly can the 45% tariff on Chinese imports.

Apple will still use China for manufacturing its products sold to other countries, but for its products headed to the US they will now be coming from India and Vietnam. Notably, this means US customers of Apple products will begin to see "Made in India" and "Made in Vietnam" on their products.