People familiar with the matter said that Apple has told some contractors that it hopes to expand production outside China. People familiar with the matter said that apple is studying more carefully which countries can replace some of China's production, with India and Vietnam as one of the options At present, these two countries have accounted for a small proportion of Apple's global production. Apple previously disclosed that supply chain restrictions would result in a loss of revenue of $4 billion to $8 billion in the quarter.
Analysts say iPhone、iPad And MacBook More than 90% of Apple products such as notebook computers are currently produced in China by external contractors. Before COVID-19 spread to the world in early 2020, Apple had tried to reduce its dependence on China and diversify its production, but these plans were complicated by the epidemic. Now, apple is working hard again and telling the OEM where they should build new production capacity.
An apple spokesman declined to comment. When asked about Apple's supply chain in April this year, Tim Cook, CEO of apple, said: "our supply chain is truly global, so products are produced all over the world. We will continue to optimize."