The Cupertino company has been seeking alternatives to producing its products outside of China for a long time. Without a doubt, China would continue to be one of the largest producers for Apple, but we must always be open to new options and for months we have seen news related to the departure of production lines to other countries. At Apple they want to increase production in India according to the newspaper «The Indian Economic Times»And would have increased their investment in the country.
A few hours ago we shared with all of you the news about the arrival of the HomePod to country stores. On the other hand, it has always been difficult for the North American company to enter the country and this is not the first time that Apple has to negotiate with the authorities to gain trust and be able to access the market. This time a group of senior Apple officials would have already met with senior Indian government officials to move close to their fifth of all production of products in the country.
As of today, some iPhone models are already manufactured in the country but they would be looking to increase these lines to satisfy both the demand from the same country, as well as from abroad. In addition the problems with China Due to the coronavirus, they are still very recent in Apple's memory and this makes them continue to look for alternatives by decentralizing production. According to various rumors in Apple they would be increasing their production field in countries like Vietnam or now with India.
