The coronavirus continues to be a problem for all companies that manufacture their devices in China, despite the fact that many are the factories that have begun to open their doors but due to the lack of materials, production is very limited. In fact, the problems arising from the coronavirus will affect the revenue that the company had forecast for the first quarter of 2020.
So that the effects of the coronavirus continue to affect the company's income, from Apple they have begun to move production of AirPods, iPad and Apple Watch from China to Taiwan, while production is constrained by lack of materials. To these products, the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models that will also begin to be manufactured in the neighboring country.
The medium that has made this measure known, DigiTimes, a medium that is correct in 50% of the predictions it makes throughout the year, so at first, we could take it with tweezers although not a crazy idea.
Apple is trying to diversify its supply chain geographically due to the spread of the virus, which has seriously affected the production of Apple products in the communist country. Apple intends to gradually increase the proportion of production in Taiwan, while still trying to maintain its cooperation with suppliers across the straits.
It is estimated that at least a third of China's production lines will be idle in the first quarter of this year, and it would be almost impossible to return to normal production before the end of February. It is also doubtful that normal production can resume in the first ten days of March.
If it is finally confirmed that Apple plans to move production out of China, it is likely that it will finally stay in Taiwan, since incidentally, avoid the potential problems you may suffer during the trade war between the United States and China it continues, as long as China does not achieve the goal it has been seeking with Taiwan: one country, two systems.
