Pulling out of China? Apple shifts production capacity iPhone 12 to Hon Hai India factory manufacturing

Apple intends to shift 7% to 10% of its production capacity in China to India, and the location of iPhone 12 manufacturing is chosen at Hon Hai Group’s plant in India. Figure: intercepted from Apple’s official website

Hon Hai in India to assemble OEM Apple iphone 12 has a new development! Due to rising labor costs in China, the United States and China’s long-term trade war, as well as the new crown virus (Chinese communist virus, COVID-19) Epidemic disrupted the global supply chain, Apple (Apple) intends to shift 7% to 10% of its production capacity in China to India, rumors that the iPhone 12 manufacturing site selected in Hon Hai Group in India’s Tamil Nadu province (Tamil Nadu) factory.

Although the outside world is expected after the U.S. President Biden came to power, U.S.-China tensions have eased, but the global technology giants to reduce excessive dependence on the Chinese market has become a trend. Nikkei Asian Review (Nikkei Asian Review) revealed in January that Apple’s iPhone and iPad will be accelerated to India and Vietnam for production, and expanded to produce iPhones in India, with plans to produce the first 5G phone, the latest iPhone 12 series, in India as soon as this quarter.

Suppliers are also busy meeting the requirements of Apple’s decentralized manufacturing base. Last December, Chinese media reported that Apple’s main supplier Hon Hai Group’s Indian plant would start trial production of iPhone 12, which is expected to be launched within 2 months.

India Business Standard financial news website today (8) quoted sources reported that, in response to the Indian domestic market and overseas market demand, Apple will be manufactured in India in the near future iPhone12, and intends to transfer 7% to 10% of China’s production capacity to India, the location will be in the Hon Hai Group is located in Tamina Du province plant important city of Chennai (Chennai).

Hon Hai set up a factory in India to manufacture and produce Apple’s iPhone XR and iPhone11, etc., and continues to have plans to expand production. At the end of last year, Hon Hai spent US$270 million (about NT $7.63 billion) to set up a factory in Vietnam. However, for the above news, Hon Hai said it would not comment on a single customer.

Most of Apple’s computer product lines remain in China, however, Apple has moved some of its desktop computer Mac mini production capacity to Malaysia, and Apple expects to move some MacBook production capacity to Vietnam this year as well.