After US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a series of tariffs to import products, especially on Beijing, Apple has become one of the largest American companies affected by the decision, in light of the manufacture of most iPhone phones in China. Now it seems that the company is considering expanding the scope of collecting its phones in Brazil to circumvent American customs duties.
Sources familiar with the matter told the Brazilian magazine that Apple is considering expanding the energy of its facilities in Brazil as a way to pay less import fees on “iPhone” devices, according to 9TO5Mac website.
And if the American giant company succeeds in its endeavor, the “iPhone” group in Brazil will not only meet the local demand, but will also be exported to the United States as well, which will lead to a large decrease in taxes.
According to Trump’s decisions, the customs tariff for products imported from China will reach 34%. As for India, which is also collecting the “iPhone” devices exported to the rest of the world, it has been imposed on a 26%customs tariff. As for Brazil, Trump’s definitions are only 10%.
The European Union is moving forward with the decision to impose reduced financial fines on the “Meta” and “Apple” companies next week, in an effort to avoid an escalation of tension with US President Donald Trump.
Apple has gathered its products in Brazil since 2011. The company has built a facility in the city of Sao Paulo in partnership with the Taiwanese company “Foxconn”. However, because of its small ability, only a few products are collected in Brazil, such as iPhone devices for beginners, to provide the local market.
Apple wants to collect more “iPhone” models in Brazil in the near future, as it began to study the possibility of expanding manufacturing in Brazil last year.
The Brazilian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority recently granted Apple and Brazil Foxconn, the certificate for the assembly of “iPhone 16” in Brazil. The iPhone 13, 14 and 15 has already been collected in the country. The sources indicate that Apple wants to assemble the iPhone 16 Pro for the first time in Brazil.
Apple shares have already decreased by more than 10% since the announcement of the new customs duties. The company has lost $ 300 billion of its market value so far.
Brazil is achieved with Apple
In addition, Apple is facing an investigation into Brazil, on charges of conducting anti -competition practices in the application store. Although the company is given more time to discuss the issue, the Brazilian Anti -Monopathic Authority is currently investigating Apple on the “transparent application of applications” feature.
He obliged a judicial ruling in Brazil, on Thursday, the American company Apple, to pay compensation of $ 20 million, against the background of selling new models of “iPhone” phones without chargers.
According to a report published by the Brazilian newspaper “O Globe”, the commission began last Thursday, to investigate Apple after “Mita” complained of a “transparent applications” system in iOS.
Meta claims that only third -party applications need to request permission from users to collect their data, while Apple applications enjoy the freedom to collect data and share it with the company, according to the 9To5Mac website.
The Brazilian body is argued by the existence of “evidence” that Apple “collects and deals with the information of its users on more suitable conditions than that offered to the external parties.”
A transparent feature of tracking applications was released in 2021, which now obliges external applications to display a popup window that asks iOS users if they allow this application to track them via other applications and web sites. It is not surprising that most users choose not to track.
Companies such as Mita, whose revenues come mainly from advertisements via the Internet, are strongly affected by the result of that feature, given the importance of the user information in the process of creating a personal file on the user based on his activities via the Internet. This data is usually sold to advertisers to be able to target their fans better.
Since the launch of this feature, Apple’s dead has publicly criticized many times, describing the transparency of applications as a “harmful policy”.
Apple will not currently be tried, as the authority is still studying the conditions and provisions of the company related to the transparency of information in the applications of external parties. If the organizational body considers the conditions of the advantage unfair, the company may face sanctions in Brazil in the future. A few days ago, France imposed a fine of $ 132 million on Apple for the same reason.
